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    Auckland and homewards

    March 10 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    We said final goodbyes to Jody, Sav and their garden full of citrus and other fruits, boarding an Air New Zealand flight for Auckland - the first leg of the homeward-bound journey to Edinburgh via Fiji, Los Angeles and Dublin. The original plan was to return the way we came but events in Dubai put paid to these.

    The night spent in the Jetpark Hotel, in readiness for a three hour flight to Nadi, then two 10 hour flights and a one hour flight from Dublin, with prolonged waits in between.    Read more