So today we finally set off on our 6 week adventure. We plan to spend 4 weeks in Australia and a couple in New Zealand, starting with a two night stopover in Hong Kong. It's been at least 20 years in the discussion, about a year in the planning. And Ian still said to me as we got off the plane "do we need visas for Hong Kong - I never thought......." Luckily the answer is no. Day 1 just consisted in panicking slightly about the storms and if we would get away, followed by lots of panicking about case sizes. We set off for Heathrow about 5.30 in our daughters boyfriends little KA. Which was quite funny when we arrived at the VIP check in drive through for virgin upper class. They were very good
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