Well, New Zealand did us proud, with sunshine right up to the end. On our final day, we explored Christchurch a bit more and then took a taxi to the airport, assisted by an overpaid taxi driver who insisted on taking us on his personal tour of the city on the way. So, a bit jaded, we set off for Singapore. However, once we struggled into Sydney, I was immediately reenergised when I discovered that we would be travelling in an Airbus A380. It's an incredible plane that needs a special runway for take-off. (I think we taxied out into the Pacific!) However, incredibly, the pilot managed to lift all 560 tons, plus loads of passengers, airborne. And then we had all the services available to play with! Music, Films, Information, TV News etc all at
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