After a shower and two hours sleep, we were up and heading back to Auckland airport to catch our flight down to Christchurch. Let the holiday begin! On board, we received a pleasant surprise when we had hot food delivered to our seat. It turns out then when I had booked the additional baggage for…

Today was the day! After two months of planning, it was time to begin our adventure! Having rattled our way to Heathrow T4 on the Tube, we made the most of my BA Bronze status to skip the check in queue and drop our bags. We flew with Malaysian Airlines this time, owing to them…