Simon & Caroline's World Tour 07/08

Ah, New Zealand, we're sorry to leave, every day has been an adventure with something around the corner to explore, amaze, wonder at the glory of, excite, or simply scare the pants off you. There really is something for everyone here, beautiful vistas, unique wildlife and adventures to be had, and I'm sure we'll be back again.

But all good things must come to an end, and today we flew back to Sydney to meet Caroline's parents. Now you'd think with all this flying around the world that nothing would impress, but the Emirates airplane has the pinnacle of in-flight entertainment. Not only could you choose movies, music and games, the whole thing worked on a touch screen (jealous, Cat?) and also had live camera feeds from the front and bottom of the plane so you got a pilots view for take off and landing, who needs movies when you've got that!?

Arriving in Sydney was like coming home, it was easy to navigate the airport, we knew where the bus was going and recognised streets and buildings on the way to the hotel. Then there were the familiar faces of Caroline's parents to greet us to our home for the next few days - that's pretty permanent for us!