Day 0... Bags are packed and we are ready to fly! We get a call at 9am, it's tanny telling us the flight is delayed till 8pm so we leave at 1. Mel is the best driving us to the airport and everyone is there waiting to check in. 15 bags and 16 bodies later we head to customs and wait in the terminal. Once we board, at 8pm we wait a further 1.5 hours on the Tarmac for technical difficulties... Just awesome words for the fear of flying passenger! Flight is 6 hours s...

Two more sleeps! It still seems so surreal! Kids driving me mad in the lead up and still haven't even looked at packing although i have pretended too. Spent tonight putting together a folder for my girlfriend to keep here as a "just incase" with copies of itinerary passports insurance etc and pretending to pack some more! I kinda feel a bit silly writing a blog on a ten day trip but ... Unless we become rich this will likely be the only overseas 5star trip we go...