The flight home

After getting up, showering and packing our last items; we went for breakfast and had some interesting conversations. 

The van needed refuelling and washing, so Max organised all that. 

Judy and Nina arrived to say goodbye for the last time, and then we got everything stowed in the shuttle van and were driven to the airport. 

Check-in was fairly straightforward; the security checks seemed a bit strange and inefficient, but then we were on the plane. 

The flight home was a bit of a blur - all 25 hours of it!

 

Five hours from Nairobi to Abu Dhabi, and the plane arrived slightly late, so we were running to our transfer flight an hour later - and still having to go through security. Abu Dhabi airport is well laid out and very efficient though, so it wasn't long before we were at our Gate and boarding. 

Fourteen hours from Abu Dhabi to Brisbane on a comfortable Etihad Dreamliner, and Logan decided not to eat on this flight because he was a bit nervous about the food. He started to feel unwell again about half-way through the flight, but it was probably because he hadn't eaten. He soldiered on through though, and I tried to support him as I could. Logan was sensible and didn't watch anything or play games, and tried to get as much sleep as he could. Before too long it was over, but we did arrive late again after having to circle Brisbane a few times. 

We had another hour stopover, so we were rushing again to get to our transfer gate. Boarding was delayed, so it gave us a bit of time to get some food - Logan could eat - and do a bit of shopping. 

The flight from Brisbane to Auckland took only three hours and we landed at Auckland International Airport on 22nd January at 1am.

After declaring everything, we moved through the system fairly rapidly and Rodney had kindly organised for family and friends to drop us home. There were hugs and stories shared, and then we separated and Logan and I were dropped at our house by about 3am.

We were home!