After some frantic last minute packing and cleaning we said
adieu to Wendy’s Ma and Pa and did a few last jobs in Christchurch. The most
fun of these was spending the Kathmandu vouchers we’d both been given by our
workmates. We went mad and they kept giving us more discount so we kept going
back for more stuff! My main luxury purchase was a silk sleeping bag liner.
The flights through
Auckland and Hong Kong went fine – the only notable exception being a Jobsworth
at Auckland airport who took Nick’s toothpaste off him because it weighed 110
grams. The maximum liquid volume allowed is 100 ml. Nick argued that 110g of
dense toothpaste is less than 100 ml, but this failed to impress.
