Kia Ora, New Zealand

Up early and fully refreshed we left the hotel at 6am. Out of the door and down the steps of the MRT. The metro starts at 0600 so we were one of the first on the platform waiting for the first train to Changi airport. The journey takes 36 minutes exactly with only one change at expo station from the downtown line to the east west line that terminates at the airport terminal.  The metro here is clean, ultra modern and very efficient. The audio safety warnings are brilliant if somewhat bizarre.  They are repeated in four languages. A very aristocratic English "Please mind the gap on leaving the train". The same phrase is then repeated in Chinese and then Malay. Finally a really cool Bob Marley impersination that says " Yo man, be happy happy on the platform".  I have no idea what this is about but every time the doors opened it made us smile.
We arrived at the airport in plenty time and found our gate without incident. The flight was on time and we left Singapore dead on schedule.
It is a nine hour flight from Singapore to Auckland and the route takes you all the way across Australia from Darwen in the west to Brisbane in the east before crossing the Tasman sea to New Zealand. It crosses several more time zones so again you fly into the night. We arrived at Auckland just before midnight, NZ time.  Lynn was waiting for us with Crispys mother, Magrat, who had travelled out before  us and had already been in NZ a week. Straight out to the car and off to Lynns house in Pukehoe. A few little drinks, a catch up chat and before we knew it it was 3am. Bed time. Not bad for us as in Singapore time it was only 10pm. Poor Lynn and Magrat were on NZ time and must have been knackered bless them.  Tomorrow is a settle in anfdshopping day to purchase supplies before heading off to the beach and the wedding venue. Lynn has told us that the beach is in Leigh, Thats Leigh, New Zealand with the beach on the South Pacific. Not Leigh, Lancashire with the beach on the banks of the Leeds Liverpool canal. I dont suppose there will be much difference.