Must be time for a summary!
Sleeping

Number of beds slept in = 22

Best bed – Ho Chi Minh City

Worst bed – Hong Kong

 

Flying

Number of flights flown = 15

Number of airlines used = 7

Best flight – The first Emirates one out of NZ to Melbourne even though it was delayed 2 hours

Worst flight – Colombo to Dubai on FlyDubai

Best take off – Dubai to Istanbul

Worst take off – Istanbul to Athens, I don’t think we got enough speed up on the runway so had to use the bumpy bit at the end of the runway😧

Best landing – None really stand out

Worst landing – Hong Kong to KL, the pilot put us down pretty heavy on the runway, it wasn’t comfortable and the plane internals went crack!

Best staff – Swiss and Emirates. It’s all about how you treat our kids for me. Coloring books and lollies? yes they’d like that thanks! Getting to their level and having a chat with them, that’s treating them with respect, yes we like that thanks!

Worst staff – FlyDubai. To be fair they were dealing with the worst load of passengers we’ve ever experienced.

 

Ground transport

Number of different modes of transport = 11

Over ground train, underground train, tram, cable car, car, van, bus, tuktuk, motor boat, ferry, and our feet!!!

Number of versions of tuktuk = 3

Number of steps walked since leaving NZ = 836,964 (thanks for counting them fitbit, a bit lower than I expected)

Peugeot lease car = 1

After entrusting our safety to others for 3 months. We now are exploring Europe with our own 4 wheels! Her name is Rouge 🚗

 

Clothing purchased

Number of new jandals = 2

Number of new running shoes = 3

Number of new clothes for R = 1 dress

Number of new clothes for C = 1 pair of trousers

 

Sickness :

Number of fevers = 2

Number of bodies covered in welts = 1

Number of vomiting sessions = 1

Number of bouts of travellers tummy = 0 (I put this solely down to the oral vaccine we had just before we left NZ called Dukorol. It’s expensive but so very worth it and I definitely recommend it)

 

School work

Maths – going well

Writing – both kids do not want to write, about once a week I set a bribe of an ice block and get a very half hearted effort

Reading – is a task and a half

Science and Spelling – non existent

Art – Twice is ok in 3 months isn’t it? 😀

History, Geography and Exercise – excellent!

 

BK working

Co working spaces used – 3

Some places are better than others. Moving slowly works well, as does when he can find a co-working space to do a good solid chunk of work with fast reliable internet away from the fam. Having a friend in NZ monitoring our company emails helps too.

 

Favorite country or experience

This is like being asked to pick a favorite child, we liked and disliked different things about each place.

However the elephant experience in Chiang Mai still sticks out as do Singapore and Taiwan. Plus the extra cuddles, kisses and chats as a family.

 

If there’s anything you’d like to know that I haven’t covered you can put a comment below, or on Facebook comments or private message me. Happy to answer (most) questions!

 

Till next time,

 

Claire