4 countries in 18 hours

Admittedly it was a long 18 hours, but we took off from Sydney just before 7pm Sunday and landed in Vancouver just after 11am Monday.  We had booked the cheapest ticket we could find that didn’t involves going through America (due to their annoying visa requirements), so we flew to Singapore (8 hours) where we spent the night (10 hours), then flew to South Korea (7 hours) where after queuing in line to get a transit card, get our bags scanned and get back on the plane (40 minutes) we flew to Vancouver (10 hours).  As I said it was a long 18 hours.  Strangely enough it wasn’t that bad.  We discovered the oasis lounge in Singapore (free!) where they have $8000 massage chairs for you to use (free!).   After three massages and a few hours of sleep we felt quite refreshed, we also explored the butterfly garden which was lots of fun.  The second good part of the flight was that the Korea-Canada leg was basically empty and nearly everyone had an entire row to themselves!! So we were able to lie down and sleep nearly the whole flight, blissful.

Quick update

It’s been quite awhile since we’ve written anything for the blog, so this is just a quick post to catch up on what’s happened in the meantime.  After the Mekong Delta we spent a relaxed week in Kuala Lumpur catching up on sleep and exploring the city and the surroundings.  Then we flew home for my parents 60^th birthday party, and what an even it was!! There were 80 guests, a band, presents for everyone and fun had by all.  Conveniently the trip home also meant we were able to go to Jason’s family reunion and my ten year school reunion (now I feel old).  It was great to have a chance to catch up with everyone and remind ourselves why Sydney is really where we want to live.