My sure-fire method of getting to sleep on a long-haul flight is to watch an in-flight movie. I drop off very quickly and then I'm frustrated because I still want to know how the film panned out. Book an aisle seat which enables you to get up and move around without disturbing fellow passengers. Wear socks with non-elastic tops. They are often sold as diabetic socks on Amazon or Ebay. If you are liable to get cold feet, carry a pair of slipper-socks in your hand luggage.
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Fires, earthquakes and torrential rain notwithstanding can those of you who are in the know give me a list of 'must see' places? We have a week in Titirangi, which is about 30 minutes drive from Auckland, then 2 days at Rotorua (in a backpacker's hostel!)then 12 days to see the South Island, followed by another week back in Titirangi. We'll have a car so we can get about reasonably easily. Budget is quite tight.
Of course the best part of our visit will be spending time with our miracle granddaughter and her parents. We'll be able to celebrate her 2nd birthday with her. 
(For those who don't know she was born at 27 weeks and had a dodgy time of it for a few months when she was born.)
Hello folks - my month of travels is almost done. We're in Changi Airport, Singapore and looking forward to being home again tomorrow after celebrating our precious granddaughter's 2nd birthday yesterday. I hope there has been no dramatic turn of events in my absence as I will never be able to scroll through a whole month's worth of posts, but I will try to catch up on the goings on of the last few days or so.
Have a good journey home grannya
Changi - possibly the best airport in the world 
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