Current Bookings

I've had a few minor bumps along the way but have booked some stuff to get me through the first couple of weeks.

Singapore - there's s bloody airshow on so my hotel vouchers would not work on the first night. Lame. Due to the generally awful reviews of the cheap hotels in town (including the fact that bunches of them seem to be knocking shops) and that my flight is getting in around 7pm, I just booked an airport hotel for the first night. If I'm up to it, I can MRT into town or else just hang out in the hotel and transfer to the Stamford the next day. The Stamford is where I stayed last time in Singapore, it's grand like. Hopefully I still get my free breakfast. All I really want to do in Singapore is hit up Ion for a few bits and pieces (there's a distinct lack of summer clothes here, even if you can get through all the sale dross) and in theory go to Sentosa but the current weather is all a bit stormy, so best case may be the hotel pool. Presumably here I will meet my air crew from either or both of my flights to/from Singapore.

Sydney - nice friends have offered accom and tours and general niceness. Yay!

NZ - have booked a bus tour for the South Island exploration (Q with Stray) but this is not starting until the 15th and I'm landing on the 10th. There's a Crusaders game on the 13th (time to engage Operation All-Black) so I'm hoping to get a ticket for that. I've booked The Latimer for the first three nights and Base for the remaining two. I need to work up to hostelling! The Latimer is running Super 14 specials so is booked up on the Saturday, but I can't afford to stay there more than the current booking anyway. Tour starts the next day, and it's all hostels from thereon. Eep.

I still have a lot to do, tomorrow is consumed with dentist/bank/hair appointments. I've defrosted the fridge (nightmare, is anything more boring?) and packed up most of my stuff.

Preliminary packing is done - I've identified the maximum amount of stuff I am taking - but this needs culling. I fear once I add in several chargers (phone, ipod, other ipod, computer, ds...) it's going to get heavy, and messy - that's a lot of cables.

Last day in work is almost over. Time to get gone!