Our flight to Wellington is as such:
SQ: 840 pm (28 Nov) depart Singapore, 740 am (29 Nov) arrive Sydney.
Air New Zealand: 925 am (29 Nov) depart Sydney, 240 pm (29 Nov) arrive Wellington.
It was a red eye flight from Singapore to Sydney. Darling has motion sickness, so she took the motion sickness medicine and KO on the flight, and she was seated on her own, with the aisle in between me and her, while I ownself settle the 2 kids.
It was really quite shag to let the 2 kids sleep properly on the plane as they keep moving here and there to find the optimal sleeping position. Thank god we survived, and both of them had at least 4 to 5 hours of sleep on the plane.
The transit time is quite short, only 1 hour 45 minutes.
This NZ lady offered to bring us to the Air NZ lounge as her guests. She was sitting behind the 3 of us, and said that Yuanze and Yuanyi were very well behaved on the plane and she was very impressed with them.
We accepted her offer and had a quick breakfast in the Air NZ lounge.
That's the lady. Thank you so much for your warmth and kindess~
We reached Wellington, and that's when we found out, to our horror, our check-in luggage did not arrive in Wellington!
So can you imagine, our medicine, 10 days' of essentials and clothes for 2 adults and 2 kids, gone just like that.
We had to make a report at the baggage counter, and the staff said that Air NZ will keep in touch with us if the baggage has been found, and there is also a online website that tracks the location of our baggage.
I was really shocked and angry. In all my years of travelling, this is my first time encountering this. Luckily I placed a new set of clothes for all 4 of us in my hand-carry bag.
After filing the lost baggage report, we cleared the NZ customs swiftly with almost nothing to declare because of our missing check-in baggage. NZ is a very strict country when it comes to bringing food items in.
We took the taxi to Josh and Joanne's house, the ride took about 30 minutes and we were super shocked that the taxi fare cost NZD$89. Josh told us that taxi is very expensive in NZ and the locals normally take uber.
Josh and Joanne prepared this bedroom for me and darling.
The kids were thrilled when they saw the bathtub.
Bonding time between the kids.
James, the kid in the middle, Josh and Joanne's son. The strawberries that they are holding are from the garden, harvested by Joanne.
Josh and Joanne are really very good hosts, making us feel right at home, prepared dinner and breakfast for us. They knew of our lost baggage situation and brought us to a supermarket and a clothes shop known as KMart that sells very affordable clothing and footwear for adults and kids. We decided to live day by day because we really do not know when our luggage will arrive, so we bought clothes that can last us for 2 days. Josh and Joanne also passed us some of their clothes as well as Jams' clothes. We are really thankful to the both of them. It is a blessing that our first night in NZ was with them.
That's it for Day 1.
