Getting ready

Wednesday, April 28, 2010
London, England, United Kingdom
Well, we have checked in, so just need to pack the cases and we are ready to go. Let's hope there are no delays on the tube or any more ash clouds coming our way. The flight is on 29th April and will take 11 hours. We arrive in Hong Kong at 7:10 in the morning. It's going to be a very long day. We shall be very pleased to see the hotel bed later.
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Rachel Aitken
2010-04-28

Bon voyage! Have a lovely time in the land of the Long White Cloud.

Kathy Kingwill
2010-04-28

second that - have a great trip!

Sarah
2010-04-28

So excited for you guys.......have a safe journey!!!!

David Pear
2010-04-28

Have a great trip, both of you, and travel safely.

Etsuko
2010-04-28

You two just came back from Philadelphia! Obvioudly you must have itchy feet!

Jane
2010-04-29

Enjoy your trip and come home safely!

Sara and Trevor
2010-04-29

Have a smashing trip. Please to be posting lots of lovely photos and updates so we can travel vicariously (sp?)!

Pamela & Stuart
2010-04-30

Very envious of your trip! NZ is the best country in the world and the only one that I've visited twice. Have a wonderful time and look forward to seeing you when you get back.

Take care out there
2010-05-14

NZ: Skinny-dipping tourist ends up with nasty spider bite
NZ Spider
WELLINGTON, May 14 NZPA/AAP - A tourist having a snooze after a
skinny-dip woke up with a nasty surprise - a bite on his penis from
a venomous Kiwi spider.
The Canadian went for a skinny-dip at a New Zealand beach,
returning to the sand dunes after his nude romp for a nap during
which he was bitten on the penis by a venomous katipo spider.
"He woke to find his penis swollen and painful with a red mark
on the shaft suggestive of a bite," said Dr Nigel Harrison and
colleagues who treated the tourist at Dargaville and Whangarei
hospitals, writing in a medical journal.
"He rapidly developed generalised muscle pains, fever, headache,
photophobia (light sensitivity) and vomiting."
As Dr Harrison told The New Zealand Herald: "It was a rather
nasty, ill-placed bite."
By the time the man reached Dargaville Hospital after his dip at
a Northland beach, his penis was severely swollen, his blood
pressure was up and his heartbeat was racing.
Chest pains and other symptoms developed the next morning and it
was presumed he had been bitten by a katipo. He was treated with
anti-venom medicine and rapidly improved.
However, heart problems persisted and he was treated at
Whangarei Hospital and Auckland Hospital before returning to Canada
after a 16-day hospital stint.
Katipo spiders are known to have a highly specialised habitat in
New Zealand's sand dunes and bite only rarely, and in defence.
It is closely related to the common Australian redback spider.
This was the first known case of myocarditis, or heart
inflammation, caused by a katipo spider bite, Dr Harrison said.
A prompt diagnosis and the use of anti-venom resulted in a good
outcome for the tourist, he said.
The 22-year-old's misfortunes were detailed in the online NZ
Medical Journal on Friday.
NZPA/AAP pc/mn/sn

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