The next morning we were up at 5am to get to our 7.30am flight to Sydney. Two taxis were needed to fit us & all the suitcases & bags! Mark & I literally felt blessed when we saw our ambassador John McCarthy from the Jakarta posting - heading to Sydney on the same flight. It was the first time we'd seen him since leaving Jakarta & he even remembered our names! He started his career in London & was really positive about it - ambassadors at his level are of an incredible
calibre so it was wonderful to have this happen as we were leaving.
Because of storm weather, we circled Sydney for an extra 45 minutes & were glad we had changed our original flights for a later Singapore flight several weeks before when the timing looked too tight. Very fortunately, our luggage, which we were told would have to be collected from domestic & transferred to international, had been booked through to London!
We met Mark’s mum, Elizabeth, at the Sydney airport & had a lovely time - she looked after Aisha & William as we got Singapore money organised, sent a few last minute letters etc. True to form, Elizabeth had gifts to add to the bags - she is always thinking of us & it was reassuring to have her farewell us as we headed through the gates.
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