I checked with Air NZ and they say that if you change one leg of your ticket it costs US$75 (£50) but if you change umteen legs, as long as it falls in the overal mileage allowance, it doesn’t cost any more, if you do it at the same time.
So, I suggest, if you’re not sticking to the 18th June flight, forget about going to Bangkok on July 1st in order to hightail it to Singapore and then Bali on the 4th/5th; and, assuming you’re definitely decided Bali is ‘on’, change yout ticket (cutting out Kerikeri and Auckland) to go Auckland-Sin-Bali-Sin-London. Arrange the Auckland-Sin leg for whatever date Tan and Geoff arrive in Singapore. You’re already on the same flight as them (SQ146 at 1400 on 6th July) from Sin to Bali. Also, while you’re about it, try and get on the same flight as them out of Bali, too. Currently, you’re on Flight SQ141 leaving at 0915 on 25th July; they’re on Flight 147 leaving at 17.25 the same day. If you do that, you’ll have to change your Sin-London flight to link up with the Bali-Sin bit. All that’ll cost $75.
However, if you’re unsure about that routing, or about going to Bali at all, or what you want to do, just change the outward date from Kerikeri to somewhere in the distant future – say, November, or something – for the time being, until you’re more certain. That only costs a few NZ dollars, doesn’t it? There’s not much point expending $75 just to buy three weeks pondering time, when you may want to change it all again, later!
Having said all that, I am instructed by Mama to add that you can in fact go to Bali, and anywhere else, including the high mountainous rainforests of Borneo, any time …

a high fever it says?????? Geoff think i should try and find some malarone. Wikll let you know if that is poss on the island
T

Could be bugs, but why havn’t i had any reaction before??? Havn’t stopped taking doxi yes as waiting for your advice and chemists. sounds to me like it is unlikely because i didn’t have any rection in vietnam. They are not bad, and am keeping a watchful eye on them. Havn’t taken an antihystamene yet, but ankles a little on the bloated side!!!!!! If they don’t get worse i think i will just see the course out and then hope they get better. If it is a bug from here there is not much i can do until i get out of thailand, or to a cooler climate like NZ. So, havn’t stopped yet, but will if swelling get bad. Any more on face and i’m stopping as they could get nasty.

Trying to sort out jul’s crack potted idea of a quick trip to the scam fest that is bagkok?!!! It’s a shame he missed thailand, but there seems little point in him zooming over there for a day and then back to singapore as he will have to fligh there to connect with the flight to bankok anyway i think. All flights in SE asia seem to go through singapore somhow of other!!!!!

Have started diving course in Koh Tao! Theory for three hours!!!! bit too much like school for my liking, but should be good fun. We were going to get an underwater diposable camera, but they only go to 5mts, and we are going to dive at 18mtrs. so not much good!

Love T

I suppose there’s no chance these are bed bug bites? You say you went on a train journey near the death railway. Did it have slatted wooden seats? Every train journey I went on in Sri Lanka left me riddled with itchy swellings on the backs of my thighs from creepy bugs that lived under the wood …

Travellers should avoid eating shellfish from the Bay of Islands area (North Island) after dangerous levels of toxins were detected (June 03). Paralytic shellfish poisoning can cause difficulties in swallowing/breathing and is potentially fatal.

Mama ate a heap of green lipped NZ mussels and hasn’t been the same since …

Tan, I just sent you an email about some advice I got, so check your account if you haven’t already.