So the day, the 3rd, came and our early departure from the Dolma hotel in Coburg paid dividends with an on time visit to Officeworks so Guy could get a folder for the Epistle he developed with the travel arrangements.
We got to Guy's Mums place on time and waited for Sharon to come and collect us for the trip to Tullamarine.  All went well and we left on time onboard Malaysian airlines code share with KLM Flight.  The flight was great and no complaints, Guy revognised the cabin manager from his Rome trip in 2004 and was amply rewarded for his friendliness. Guy even adopted a little old Indian lady next to him because he was missing his Mum already and she was in need of his care anyway.  At Kualar Lumpur airport the old granny offered to adopt Guy much to the chagrin of her son in law.
KL airport was great as usual and much bigger now. Still to look at jungle.
Flight to Amsterdam started off with a smaller 777-200 but we still got the same seats and more room as there were only 3x3x seating arranged.  Staff very friendly, professional and generous.  Guy Fell asleep as soon as he settled into the seat and missed take off and the various intros by the cabin.  He smelt food and awoke and then woke Caroline who couldnt give  a stuff because she was unwakable but the following worked "Hey Caroline there's food on your tray.  Boing!  Dinner at 2:30 am AEST was delicious and then we both went back to sleep.  The movies were ok and breakfast arrived at 5am Dutch time(11 hours later)
Landed on time and headed straight for the dutch pancakes and previewed the shopping on our return in 6 weeks.  Just having a ball so far.