Trip home takes stressful detour

An information board at Kuala Lumpur International Airport indicating that most departures had been cancelled.

MY FAMILY had planned for a holiday in New Zealand more than half a year ago, and departed for the Land of the Long White Cloud in February.

While the Covid-19 outbreak had already happened, its impact had not been massive enough to hit our travel plans, which included flight transits in Singapore and Australia. New Zealand also had zero Covid-19 cases then.