Well what a journey. Finally it is over. To be honest it wasn't that bad. The flight was delayed at Heathrow because of the thick fog but we still made it to Dubai on time. The wind must have been blowing in the right direction. I had my bag swabbed for explosives at Heathrow, which is a first. Luckily I don't tend to carry any around with me. The plane wasn't that busy and when we left Dubai I had a whole row to myself. I had my two blankets, three pillows and made myself a makeshift bed. Unfortunately I only slept for a few hours then couldn't get back to sleep. It was nice to be able to stretch out though. I also wandered around, something I wouldn't previously do. Now I realise the plane won't fall out of the sky if I stand up it's ok. One thing I must say about RBA is that they do provide you with a lot of food and surprisingly for an airline it is edible. I was feeling really poorly on the first leg of the journey which wasn't particularly nice. I think it was just tiredness. The worst part is the second leg because it seems to take forever to get to Brunei.
Apart from fear of flying rearing it's ugly head occasionally the journey was pretty uneventful. It's weird to think I set of at 10:45 on Friday and landed at 10:40 on Saturday even though they are only 8 hours ahead and I was only in the air for about 16 hours.
It's so nice and sunny and of course hot, 32 degrees in fact right now as I speak. I find it quite amusing going outside to warm up. It can get a little chilly with the air con.
I successfully managed to deliver 3kg of chocolate to Victoria which incredibly included intact Easter eggs. I half expected them to be squashed after having seen how bags are thrown about. Talking of blondie, it was so good to see her and if I'm honest I nearly cried on the plane when we landed not to mention when I walked out of the airport. I'm looking forward to the exciting things we have planned. This is going to be a good month.
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