Got up at 6 to do some face-booking, have a shower and get some breakfast. The brekky was good - standard western fare that you'd expect from an international hotel. Caught the Skytrain back to Terminal 1 and checked in, in plenty of time. They even had free internet in the airline lounge so I was able to do a couple of things before embarking. Had a good flight - although the man in front and man beside me continually wanted to invade my seat space - one wi...

I was blessed to have my friend Margie drop me off at the airport. The flight was meant to leave at 2:45am (stupid o'clock) but there was a delay and so my flight didn't leave until 3:30am. This flight was the longest air-trip I've ever made (about 7hrs). Previously the furthest I'd gone was Fiji. I'm a reluctant flyer at the best of times, but after a small amount of self-medication I found the flight pretty good. Spent some time dozing, watching TV and a ...