Well, wasn't that fun!
The flight to Hong Kong wasn't too bad. Got to sit next to Chinese Elvis who spent the entire flight playing shoot em up games on his newly acquired duty free ipad. I was quite keen to shove it up his i-ass by the time we landed.
Had a quick shower and then boarded the trusty old reliable 747 for the next leg. Was pretty pleased that it wasn't one of those shitbox A380 things. So, we all get on the plane and taxi out to the runway only to discover that the number 1 engine had fouled a plug. So back to the terminal where we sat in our seats for over an hour. Couldn't even get a drink. Well done QANTAS. Anyway they finally got it fired up and off we went. Flew over some spectacular snow capped mountains and the Gobi desert. Looked like it would be a brilliant ride.
But I reckon the Captain was pissed. Check out the track. What ever happened to straight and level????
Knocked back a few delicious'ess to get into the British spirit. Was pretty much over it with about 5 hours to go. Oh and we had to take the scenic Route in order to avoid the volcanic ash. This also added an hour or 2 but eventually the good old blighty came into veiw.
Thought I'd landed in the wrong country while waiting to go thru customs not a white fella to be seen. But all good.
Currently on the train to Ipswich to couchsurf at Lisa's place. Tomorrow I get the bike ......I hope.
Welcome to the UK just as the weather turns shite! See you in a coupla weeks. Where's your mate then?
Posted by: Bill | May 27, 2011 at 08:17 AM
Bill
anyone that knows me would say I dont have any mates, but if your reffering to Buzz, I will be meeting him in Liverpool next week.
I thought you had arranged theh weather? whats going on?
Can you let me know when you get the gp tickets?
See ya in a couple of weeks. :-)
Posted by: Guy | May 27, 2011 at 03:46 PM