Onto the world!
Apr. 2nd, 2006 08:07 pmOK. I've finished my Australian flights, and now I'm waiting for my Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong. It's an overnight flight, and I'm hoping to get a bit of sleep. We'll see. Last night I kept on waking up, wondering if it was time for me to leave. I managed to beat the alarm, and slipped out for a quick shave and shower before changing and completing my packing with minimal disturbance to my room-mates. I'd done most of my packing the night before, so it was just a matter of making sure my towel and pyjamas were included and I hadn't left anything behind.
I may have lost one of my travel padlocks. Then again I may have put it somewhere. I'll find out, I suppose, if I ever unpack completely, which is unlikely before I end this trip.
I'm at max weight now, with my big bag at 30 kilos and the tote bag at 17. I'll be leaving books and chocolate in Osaka, and hopefully I won't be getting too much in exchange, as it's very difficult to move with such a weight! And so few hands. Bless the man who invented roller wheels on the bottom of bags!
Perth to Melbourne was a good flight. A lot of cloud, and a lot of dry Aussie land. I think I flew over the mouth of the Murray, but I'm not sure.
Melbourne to Sydney was a bigger aircraft - a 767 instead of a 737 - and I overflew Canberra. Usually I fly in and out of Canberra, so I'm never aboard on of those dots leaving contrails above my home, and I made sure I was sitting on the correct side to look down on my home.
Took a photograph, which may have turned out, but taking pictures out of plane windows is chancy!
Released a few of my smaller books here and there. Have to leave one here, I guess. I've got one with me and one planned for Hong Kong.
I may have lost one of my travel padlocks. Then again I may have put it somewhere. I'll find out, I suppose, if I ever unpack completely, which is unlikely before I end this trip.
I'm at max weight now, with my big bag at 30 kilos and the tote bag at 17. I'll be leaving books and chocolate in Osaka, and hopefully I won't be getting too much in exchange, as it's very difficult to move with such a weight! And so few hands. Bless the man who invented roller wheels on the bottom of bags!
Perth to Melbourne was a good flight. A lot of cloud, and a lot of dry Aussie land. I think I flew over the mouth of the Murray, but I'm not sure.
Melbourne to Sydney was a bigger aircraft - a 767 instead of a 737 - and I overflew Canberra. Usually I fly in and out of Canberra, so I'm never aboard on of those dots leaving contrails above my home, and I made sure I was sitting on the correct side to look down on my home.
Took a photograph, which may have turned out, but taking pictures out of plane windows is chancy!
Released a few of my smaller books here and there. Have to leave one here, I guess. I've got one with me and one planned for Hong Kong.
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Date: 2006-04-02 11:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-02 10:41 pm (UTC)And I leave a trail of perspiration behind me.