Saturday 24th August (Perth)
Got up feeling slightly delicate after last nights excesses with all the ex-zimbos. Made worse by the fact that my body is still on Queensland time and I woke up at about 4:30am wide awake. Had a few things to do before I left so just got up and got on with them. First was setting up this journal on line while I am away & various other online things. I also wanted to re-pack my back for the 50th time, so that I could decrease some of the weight and re-organise a bit. That took most of the day with one small trip to the shops to buy a travel adapter. Not the one I wanted but the only one for Africa I could find.
Paula cooked a great dinner or Chorizo & Peas and then after saying good byes to everyone Andrew gave me a lift to the Airport. On checking in I said to the lady that I had some Emirates miles that were expriring ad want to use them as an upgrade to business class. No such luck! I had less than half the points required and business class was sold out. On the plus side my luggage was under weight, I had 29.9kgs with the limit being 30kgs.
Having flown all over the world, on many different airlines over the years I always seem to sit next to some idiot. Even got drooled on by an old granny once. Today I was hoping that it might be an exception and I would sit next to someone normal that I could chat to! But no! Just the usual senario! A total idiot who spent the flight opening and closing his legs about 60 times a minute and could not keep his arms by his side. I got dug in the ribs everytime he ate or talked - he was an Italian from Scicily and did a lot of gesticulating! He was soon educated on where to keep his elbows etc. Hopefull, one day in my next life I will sit next to someone who is normal! Not a total muppet. There is always the flight from Dubai to Nairobi to have another dose of sitting next to a total muppet............again! Rant over.
First time in my life on a plane that I have slept well. Only watched 1 film on a 10hr 55 min flight and that was .......wait for it............Finding Nemo! Didn't fancy anything too serious.
