Stowing Away I stood between two facing mirrors & almost caught a glimpse of infinity, but my bloody head kept getting in the way

Hiya everyone,

Well I'm back in Australia(for those who didn't already know this).

I survived the chills of London and the multitude of customs inspections with my shoes, backpack, shish pipe and mandola intact.

The tube train broke down on the way to Heathrow and by the time I got to the airport my flight had already closed. Not to worry (too much...), I was rushed away through the airport via some secret shortcuts, my pack taken away from me (hopefully to see again in LA) and I was put on one of those little golf buggy mobiles and sped through the long corridors of Heathrow at very high speed, horn working overtime to herd those other pesky travellers out of the way. With the red light flashing, two uniformed men waving people out of the way and me perched on the back nursing my mandola case & daypack I possible looked like some grunge rock star, but had no time to fish out some dark sunnies to complete the look. I was the last person on the packed plane, but I made it.

12 hours flying to... a  7hr stopover in LA. mmmmm, nuff said.

On the LA to Sydney flight (14 hrs), the people in the two seats next to me didn't show up. So 3 seats to myself! I slept sprawled over them for 8 hours straight. Bliss!!! Nearly makes up for all the other hell flights on this trip.

Sydney's skies were as gray as London's, but much hotter. Yes, the bushfires were on the news overseas.

So here I am, at least temporarily. I'm feeling the call of some north coast beaches and then perhaps Ayers rock for a slight change of scene for a couple of weeks. Then perhaps it's looking for a new job and a new place of residence in good old Sydney.

So I guess this is the last of this series of my travel updates. I hope you enjoyed them.
Many thanks and Hi to all those I met on my travels, travelled with, put me up, put up with me, and took the time to write to me - I really appreciated it! Hopefully I can catch up with many of you now I'm back in Sydney.
I'll still be using this email address & blog, so... Write to me!!!

'Till next time,
Cheers,
Stowaway