Trains on time through the floods of the home counties and down to Gatwick for a night at the airport. No not a new film with Ben Stiller. Anyway up early and in to the airport for the obligatory worry whilst you get your email ticket processed and get your bags whisked off to hopefully meet with you 8000 miles later. Popped in for a coffee which tasted good - we heard Vietnam is the world's second largest coffee producer so should be in for a treat. The coffe...

Greeted by a huge hug from our neighbour Linda, seeing all the cars and people that we know and love we are feeling at home once again after a month of discovery. We have had a trip to remember, thanks for reading and for your comments that were very welcome.

First leg on our journey via the snowy Peninnes and Manchester. Our flight is delayed but not too bad and as long as we get our connecting flight it's going to be fine. After the de-icing of the plane we take the long hop to Dubai and have a good chat with Hamed who is an A&E doctor in Dubai. He told us that he loved York and had been to Betty's Tea Rooms earlier in December (it's a small world). Make our connecting flight on time and another long hop to Ba...

First leg on our journey via the snowy Peninnes and Manchester. Our flight is delayed but not too bad and as long as we get our connecting flight it's going to be fine. After the de-icing of the plane we take the long hop to Dubai and have a good chat with Hamed who is an A&E doctor in Dubai. He told us that he loved York and had been to Betty's Tea Rooms earlier in December (it's a small world). Make our connecting flight on time and another long hop to Ba...