24 degC, 95% humidity The Rex is adjacent to a demolition and re-construction site for the Saigon Metro and very early (3:30am) this morning, they started doing something really noisy, like dragging some kind of metal along the street. We both managed to get back to sleep but it was a restless sleep. We were up and at breakfast by 7am. Today we could afford to have a rather leisurely breakfast and made the most of it. The boys went for a wander after packing the bags and getting almost ready. We checked out at 11:45am and were soon in a maxi-taxi on the way to the airport. It only took about 20 minutes and it was way to early for us to check in, so we found a set of seats and made ourselves comfortable. We found a coffee shop and had a very good cup of coffee. An hour and a half after arriving at the airport we checked in. We were at the "Trainee" desk and she wanted to charge Wendy for 1.5kg excess baggage; total weight was 17.5kg. When we explained that we were QC members she consulted with her trainer an all was sorted. She had also only booked us through to SIngapore instead of Brisbane, so that was sorted as well. However, for some reason we only got boarding passes to Singapore, so will have to find the Transfer Desk when we get to Singers. We then waited for Bob to check in and then went airside together. We said goodbye to Bob at Gate 17, as we thought we could get into the QC. However, QANTAS in their wisdom only allow entry for flights of certain numbers and ours was not included. We won't say anymore about the dodgy dealings of QANTAS, just that we were angry! We boarded about half an hour late, and took off an hour late. We were concerned about how late we would be as we had to find the transfer desk to get our boarding passes. And, Mark had to clear customs and immigration, pick up his bag, re-check it, clear customs and immigration again and make it back in time for the flight. We managed to make up 30 minutes during the flight, found the desk after a fairly long walk and got our boarding passes to Brisbane and Hervey Bay. We hoped Mark was having the same success. We had 30 minutes in the QC and then made our way to our gate. Mark was already there so we passed through security and boarded. Neither of us are certain as to why we booked the seats we did as they were only three back from the bulkhead where the baby cots are. And guess what ....... there was a very annoying kid in the front with his mum; dad was sitting behind. The kid wanted dad, and when he was with dad, wanted mum. We were both ready to throw the kid out of the window, or shove him in the overhead locker. Every time we were just about to fall asleep, he would scream his head off. During the eight our flight we probably got three hours of very interrupted sleep.