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Location Date London
1286406000 London, Heathrow Terminal 5 1286406000
Day one...
Well, pre-travel we had a bit of a hiccup - Crown Currency Exchange went bust! We'd ordered £300 worth of US Dollars to be delivered on Monday 4th October and guess what, that's the day they went into administration - typical!
Oh, and Therese is full of cold.
The first test was the flight from Manchester to London. After a 1hr drive to the airport, me and Therese were desperate for the toilet and had to jump out at departures leaving Carmel and Brian sat on double-yellows - not a good start considering we'll have 8 hour bus journeys on our travels.
Checked-in, had a coffee, then headed to the Security Checks. After a tearful goodbye and a marathon waving session (even the security guy was waving at Carmel and Brian), we made it through security no problems...until this woman trots over with a swab stick, wipes it all over Therese's rucksack and sticks it in a scanner. I asked what it was for, and she said it's to check for explosives residue. I asked if she had found any......she just raised her eye brows and smiled whilst Therese dragged me away before I said anything else as stupid.
Landed in Heathrow and headed onto our luxury hotel, Travelodge. Well, luxury compared to the squats we'll be staying in. Met up with some mates and had our last Pizza Express for 6 months.
Tomorrow backpacking starts for real - the big flight to Beijing!
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Emma Metcalfe LOL, Lee u make me laugh!!! Glad ur on ur way and hopefully everything will go smoothly now....:) lots of love xxxxx
Moley :) Hahahaha damn the explosive residue didnt show?!?! well my plot went to waste then!!!u werent supposed to get past that point!!!lol *kirsty makes sure the security guy at Beijing does his job properly!!!lol Hope big flight goes well guys :) and that nasty cold better leave my Therese alone!!! Love you guys soooo much dont forget to call as soon as you can :D Missing you already Love Moley :D xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
lauren douglas ha ha oh dear! hope everything goes a bit more smoothly from now on. good luck to both of you and have a fab time! xx
Therese Kirsty was that your idea? Haha. Well it was bound to happen to Me wasn't it! Been awake ages because travelodges don't have soundproof Walls. We put the do not disturb sign on the door last night - yet still this morning we get a knock from house keeping, Lee shouted can't you read not thinking the guy would be able to hear through the door but he replied back with sorry haha. Thanks for the comments so far guys keep them coming it's lovely to read them. If no one else makes any comments I know My stalker Kirsty will do them everyday for me haha love you babe xxxxxx
Steph lmao at the security man waving have a great time and hopefully no more hiccups xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Stacey Typical! Lee you could get the lass in to some real trouble lol