Flying over Holland was amazing, it really is flat. Apart from the man-made dikes, there isn't the slightest bump on the landscape. (I've wondered since who decided it would be a good idea to build on this low lying land, so low in fact that huge contour banks were constructed to surround the land to stop it getting flooded...seems like the perfect place to start a country?) Unlike flying into Brisbane with its coloured rooftops, every roof in every town we flew ...

I was lucky enough to have three seats to myself on the flight from Taipei to Bangkok so was able to lie down but due to an unsettled ten to fifteen month old baby I (and the rest of the rear of the plane) didn't get much sleep. I recognised it's cry from a distance during the first leg of my journey when I thought how glad I was not to be sitting near it...teach me to be nasty...I was now in the row behind it. While in the beginning I felt sorry for the baby (ha...

Well here I am, safe and sound in Taipei airport after a thankfully uneventful flight. We were almost an hour late leaving Brisbane, not sure why, perhaps the rainy weather, but this is a good thing as it means the stopover here should only be four hours now instead of five. My request for a window seat was granted which I initially thought was the way to go as it means no-one is annoying you to get past when they need to go to the toilet, but, it means you have...

Well it's finally arrived, the the day I begin my journey to see Hayley...oh, and Europe while I'm at it. My backpack's packed and I'm ready to go.