Welcome Home! After a LONG time in the air I touched down at London Heathrow 6am UK time! My bag came out relatively quickly and I was off to the exit! I have been feeling very excited about coming home in the last 24hours and could not wait to see people! I walked into the arrivals area where I was greeted by Olivia, Vicky, a brilliant banner and some party horns!! Which made me start crying ! Bless! Stubbornly I had worn a skirt to fly in - I think I was bein...

Hello All!13 hours to go before my plane leaves, and after several emotional goodbyes I am finally off.  Evenutally packed my bag at 10pm on the night before I go, and now feel like "who's stupid idea was this" The nerves have finally kicked in but no going back now.Hopefully it won't be too long before I can update again but I am not too sure how often I will be able to get to an internet cafe in Africa. Anyway... Bye for now!Mel!

Well its 54 days til I jet off to my first destination - Kenya in Africa. I thought I would get my first post in early! Quick itineray for people who don't know where I am going. Africa 7 weeks Australia 5 weeks New Zealand 4 weeks Thailand 5 weeks. Departure Date is 27/10/06 and the plan is to get home (unless some rich Australian whisks me off my feet and I set up home in some luxury beach house) around the 18/03/07. Got loads of stuff still to buy and sort...