5th January 2011 I am lying on a row of chairs in Bangkok airport and I'm meant to be trying to catch a couple of hours sleep before our connecting flight but I am finding it hard to wind down, despite only having (at most) 3 hours sleep on the plane and very little the night before at the Travelodge. I will be soooo glad to sleep in a bed tomorrow night! Bangkok is very warm - as you come off the plane it's like walking into a wall of heat :0/ Needless to say ...

4th January 2011 It is one minute past midnight on the morning of 5th January 2011 and, according to Marion, we are (probably) over Russia about now! We have been flying since about 10pm so we still have a loooooooong while to go yet. It has been a very long and tiring day. We got up and went down for breakfast at about 9.30 but didn't have to check out until midday which was nice. We got a bus back to Gatwick and a coach to Heathrow. Marion had some National E...

3rd January 2011 So here I am in a Travelodge near Gatwick airport, watching crappy TV and eating food. Our flight left at 18.15 this evening which was nice as it gave me all day to sort my stuff out. And good job too as I could barely fit anything I wanted to take in my giant rucksack! And I thought 55 litres would be enough... Saying goodbye at Guernsey airport wasn't as hard as I thought it was be but I think it's because it doesn't feel like i'm going very...

27th December 2010 (please see drop down box above for earlier entries) I know I said I wasn't going to write again until I left but I just wanted to say... ONE WEEK TODAY!! I can't believe how quick time has gone. This time next week I will be in a Travelodge near Gatwick airport with Marion, eating a sandwich she lovingly made (hopefully - I get very hungry). My mum got a webcam for Christmas from Benji, so we spent some of the afternoon setting her up on S...

21st December 2010 It's nearly Christmas and also two weeks today until I leave for New Zealand! I am flying to Gatwick on Monday 3rd January with Marion and we are staying overnight at the Travelodge and making our way up to Heathrow the next day. Our flight is at about 9.30pm on 4th so we have plenty of time to get there. I am so happy I am flying out there with Marion - we were both scared to travel alone so it's made me very happy to have company. My last...