Arrived in hong kong, after a very smooth flight by quantas, think I was won over by them having the latest kylie concert on their in flight entertainment! I'm now waiting in quite a large immigration queue which is made slightly disconcerting by seeing some people wearing face masks, I mean come on my breath can't be that bad! Have landed at a new airport apparently carved out of the side of a mountain! You have got to hand it to the canny chinese! Looking forwa...

Phew! First time to catch my breath today and what feels like the last 5 weeks or so when I seriously decided to go on this trip. I'm now sitting in the departure lounge, gate 19 at 9:30pm waiting to board and experience my longest flight so far, just under 12 hours although that will be topped by subsequent even longer flights on this trip! Probably the first of many firsts. What has really touched me recently, at the fear of making many of you vomit, is the l...