That awkward moment when you have waited 9 months to leave the country and your flight gets cancelled! After waiting only 13 hours, checking in twice, collecting my bag and then giving it back to them and finally clearing security twice I am on the plane and I am going to Dubai! If there was any doubt about doing this, after waiting this long I want nothing more to be in a foreign country!! Getting a ride on the A380 was so strange.. THERE ARE STAIRS ON THE PL...

Today is the day I fly off and start my big ol' adventure around the world. The goodbye was as predicted, emotional, I feel like I dealt with it rather well even if others didn't.. yes mum that's you! Now I am sitting in departures kinda unsure as to what to do with myself. I'm walking around in circles not really paying attention to anything! I don't think it has sunk in yet that I am going halfway round the world on my tod yet! But I am, so time to go board t...