2/5/2010

Got up early this morning to meet with a French guy I met at the GH to share a cab to the airport, I knew I was going to arrive 5 hours before my flight, but at least I get to avoid the morning heat of Delhi, chill in the air conditioning and catch up on this journal.

I met a Canadian Guy at the checkin desk who was kind enough to give me 100 rupees and then 6 quid. He was flying to Nepal and didn’t need the money. Go me! I cant tell you how many times people have just given me money when I shave a story with them.

Boarding the airplane was almost like entering another world. The words clean and organized come to mind and although Jet Airways is an Indian airline, it certainly doesn’t have the feel of India, another bonus is that there will not be any touts when I get off this plane in Heathrow. During the flight I was able to sleep fairly well thanks to the sleeping pills I purchased in Delhi and I must send kudos to the crew as I was able to eat 6 dishes of food for the flight where most people only ate 2… im just trying to get my moneys worth.

I arrived at the airport and had the choice to use my Britch passport or my Australian one, I opted for my Aussie passport because I remember reading somewhere on the fine print of my travel insurance that if I entered back into the UK my insurance would become void. So if I ever had to claim something and the insurance company saw that I came back I wouldn’t be reimbursed, thankfully it was ok to wait in the very long line to go through customs because my luggage took such a long time to reach the baggage claim. Well this wasn’t the case because even though I told the woman at the Delhi airport checkin that I would be needing my bag she still sent it on my flight to Vancouver.

I waited for a seriously long time to find this out so by the time I finally left the airport it was getting quite late.

I headed on the tube to Notting Hill Gate to meet with the Cook family and where I had a roast dinner waiting for me, I was a little disappointed that it wasn’t roast beef but it still was so good.

I drank quite a bit of wine and was a little tipsy by the time I went to bed and because of the jet lag I was exhausted but only slept for a few hours. It was good to catch up with the Cooks and Alex who came around later in the evening.