This time it's Heathrow....

OMG - I'm here - although I can tell you that 7 hours ago I was ready to jump off the plane!

I'm still at Heathrow airport and my sister is downstairs with my nephew Andrew feeding him (ok, so I don't particularly want to watch my sister, nephew, breast... enough said!!) so I can't be long.

I'm actually sitting in the BA arrival lounge (business class has some perks) having had a shower, a cooked breakfast and the most wonderful facial in the spa. Magic.

The flight over was long - 40 hours from arriving at Wellington Airport to arriving at Heathrow. There was an hour delay (sitting on a plane not able to move is really boring) at Hong Kong (because "hot humid weather" cause a minor fault - who cares, fix it before we take off for 12 hours!).

What can I say about the trip over - firstly, I still can't quite believe that I'm actually in London. Business class is really nice - at least the leg room; although I still didn't sleep alot - planes are really noisy. I was the only one in business class from Wellington to Sydney - so that was nice; treated very well including being given a bottle of champagne for my 40th - can't complain really except that I had to give it to Paul in Sydney (who I caught up with) as you can't take more than 100mls through security - I kid you not, they took my hair gel off me as it was 150mls (I forgot!).

Had a great time in Syndey seeing Paul and Carl and Megal (banana bread is really nice), then on the plane to Hong Kong. Qantas rocks - it was really nice and even managed to sleep a bit. Video on Demand is really good too - you just watch what you want when you want!

Arriving in Hong Kong was amazing - there were so many boats on the water; it makes you realise how big the rest of the world is. And how big Hong Kong airport is - it's huge! Shower and blog - the free internet at Hong Kong was all in chinese characters - so I was taking a punt but I see it posted the blog - lol! Then the next plane; including all being seated and then waiting an hour before take off. What a view though when we left - we flew out over downtown Hong Kong and it was magnificient. I had a nice seat on BA, sitting backwards but it was private (ie my own little space) if that makes sense. Tip - do not have a glass of champagne on takeoff at Hong Kong - it makes you feel sick after so long in planes. But more food, no video on demand but still watched Breach (Ryan Phillipe...) and tried to sleep a bit but couldn't really. I felt nauseous on this leg and it only got worse (I mean, hello, I didn't even have breakfast on the plane) and about 4 hours out from London I was so ready to get off - but what are you to do.

The bags arrived, including Louise and Craig's, a thousands txts arrived (yes, having accidentally phoned my sister from Hong Kong and not realising it as I was getting my boarding pass - that's gotta hurt the wallet!) and enjoyed the spa here, with breakfast so am now feeling more alive and about to wander off to see the UK (the accents are so sweet!).

Hope whoever you are who is reading this is fabulous - and remember... 7 days and counting! Eeek!

So the adventure continues.....