There's nothing funny funny about 5.30 Am ANYWHERE - but Tony woke me with a joke...
"So i said to this beautiful blonde - what's a girl like you doing working in a bakery? And she replied - I'm a roll model¬"
I wish I could have rolled over and gone back to sleep - but we had a plane to catch. Unfortunately I was hit with a hypo as we hit the airport.... Diabetes is a lousy holiday companion ...and I was shovelling jelly beans into my mouth as we boarded the plane.
I'm not sure if this blog is counting upwards from Day1 or down from 66 - but finally we were on our way and leaving cold bleak Melbourne on a Tuesday morning in June. Cathay Pacific is a great airline....great service, food and entertainment. I watched four movies in 9 hours - and was glad I only had to pay a couple of thousand dollars to see them.
Although we landed in Hong Kong at around 3.30 pm - it was nearly 6pm when we finally checked in to the hotel and I really felt lousy. 32c and 98% humidity didn't help. We were supposed to have dinner with an old sailing friend of Tony's at The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club - but the last thing I felt like dolling up and being charming to strangers when I felt like crap. Tony went alone while I went downstairs to the Jordan MTR station and bought a Peking Duck wrap and a Japanese cheesecake bun for dinner before collapsing into bed, unable to sleep with the cramps in my legs.
Not a great start to the trip. Why does my 65 year old body keep dragging me back to earth when my 17 year old spirit wants to fly. It's bloody annoying.
Bugga, what a bad start to the trip. I hope it all settles once you arrive in the UK.
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