18.10 → 19.10: Back to Adelaide

My plane was due to depart Gatwick at a very reasonable 14.25, meaning I was able to leisurely have breakfast and pack my bags. Richard and Sharon kindly drove me to Gatwick a few hours before I was due to depart. I thought Gatwick was a really nice airport – reasonably sized and with a good selection of restaurants and cafés to hang out in. The first leg was Gatwick to Dubai and passed without issue. I spent most of the time writing. The meal, lamb with rice, was very probably one of the best aeroplane meals I’ve had. We arrived in Dubai at about 2am local time, with two hours to transfer to my next flight. Though 2am sounds bad, by UK time it was still the early evening. I spent the whole 2 hours transferring from one flight to another and was only able to sit for about 5 minutes prior to boarding. One can see how easy it would be to miss a connecting flight if there was any sort of delay. The second flight to Adelaide was quite long and I spent some more time writing, watching TV and sleeping. The plane arrived back in Adelaide at 8.50pm local time and after about 40 minutes of passing through customs and collecting baggage, I walked out to be reunited with my mum, Patsy and Philip.