Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

A funeral and four weddings
Apr 21, 2004

... all pretty much the same distance, but I didn't fancy getting fingerprinted and interrogated at LA anytime before I have to, and Singapore airport brought back bad (AK-47) memories. So Bangkok it was, and if that meant I could have a few days layover on ...

Leaving on a jet plane
May 18, 2003 (1 photos)

Thanks to Jalal I got down to the airport in good time and had a quick brunch before boarding the plane. Checking in was very swift and by midday I was on a plane leaving the country.

Heathrow. But where's my luggage?
Aug 22, 2005 (4 photos)

... "Have you got any plastic bags or tape so I can make this ok for my next flight?" So it was an interesting scuttle through Heathrow. I filled a few bins full of the remnants of my belongings, packed all my 'saveables' back into the bag and ran, in the ...

Dog daze
Oct 15, 2008

ALOHA WE'RE JUST NOW AT THE AIRPORT IN HEATHROW...THIS IS THE UGLIEST LEG OF THE JOURNEY AND WE'RE GLAD IT'S NEARLY DONE...FLIGHT ARRIVES IN BUDAPEST LATE TONIGHT...THE CLUB CLASS ON BRITISH AIR WAS A BLAST THOUGH AND WE BOTH GOT GOOD REST AND FOOD!...I' ...

Heathrow to Jo'burg airport SA
Jan 16, 2006 (1 photos)

First flight lasting approx 10 hours 55 mins

Leaving the UK!!!
Dec 28, 2007

We are both packed up and waiting to board the flight.  To say we are not nervous would be a lie although excitement is really the word to describe how we are feeling.  Sunny Cape Town is our first destination, until then byeeee!!!!!!!

Return of the White Typhoid
Aug 27, 2003

Already it fades like a dream. I feel like I have woken, the memories strangely unreal when surrounded by the plastic bubble reality of the West. Did I really feed hyaenas? Lie awake in terror because a lion was grunting in the next valley? Ride on ...

We have landed!
Mar 27, 2007

Well, we landed at London Heathrow Airport at 10am today (Tues 27 March)... we had no problems clearing baggage claim. Once we were collect at the airport, were arrived home and had our family and friends over, which was the perfect end to our ...

Departures, Terminal Five, 2.45pm
Sep 28, 2009 (1 photos)

Waiting for the gate to open now.  Had a coffee; choice of Pret or Starbucks here.  Went for Pret; queue was shorter although with four tills in a row, not conducive to forming a queue and more to people just wandering chaotically.  ...

Heathrow - 1hr 15 mins to take off
Oct 13, 2005

... til the flight leaves for Hong Kong. Not greatly looking forward to an 11 hour overnight flight but it will be good when it is over! Popped into work to say bye to them earlier, only 3 miles from the airport, so pretty easy. Hong Kong here I come...!

Mellemlanding i London
Jun 17, 2008

Skiftet fra det ene fly til det andet gik smertefrit. Vi fik også tid til at spise en sandwish. Da vi var kommet ud i flyet fik vi besked på at alle andre fly var grounded indtil "Air Force One" var lettet og af vejen. Der er snart ingen grænser for hvad ham ...

Fly from Heathrow to New Delhi
Mar 26, 2006

Up at 5am with about half an hour's sleep (I kept thinking of things I'd forgotten to pack!), and onto Heathrow. Thankfully I slept a bit in the car (thanks dad!) then we got to the airport with plenty of time to spare although waiting to go was a bit like ...

Bit worrying
Dec 6, 2006

I landed in Heathrow to the usual charm of Nokia welcome tones and made my way to the Cathay Pacific welcome desks.  I was then asked a few more questions than I was expecting about my one way ticket.  Fact of the day - did you know that if ...

Top three things I have forgotten to bring
Apr 9, 2008 (2 photos)

Ok so the the flight was great, I was in terminal 4 so that was lucky, check in went well, had a drink in the bar and then on the plane the food was better than I expected the choice of films and music was great and they even had a keep track of your ...

At Heathrow airport
Aug 10, 2007 (3 photos)

As promised I am writing this on a terminal at hethrow airport! it doesnt type very easily...checked in online last night so just dropped off bags and went thru security whichwas quite painless actually! the coach was running half hour late but still got ...

Free Gin is Always Good...
Nov 13, 2006

... practice for todays 22 hours in cattle class. Currently we're enjoying a bit of luxury in the business class lounge at the airport - thanks to Pauls many travels at work earning him a silver card. I'm like a child in a sweet shop - unlimited free ...

Transit through London
Aug 8, 2007

... Sacramento.  A long journey, but relatively simple. The first flight was fairly uneventful.  I arrived at Cape Town International Airport at 7:30 p.m for my 8:10 flight (don't ask why I was so late...it's typical...).  I ran, no sprinted ...

Jul 19, 2009
Jul 19, 2009 (1 photos)

Friday 4th and 5th of July
Jul 5, 2008 (3 photos)

... the trip to Heathrow, dollars are shared between students and responsabilities explained to leaders and assistant leasers and accountants. At Heathrow our two mascots, the Paddington bears are starting their travel in company of Kath and Nadine, who are ...

Just about to leave on my Big Adventure...
Sep 10, 2003

Subject: Here I go... :) Well I'm sitting in the departure lounge at Heathrow airport waiting to board my flight to New York and the start of my Round The World trip! I'm experiencing mixed feelings of excitement and apprehension & cant wait for ...

Here we go...
Jun 18, 2007 (1 photos)

... and popped round to Sarah's and Anna's to say hello. We then went down to the Flowerpot for a little reunion/slash goodbye meal and drinks with Pete and Sheelagh. Pete then took us to Heathrow. And I swear he was more excited than us at that point!

11hour, 45min flight and your there!
Mar 9, 2005

I wish I could say, All or Europe was wonderful! But in all reality I feel I have only postponed the GREAT ADVENTURE. and sadly have spent 1/3 of my hard saved money in the process. I would never turn my back on Europe. I will forever see it as ...

Travelling light
Oct 10, 2003

... and packed Molly (the bike) as well as I could, said my goodbyes to a rather sleepy Edwin, caught my train to Heathrow and here I am now, facing a monstrous queue checking in for this flight to Singapore. Most of my fellow travellers are male and wear ...

at the airport
Dec 28, 2005

Hello! We are bored of airports now! and still another hour to go until we can board our 12 hour flight! oh joy! So far, Jo has had a beer and duff a gin. Started the day right! Tune in soon for another fascnating entry from your fave girls abroad ...

Travel arrangements
Jul 4, 2008

... .30pm on the 4th of July - coach departs at 11pm London to Lima Flight with Continental airlines Flight from Heathrow at 8.30am on the 5th of July To George Bush Intercontinental Depart from George Bush Intercontinental at 3.55am To Jorge ...

Just a quickie!! i've made it to heathrow ...
Jul 9, 2001

... within 2 minutes and pretty much got on the bus straight away, thats definatley the quickest I've ever got out of an airport! Not sure what to make of Heathrow yet. It's pretty big thats for sure. I wasn't sure if I was in the airport or not for the ...

a long journey
Oct 27, 2008

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A long 30+ hours
Aug 5, 2009 (7 photos)

I set off from Sydney to get my flight back to Heathrow, via Auckland airport, via LAX. My Sydney to Auckland I spent catching up on the week of Shortland Street I'd missed while being in Sydney. The next 5 hours in Auckland airport pass by too slowly, I ...

Leeeeeeeea-ving on a Jet Plane
May 10, 2007

I think I've learned the word for "aeroplane" in Japanese. I'm now pretty sure it's "goki". Of course, I could be wrong. Especially as I'm garnering this information from a Japanese toddler who is excitedly exclaiming !!!!!goki!!!!! to her ever-patient ...

Upgraded. RESULT!!!
Feb 3, 2007

... code-share for 5 different airlines) so I got bumped up not off. Which is nice. Security is very tight at Heathrow today. I guess the arrests in Birmingham over lurid plot allegations haven't calmed the nerves of the people in charge. And this terminal ...