The flight to China

I got up at 5.10 (Mum was up at 4.45). I got dressed. Dad dropped in to say good bye at 5.20am. 10mminutes later we had put all our bags/luggage in the car and we were off. At about 7:20 we had finally arrived at JetPort parking. We got on the shuttle bus, with 3 other people , once we arrived at the airport we dropped 2 people of at the Virgin Blue terminal. Then we got dropped off at the international terminal. We went to maccas for breaky then we went to put our luggage to the people. Nana Pa Keith and Val arrived and then it took at few minutes to get the seats we wanted.

Our first plane meal

We walked around for a bit then everyone went to hungry jacks for breakfast

The chicken with the meal

We went through customs and then went through security checks where Keith had to take his shoes off.  WE walked a bit further then went and found Gate 5... A lady (airport worker) asked me to do this survey about the airport.

We went and looked first duty free shop then pretty soon afterwards we got on the plane.

I was boring and I thought we were almost there but we were only in South Australia. We sat next to a chick that kept doing her hair and putting lip gloss on, then we turned around to see her in a white plastic face mask. It was so funny. WE got off the plane finally and went to get our bags. That took for ever. We then had to go to the domestic  terminal to catch our next flight to Guilin. We went through customs and my travel sick medicine got taken off me. We borded the plane and i had to sit next to two other people but luckily the flight was only 55 monutes. We got an airport shuttle bus to the Fubo hotel We found our door and amazingly found how to open it.  It was 10.40 when I got to bed  - 1.40am Melbourne time

2nd meal

From Kate - The Chinese people are known as being a small race of people - this can very clearly be seen when you fly on a Chinese plane. The seats on the planes are definitely not built for westerners! It did make for a very friendly flight - you couldn't avoid rubbing arms with the person next to you. The food on the plane was - well - food! I can't say much more about it. Soft drinks were warm, rolls were from a very heavy dough mix, rice very gluggy. But it was edible and filled the gap! Customs in Melbourne allowed me to take a small glass bottle on the plane that contained about 25ml of liquid medicine. Going through the domestic customs in China, it was taken off me. I tried in vain to explain that I had to have it or Melissa might be sick on the plane but there was no way the lady was going to let me take it on board. I gave Mel half a dose in front of the lady, but didn't want Mel having a full dose at that time. Mel said the lady stated that if she had drunk all the liquid then she would give me back the bottle.

Our hotel

The key to the hotel door is in the shape of a key but plastic and about 10cm long. The door lock looks like it has a peep-hole in it, and it is here that you place the metal dot from the 'key'. It then opens the door.  It was a very long day for all of us and we quickly went to sleep. The thinks we sleep on look like beds but are as comfortable as if you were sleeping on the floor. If you have a nice woollen plush carpet - it would be more comfortable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The lady in the mask

Our room at the Fubo Hotel