We're Baaaaacckk!!!!!
Trip Start
Mar 05, 2008
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Trip End
Jan 11, 2009
Perth,
Western Australia,
Australia
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Our trip of a lifetime is officially over, but in true-to-form Trayler fashion, naturally things didn't go without a hitch ...
We got picked up & taken to the airport at 7.30am (and all was well). Then we checked in & got rid of all our luggage at the qantas desk (and all was still well). After checking in we had just over 2 hours to kill (which we did fantastically with a spot of shopping ... oh, and all was still well).
Then it was time to board the plane (and that's where things went pear shaped!) You see we finally got the snow we had been hoping for ... unfortunately, it was when planes were supposed to be flying! So we were held up on the boarding tarmac for TWO HOURS waiting for people who were running late from an earier flight, then we missed our turn in the take off order, then they had to de-ice the plane for take off ... you get my drift.
So we finally got into Singapore 2 hours late (which meant we were over an hour late for our connecting flight back to Perth!) They held this plane up as well (bet the people already on it were a little cranky!) so all 72 of us could catch our flight home.
So anyway ... about 6 or 7 movies & several sitcom episodes later, we finally arrived at 4.20pm, but didn't clear customs until about 5.15pm! Poor old Chris, Alina & the kids, as well as my mum & dad, were all sitting there from just after 3 o'clock waiting for us to arrive!!!!
We are now back at mum & dad's, until we sort our stuff out & pick up the keys to our house.
It's been an amazing journey ... and we want to thank you all for letting us share it with you!!!
To those of you that we caught up with overseas - "til next time" ... and to those of you who are in Perth - "see you soon"
This is Kylie & Ian ... Traylertravels, signing off!
Comments
what a pitty
Although we are glad to have you back, we're going to miss the weekly reports of how the other half live.
I hear that you can go to a chemist and get some cream for the itchy feet you will soon be experiencing. Enjoy the jetlag and hope you get settled in soon.
The boys
ps. The beach is awesome lately. Get down and enjoy it