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Dogs rearing to go
Dogs rearing to go

Vancouver / London25th Sep 2006

After breakfast we hopped back onto the bus for another train ride, and did the little tour around town again.  Nice and relaxing just listening to the commentary and watching the sights go by.

Unfortunately the movie set wasn't happening, looked like it would pick up later, but while on the bus, the driver commented about the traffic getting really bad in Vancouver about the time we wanted to leave for the airport.  So we hotfooted it back to the hotel, packed all our clothes - again (getting tired of this!!) and caught a cab to the airport... only R204 for 25mins.  Did a self service check in so had our boarding passes printed automatically, then went to a desk to get our luggage tags printed, and then went straight to put our luggage on a conveyor belt - no weighing whatsoever!  All the stress of packing those cases so economically for NOTHING.

Just before we boarded an elderly gentleman sitting across from us started feeling faint, and eventually they called a medic to come take a look.  At this point we started boarding, only to find that the plane would be delayed cos this old man was not joining the flight, and his luggage was being taken off.

Then, a lady got up to walk down the aisle and fainted - out stone cold right next to me.  Luckily the lady sitting opposite is a nurse from SA, so she sorted this lady out, who had to lie in the aisle for about an hour and have oxygen given to her. Apparently she'd taken some medication for a back spasm, and she has low blood pressure, so the muscle relaxant combined with the altitude was not a great mix for her.

The flight wasn't great but I think it was more to do with the time difference than anything else.  We arrived in London at 11:25am but our bodies still thought it was 3am.  It will take some time to adjust but it doesn't feel half as bad as getting on the ship.

We got picked up by Donna who is looking lovely with her long hair and got taken to our Hotel at 6 Hazel Way, hosts - Jules and David. Lovely weather here, about 20C so t-shirts have had to be washed as they all just about got used up in Vancouver.

Have spent a lovely afternoon catching up on all the news and reminiscing about our holiday - and planning our next ones too. Dinner will be early tonight - curry! Love to all from the UK.  Finally, only one stage left to go with the suitcases!

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