Postby KeithS » Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:10 am
Day 23-24-25 - Pop, Flying, Work
I'm back!
My day started about 38 hours ago when I woke up on Saturday morning in Orlando. I had a slow start to the morning and had my breakfast. I then took my checked luggage down to the airline check in and said goodbye to it. I went back to my room and watched English soccer until 11am when I had to check out. As my Magical Express pick up wasn’t until 1:55pm, I just hung around the lobby and the shop for a few hours.
Eventually, the bus came and took me to the airport – I did a quick review of the shops (I didn’t buy anything) then headed through security to wait for my flight which was at 5:55pm – so there was lots of waiting for me on Saturday.
The flight from Orlando to LAX was pretty uneventful – I sat next to a Chinese lady from Canley Heights of all places – she had gone to WDW with her family who were seated around us (and her son’s name was Keith – cool).
When we arrived in LAX – I had to pick up my bags then drag them to the next terminal where the Qantas aircraft depart from – that is an easy walk though, so no drama there. I was so grateful though when the girl at the counter asked if I’d like to get the early Sydney flight! Yes please! If I hadn’t got that, I’d still be travelling now (and would be much grumpier!!! Hehe). The flight went smoothly and I tried to sleep a bit. I arrived in Sydney around 6:15am and flew through customs and quarantine with no stops and little crowd - that was cool. I then caught a taxi to work where I am sitting writing this. I'll be heading home sometime after lunch though - I feel fatigue starting to creep up!
Time to start counting down to Hong Kong now
Keith
Trip history:
DLR: 2005, 06, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18
DLRP: 2006
HKDL: 2006 (Mar & Sept), 11 (Apr & Dec), 14, 19
SDR: 2017
TDR: 2008, 10, 17
WDW: 2006, 13 (Mar & Sept), 16, 19
DCL: 2013, 15 (Alaska & Hawaii), 18
Aulani: 2015