Sensational travelling...

...no, not necessarily in the sense of fantastic or wonderful travels, but rather an assault on the senses.

The flight was mostly bumpy; seatbelt signs going on and of regularly, entire toilet queues being told to return to seats-and-place-tray-tables-in-the-upright-position, smiling stewardesses giving in to the weaker bladdered, and some crying children. I managed to fully not watch three films - my mind was not able to settle into them at all and I gave up after a few minutes. Had a fitful couple of hours sleep, to a soundtrack of Mumford & Sons, which only reminded me of the last couple of months at Pennine, and served to make those couple of hours occur at quite different times during the flight.

I arrived in Singapore at 7am UK time, had some breakfast coffee at lunchtime, and am due to fly out five hours later at 9pm. I'm not sure what time I think it is now.

I seem to have found a chair in the transit lounge which is suffering mild turbulence on this part of the carpet - I keep having to hold on to the arm. I have heard of having sea-legs, but this is my first experience of 'air-arse...'

I forked out a fiver for the liberty of a shower - the best fiver spent in a while. Smokers here have what appears to be a lovely glade just off the concourse. Of course it is outside, where the temperature is 33 degrees, and a few thousand percent humidity. And I found myself there in jeans; smoked the fastest cigarette of my life so I could re-find myself in air-conditioned (if a little turbulent) heaven. Perhaps now is a good time to quit.

My next flight is 13 hours, with some kind of time difference again, and I arrive in Auckland around lunchtime (equivalent to UK midnight or so). Don't know what my body will decide to feel like; whether breakfast is in order, or dinner or tea. I hope that tomorrow I will wake up and feel like it is Sunday - although the tomorrow I am thinking of is still a couple of days away... Oh crap.

Well, time to wander a bit; good morning, good afternoon, or goodnight to you, wherever you may be.