Finally Arrived

Finally. I arrived. What a bitch of a journey. The first flight from London to Dubai (7 hours) went very well. They had great "on-demand" in flight entertainment and I managed to plug my laptop in at my seat so had the use of my computer and 3GB of....."flims".

So when I got on my connection flight to Melbourne (16 hours long) I was a little shocked to see the state of the plane (in comparison it was like the first plane was a Masserati and this one was a Nissan Micra) not to mention the 4 month old baby being breast-fed 4 seats to my left! I was actually swearing to myself so much the gay air steward gave me a dodgy look...or maybe he was just winking at me :-/

Anyway a blog about the flight would be incredibly boring to read.

26 hours Later...

First impressions of Melbourne were very good. Our cab let me name the price for a 20 minute motorway trip from the airport to our halls of residence. The hotel told us it would cost around $50...so I immediately said i'd be happy paying $20 (£10). Not only did the driver accept this ridiculous fare but said that its up to the passenger to say how much they pay and I should "have fun". LOL. I didn't complain.

When we arrived at the address we were given me and the girl I was travelling with, Stav, were both a bit confused because we were standing outside a 4* hotel...not a halls of residence. Turns out it is a hotel where we are staying. They have specially designed minature cells where they put all the students. The rooms are described as "ergonomic"...which as far as I can see means putting a toilet in the shower and whacking a massive mirror on one wall to give the illusion of space. Can't complain though, it's not like i'm paying for it!

On the topic of jet lag, i'm actually doing quite well. A mixture of "anxiolytic drugs" and alcohol are extremely effective at making me sleep. We wanted to buy sleeping tablets in Dubai airport but instead the woman behind the counter gave us these tablets which would normally be on prescription in the UK. I read the leaflet inside and it said they are normally given before a general anaesthetic to induce sedation! I can get some on the way back if anyone wants to pre order?

Well, there is a little update for you. I'm off to explore Melbourne a bit now and buy some "essentials" to live on while i'm out here.