Homeward Bound

Back in Bangkok we spent the next two days shopping. We brought souvenirs for everyone, we brought presents for ourselves and Christmas presents. As we didn't have long to go now we packed our bags to the bursting and then sat in the street with a pad thai and thought about our long journey back. And it was long.

We flew from Bangkok to KL on our last AirAsia flight. We then spent the night in KL airport before flying back to Chennai in the morning. We spent the day in India, you guessed it, shopping. Hitting fast fashion and fashion folks (the local factory outlet clothes stores) we stocked up on clothes, souvenirs from Spencers plaza and cheap toiletries and jewelry from CityCentre. We retired early to bed with a Dominoes Pizza to get the early morning flight to Delhi the next day.

True to the Indian tradition our driver was late. 5am in the morning with no one to call and no taxi's about we frantically waited for the driver to come. An hour passed, then an hour and a half, then 2 when he finally turned up. We rushed to the airport and got there just in time to check in and fly off to Delhi to fly back to Heathrow.

But it was at Heathrow were the worst happened. We had to rush to catch a bus as it was when Rory, apparently looking like he had a bomb stuck to his back, was picked in a random terrorism selection. The man was very polite as they asked him about his trip, where he was going and exactly what he was wearing, but it wasn't welcome after 3 days of travelling, little sleep and a rush to catch a bus. We missed the bus, and brought a ticket for the next one in 3 hours time. But luckily the bus was so late (2 hours) that we managed to get on it anyway. The journey from Heathrow to Taunton was terrible. British traffic. I was so tired I can't remember it in much detail but we were on the bus for hours, about 6 I think, I remember it being as long as the plain journey. Only we couldn't sleep on the bus in case the motorway cleared and we missed our stop. What a welcome home. Rory's parent picked us up in the Taunton and took us back to their house where we slept and slept and slept. It was a trip of a lifetime but it was also so nice to be back in a bed we knew.

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p.s. we thought it was all over until I got really sick back in Loughborough with a bug I undoubtedly picked up from the day stop-over in India. It just had that Indian feel to it. But a weeks course of paracetamol and I was fine, looking forward to our next world adventure, whenever and wherever that may be