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Written somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere at 35,000 feet...in anticipation of a safe landing and an inability to do a blog after the long tiring journey to the Best Bed in The World.

Wow. Here we are, safe and sound at home after ramming in an extra 19 hours into a day, making our day 33 hours long!

It is sooo nice to be home!

Travelling is certainly not for everyone, I agree. Travelling seems to be a bug that you either have it or not. I have had it since I was a young man and Fellette has had it for the the last 57 years. We are so fortunate to have had so many ’Trips of a lifetime’ in the last 30 odd years that it literally staggers me. 

This trip we are now one is one of the more memorable ones for sure. We did not get off to a good start for sure by leaving our passports in the hotel safe in Melbourne. As a matter of fact I thought that that was the beginning of the end regarding travel. 

A visit with my friend Keith and wife Jenny in Australia was very special for me, then we have the six-week journey through South East Asia which was great, not spectacular but great. The trash and apart lack of interest in it in most places is bothersome to me.

Morocco was a Show Stopper for me. I am still bepuzzled by that country as I see a country in transition to a modernish economy and society, yet I see people in the country living a life similar to what Moses must have experienced thousands of years ago. Two weeks in the country was enough for me but that does not mean that others could live there for months. Different people with different interests in life. 

As the adventure does comes to an end I have some thoughts that I would like to share: no doubt inspired by the fact that we are on an Air Canada plane, Business Class, having left Morocco two hours ago and having had a gin and a wine and only coffee and two buns in my stomach. 

I have had a few minor issues on this trip. The shoulders have been a real pain! The worst is in bed and trying to get comfortable or buckling and un-buckling the seat belts, in and out of the van. I also had heat rash in India, for about the third time in my life, that was a month ago and it is still an issue, I feel confident that the lumps on my neck, back and shoulders will disappear once I get to our climate and get back on some sort of sensible food regime again. I have also had some allergies that are more a nuisance than anything else. Nothing serious, but nagging.

The point is, I hope to have my shoulders fixed, unfortunately by surgery, in the next 18 months. How long do you think we can reasonably expect to traipse around the world, in comfort, without my age and ailments causing undue hardship on others or just making travelling not worth it? Time will tell!

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The flights were lovely, long and relaxing, we two did get some sleep, but it is still a long day no matter how you dress it up. Wally picked us up, the flight was a bit early. Wally brought us up to date on CTI and Family Matters. Jeanette had turned the heat up and the home was nice and cozy. We had our toast and peanut butter and were in bed soon after.

Breakfast at 5:30 AM in Casablanca.

Champagne prior to take-off at 10:30 AM.

Same...

Africa, near Casablanca on the left, Atlantic on the right, 

next land will be Canada, seven and a half hours later.