Home again, home again jiggity jig.

We are home. My feet are on Australian soil once again.

We woke up at 6:40AM in the Freedom Traveller Hostel in Italy. We checked out, lugged our bags downstairs, and made our way to Roma Termini train station. We caught a train to Leonardo Da Vinci/Fiumincino Airport, and spent the last of our euros on a couple of muffins and powerades(because hydration is important).

The trip from Rome to Singapore was 12 hours long, but didn't seem too bad. I watched three movies. The Wrestler (which was pretty awesome, but sad in the end), Valkyrie (which was pretty awesome, but predictably sad in the end), and Bride Wars (which Cara and I watched simultaneously, and was lame at the end). That killed about 5 hours, and I read some magazines, listened to my iPod and ate, which killed the other 7. I also had a Singapore Sling onboard Singapore Airlines (it seemed appropriate).

Last time in Singapore we got Burger King, and Cara raved about the Rendang Burger. So this time through I got it too. It was really great, and stopped me feeling sick. Then it was time to go through security (for the last time this trip) and prepare for our 5 hour trip home to Perth.

The flight was uneventful, except that I slept for about one and a half hours on the plane. And I didn't feel terrible afterwards!

Mum, Dad and Nicola met us at the airport, and we had a coffee and debriefed. It didn't take too long to get through customs, and the new "thermal scanner technology" which is supposed to protect Australia from the swine flu seemed to be an ordinary video camera set to infra red mode.

I will probably post a few more pictures of our journey (along with accompanying stories) in the coming days.

Cheers,

Cameron

P.S. I forgot to thank Julie, Peter, Katie, Lin and Duncan for being great on the holiday too!