I am currently at Brunei airport, waiting for a flight to Brisbane that has been delayed by 5 hours. So far it has been a hard journey - very long flights and time feels like it keeps jumping. I have no idea what time it is now. I think I'd like to be asleep though. I have two more flights to go, one of 7 hours and one of 3 so I hope they pass with no problems. The Brunei air hostesses are so beautiful and their uniform is so elegant. They are so feminine.

When I got to Brunei (which looks lovely, very lush and green and hot at 31 degrees) I had a sit in a massage chair. I think they might have got a very poor person, cut off his hands and secreted them in the chair because it was AMAZING. My buttocks were squeezed, my shoulders were pounded and my calves were rolled. It was lucky the lounge was fairly empty because I kept emitting small 'oohs!' at what was going on and getting terrible giggles. I met a lovely elderly Australian couple who were using them too and both also 'oohing' with gusto. They are waiting for the same flight as me.

I am SO PLEASED to be on my way. I need some spring weather and light and some new surroundings. I had a moment on the plane of sheer exhaustion when I did have second thoughts... my legs were shaking and out of control and my chest felt like it was getting bad, but I tried to think about all the things I will see and just hang on through it. I got some ginger ale to help with my sickness (caused by my ribs not the flight) which worked well, and I'm about to get some fruit and salad for lunch.

On the plane I watched The Simpons movie and Hairspray (I love that film). But otherwise, I've just been sleeping. When I first got on the plane, there was a very bored looking man sitting next to me. He had his eyes closed and seemed to want some peace, but I proceeded to check out every gadget on my seat which made it go up and down and open every complimentary item from lip balm to earplugs, and annoyed him terribly. Ha! Sorry, I was excited.

Hopefully my next post will be from New Zealand and I can get on with recovering and then having some fun.