Up nice and early this morning for our last day in Asia! Kelly and I had pretty much packed the night before so we were out the door relatively quickly – downstairs just in time to farewell the rest of the group as they headed off to Ha Long Bay. I was really glad we got this second little goodbye – damn this was hard, we’d spent so much time together and it’s sad to think there is a good chance we will never see them again :(
I have mixed feelings about heading home – Kelly is super glad to be leaving (which is fair enough, having to stay here on a tour with that cut would have been a nightmare). However, having the rest of the group continue on through Vietnam and Cambodia is a bit of a tease really. At least I am spending a week travelling around Oz, even if it’s not quite the same. If only I had a stopover in Bali… ;-)
A quick mixed buffet breakfast and then off the hospital for Kelly to get things cleaned/changed one last time before the long haul home. We had our fingers and toes crossed for no complications…we weren’t as lucky as that, Kelly’s scheduled one hour stay quickly turned in to two hours and I was doing lots of pacing in the waiting room.
It turned out we needn’t have worried really, the airport was only half an hour away and we got there for the opening of the check in. Check in was interesting, we had to organise a wheelchair assist for Kelly because she can’t walk very far! The airport staff wheeled her for a bit, then I wheeled her around for a bit!
Lunch at a cafe – I ordered expensive things to get rid of my extra Dong – spring rolls, a pepperoni pizza and a Pina Colada. Only $5 worth of Dong left after that, which was a good effort!
Finally we boarded out flight – with Kelly being wheeled on first of course. We were sat next to a crazy Vietnamese lady who kept demanding more beer… luckily she decided to go find a seat next to her friend half way through the three hour flight. Kelly and I spread ourselves out on the seats and we slept.
When we arrived at Kuala Lumpur Kelly was wheeled off in her wheelchair again. The guy wouldn’t let me push her this time :( He just walked really fast whilst I hobbled along with my sore leg muscles. We went to the transfer counter to try and get seats together in the next flight, which was unsuccessful – we may have to do some negotiating once we are on the plane.
Then the guy wheeled Kelly to a room for ‘special passengers’ full of nice comfy couches. Yes, we will quite happily spend two hours here, thank you!
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