Usually I am filled with dread when I enter a plane for a long haul flight.  But this time I actually felt quite calm about the more than 30 hours of travel ahead of us.

Our first stop was Brisbane Airport where I took the opportunity to charge the netbook and check emails.

We flew north with the sun and somewhere around Darwin the sunset arrived and stayed with us for what seemed like forever.  A magical feeling.

I LOVE THE LONG HAUL BECAUSE -

When else do I get to sit on my butt for a day and a half and get served up three course meals at regular intervals.

  “And would you Iike the beef and noodles with kimchi, or the chicken and leek pie? The beer or the wine? The tea or the coffee?” 

Maybe it was the beer combined with …