Packing the night before was probably not one of my best ideas, but so far so good! After setting off at 5:15am English time to get to Manchester Airport for my flight at 9:00am, safe to say I was knackered. The flights were smooth, first leg was 7 hours to Abu Dhabi. After reaching Abu Dhabi and going through multiple security checks (including having to turn on all electrical items which meant my go pro which when turned on records straight away should have some amateur footage of an airport security lady staring into it), it was onto the next leg of the journey: Abu Dhabi to Brisbane. 14 hours on a plane next to an old couple, the woman had informed me right off the bat that she had taken half a sleeping tablet and
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