Boat on the horizon

Day 1 - And so my adventure begins (with a 2hr wait at Heathrow, ahem)

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July 6th 2017
(Alright, relatively short to get things started today - this is mainly a gripe-fest over Heathrow customs... sorry. Tomorrow the real travel/adventure begins.) So, lessons learned, flying into Heathrow at 10am on a Thursday is ill-advised. I was one of the first in our batch and it took me - I'm not exaggerating - 2 hours to go through customs. Mixture of bad timing (2 officers were on lunch * ... read more

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