The Turbulent Flight To London

16/6/14 Monday

The view from the hotel window.

We woke up early but still had to pay more money to the transit hotel because in the transit hotel you book a room for a certain number of hours and we slept for extra hours. The hotel room looked right out onto the runway and you could here the planes, but we didn't mind.

I gathered up the gear and checked the hotel room while dad payed. After we walked to the cactus garden which is on the roof of the airport, we left our luggage with two girls who looked trustworthy. as we climbed the stairs dad lectured me about how we will do that one way and have all our stuff stolen but it will be worth it because we haven't had to lug the stuff around with us all this time.

A  foggy picture.

The camera lens was cold because the airport was air conditioned. Which meant that as soon as we stepped into the humid air the lens fogged up. Dad explained this was because the moisture in the humid air was condensing on the cold lens. This happens because when humid air comes into contact with a cold surface the air cools and cold air can't hold as much moisture as warm air, so it forms small droplets. In time the water on the lens would evaporate and the pictures once again would be clear.

After we saw the cactus garden we boarded the plane to London. It felt like the trip took years, the flight was filled with turbulence and it was very scary because i have been reading a novel about a plane crash. When we arrived in Delhi which is in India for a stop over I noticed how different the security was. There was lots of guards with guns and dangerous chemical detectors. but there was lots of little gaps in there actual security like rather than having finger print scanners they tied a tag to your bags that could have been easily swapped to another bag. There show of control was much more visual.

When we finally arrived a Heathrow Airport I was exhausted, we had been traveling for about 14 and a half hours. My Grandpa Kevin and Grandma Isobel picked us up from arrivals and took us home and made spicy lentil and tomato soup, it was delicious.

I fell asleep the instant I crawled into bed.