Day 0: Departure and the Pacific

Mood: Sleepy

Music: Various (moment of the day was watching the sun rise listening to Travelling On by Beber and Temara)

Well... I'm in Lima! I've seen the Pacific Ocean! I've been on a long haul flight! I've crossed the equator! I've left Europe!

I'm not quite sure which of these is more special to me at the moment as I'm sat at a bar sipping a free cocktail having been awake for almost 24 hours. 

I'd like to apologise to Phil for letting him down at the first hurdle. My planned photo for each pre-flight beer was shot down at the first hurdle as there is nowhere to buy beer in Terminal 3 at Heathrow prior to 6am and we were boarding at quarter to. I also then proceeded to fail at flight two as Madrid would sell me wine but I couldn't find beer for love nor money.

The day started quite oddly as I had another couple travelling with Audley stood in the check in queue in front of me. They were on their way to Costa Rica and also had to go from Madrid. The first flight was quiet and most people slept/snored the whole way. 

The change at Madrid was fairly painless although it did take an hour to board the plane for no apparent reason. I'd like to thank the Italian guy in the seat next to me for looking as equally confused as me when the Iberia airlines stewardess started saying in Spanish that our luggage should be in the overhead lockers that they'd just closed. He was on his way to Peru to meet a friend he'd kept in touch with when he first went to Peru 20 years ago and was quite nice to natter to in between films.

I'll keep this post brief and end with a pic of the sun setting over the pacific on our approach into the airport in Lima...