This is CNN. I mean England

Well hi there campers. That's right, it's your old pal Dom, coming to you live from Maldon, England. I got in at about 4:50am-ish on Tuesday to an overcast, rainy, cold day. Good thing it was, as that way I knew it was England :P

Anyways, apoloigies for the large gap in writing, but my laptop is a retard, and for some reason, it won't connect to the network in this house. So this is the first chance I have had to update since I got here really. Also, this is why there aren't any photos yet. ButI promise you that they are coming.

So I left Heathrow by way of the Tube. Wow. That system can be really depressing. I felt like if I talked to my single serve friend from the plane that I would have been arrested. But I finally got to Liverpool Street Station (which looked rather impressive I might add), and transferred to an above ground train out to Chemlsford. I made it there easily enough, and then it was the simple matter of catching a bus out to Maldon. And here the fun began *rolls eyes* I got on the bus, and passed a place called "Cherry Garden Lane". I was ACTUALLY headed for "Cherry Garden ROAD" :P So there I am, stranded in the middle of a rainy countryside, with no idea of WHERE I am actually going. I finally made it into the town of Maldon, but still couldn't find the road. it turned out I has passed it, after going to the Tourist Info Centre. See, the problem over here is that they don't have good street signs like we do in Oz, oh no. They have these crappy little signs low to the ground near the start of the road, that can't neccesarily be seen from either direction *rolls eyes*

Anyways (I use that a lot, don't I?), I finally made it here, and was that lagged thankfully. On Wednesday and Thursday, i went into Beth's school with her, which was pretty cool. Because she's in 6th form (a combination a Grade 11 and 12), its an incredibly relaxed and informal atmosphere, and whenI was inside and everyone had their head's down working, I couldn't really tell any difference between here and an Aussie school. It hasn't even really been all that cold. If it wasn't for the architecture and the accents, I could swear that I was in Toowoomba.

To conclude this little blog entry type thing, I'm having a fairly awesome time so far, and am about to apply for a job. And I promise that I will post pictures soon.

So for now, my ddear friends, I bid you adieu.

Dom

In Transit

So anyways, here I am at Hong Kong International Airport. What's that I here you say? Wasn't I supposed to be going through Abu Dhabi? This is true.

See, what happened was that my original airline (Etihad) delayed my flight to Abu Dhabi due to fog. Which meant that I wouldn't get to Abu Dhabi in time for my connection to London. So they chucked me onto Cathay Pacific (economy, cheap bastards) to get to London, and it's going through Hong Kong. I DID take pictures, and I shall post them soon, but I was intelligent and put the cable for my camera in my checked in luggage. To be fair though, I didn't think I'd be making an entry. Hoorah for free wireless.

The trip was painfully long (8 hours, and it gets worse from here), but the food was excellent, even if it DID look a bit weird :P The view as we flew into Hong Kong was amazing. It is really a beautiful city, and I'm glad that it was the first non-aussie city I had ever seen. Even if it WAS difficult to see the CBD due to smog :P I managed to make out the Bank of China building though, which was pretty cool. Anyways, the airline. Cathay Pacific's economy is fairly good. All seats have screens to view different channels, and you can always get service from a flight attendant. The seats were a lot smaller than they would have been on Etihad though, and there wasn't any power for laptops or anything like that. But I'll get to check out Etihad on the way home thankfully.

Anyways, I shall leave you lot to it. If you feel like it, comment me on some of the airline experiences that YOU'VE had.

Peace out y'all. Dom

And so it begins

Well now, this is the first (of hopefully many) blog posts in my journey. Yes, it's true that I'm NOT ACTUALLY in England yet, but I thought I should kick off by telling a bit about who I am.

My full name is Dominic Edward Cole, but everyone just calls me Dom. I'm 17, bout to turn 18 mid-December, although I've been told I look older. I'm fairly tall, and I'd like to say an easy going/laid back nature.

Umm... don't know what else to put really. If anybody reads this thing, put a question in the comment, and I'll answer it in this.

Dom out