The journey: Kathmandu to Syndey

After three months based in one place and almost constantly surrounded with other people, it felt extremely strange to be on the road, on my own.

It took nearly 48 hours to get from Kathmandu to Sydney, via Delhi and Singapore.

I had to spend a night in Delhi, which I was not looking forward to, given that I hadn't really enjoyed my preicous trip to the city. Perhaps because my expectations were so low, I actually had a lovely evening. I treated myself to a hotel room (nicer than where I'd stayed with Sapna and at third of the price), had a yummy dinner and, most importantly, slept.

My three hour layover at Singapore was a total reverse culture shock. So clean and shiny, everything so new, there were even automaticly flushing toilets! The wealth on display, the retail extravaganza, was bewildering.

Here's the airport orchid garden:

My first sight of Sydney was coming in to land, shortly before 5am, an almost full moon reflected in the harbour. It was beautiful and I knew that I'd have a good time here.