Woho, after a very long blog pause I am back in civilization and trying to catch up with my blogging. Pictures will be up in a few days.
It is funny how you fly out to Australia on a Monday and arrive on a Wednesday and they have somehow stolen your Tuedsay from you.
This is exactly what happened to me. After the longest day in work I barely caught the bus to the airport. Having arrived I found out that opodo had not managed to inform Singapore Airlines about my special dietary requirements which meant that I lived off two dry rolls until we touched down in Singapore approximately 12 hours later. I can't really complain, however, as I was on the new Airbus 380 on the upper deck which was quite nice and had a window seat and nobody sitting next to me. The on-board entertainment, of which I am a huge fan, as some people know, was excellent and I watched my way through 'Doubt' with an excellent Meryl Streep, 'Changeling', 'Happy Go Lucky' and even managed to catch some sleep in between.
I met up with my mom and dad in Singapore where we boarded a less impressive plane to Perth for the next 6 hours of the trip.
Western Australia, the state of which Perth is the capital, is very peculiar with imported goods. Fresh produce, fruits, veggies, dairy, meat etc. is not to be imported under any circumstances. There are huge signs in the airport that you even have to declare any dirt you might have under sporting equipment.
Anyways, the fruit beagle, a dog especially trained to smell fruit through bags did not discover the apple that lay forgotten in my father's backpack, but the x-ray did catch us and what was a misunderstanding between myself and my mom - she thought I had removed her apple when instead I had removed mine and there was a second one in the backpack - turned out to be a very costly affair. $220 dollars is the charge for trying to import an apple into Western Australia and getting caught. Fortunately, the custom's officer was as friendly as your next door Australian neighbour and let us off with a warning and seized our good - a Pink Lady Apple.
It is funny how you fly out to Australia on a Monday and arrive on a Wednesday and they have somehow stolen your Tuedsay from you.
This is exactly what happened to me. After the longest day in work I barely caught the bus to the airport. Having arrived I found out that opodo had not managed to inform Singapore Airlines about my special dietary requirements which meant that I lived off two dry rolls until we touched down in Singapore approximately 12 hours later. I can't really complain, however, as I was on the new Airbus 380 on the upper deck which was quite nice and had a window seat and nobody sitting next to me. The on-board entertainment, of which I am a huge fan, as some people know, was excellent and I watched my way through 'Doubt' with an excellent Meryl Streep, 'Changeling', 'Happy Go Lucky' and even managed to catch some sleep in between.
I met up with my mom and dad in Singapore where we boarded a less impressive plane to Perth for the next 6 hours of the trip.
Western Australia, the state of which Perth is the capital, is very peculiar with imported goods. Fresh produce, fruits, veggies, dairy, meat etc. is not to be imported under any circumstances. There are huge signs in the airport that you even have to declare any dirt you might have under sporting equipment.
Anyways, the fruit beagle, a dog especially trained to smell fruit through bags did not discover the apple that lay forgotten in my father's backpack, but the x-ray did catch us and what was a misunderstanding between myself and my mom - she thought I had removed her apple when instead I had removed mine and there was a second one in the backpack - turned out to be a very costly affair. $220 dollars is the charge for trying to import an apple into Western Australia and getting caught. Fortunately, the custom's officer was as friendly as your next door Australian neighbour and let us off with a warning and seized our good - a Pink Lady Apple.
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