One of many vast walkways at Hong Kong Airport
Having just taken a thin tablet and made a few touches to a screen I was able to speak to my family in Australia. Of course this is nothing remarkable now but taken in the context of history, recent history, within my lifetime this would have been, indeed, was, the stuff of science fiction.
From a basic lifestyle; a home with only the necessities - warm and adequate, with a radio but television just a curiosity, a telephone way out of our reach, and still no bathroom, the milestones achieved are remarkable
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From the industrial revolution and the dreadful conditions endured by the working class, to the atrocities of two world wars, within the last half century life has become unrecognisable with phenomenal developments in numerous areas.
Enough rumination!
I left Wales Friday morning for Manchester, then on to London and boarded for Hong Kong. Very pleasant journey and the eleven hours passed more easily than the last time I did this. Perhaps I am becoming complacent - dictionary definition of complacent, 'smug and uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements..' Sounds about right !
Spent a few hours in Hong Kong then on to Cairns, north east Queensland. Most of the journey is over sea and it was very turbulent for roughly seven hours, which was quite unnerving - the thought of crashing down into the tempestuous, freezing water was positively scary, but in the end what will be will be !
Arrived in Cairns at 5-00am and met Alexander, we were both so hungry and eager to talk so we sat by the sea on the Esplanade until dawn and and an open cafe for breakfast.
Now for the absolute best part - off to meet Little Lady !
Baby Ama-leigh
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