The end and also a new beginning. Firstly to be out in the departure lounge meant it was the end of all the clean up, pack up, preparation. Secondly it was the beginning of our new adventure what would await us once we got there. Well, we had about 13 hours to relax and enjoy the journey before we would arrive at Kansai Airport in Japan.

Actually the last day began quite franticly with me having to drop off an air mattress which I had borrowed from my friend Jeremy at his dad's house. Now this was the first miracle of the day, because the only car we had at our house (one we had borrowed) didn't have a road map and with no internet access, GPS, etc how was I going to find the place? We a few years ago when Jeremy came over he brought me along for a ride when he went to pick up his sons from his dad's house and it came back to me to how to get there. So that saved a lot of time trying to hunt down directions. The second miracle how I managed to sort through a lot of paper work which I still had left in less than an hour. Any way we were all packed and ready by 12:00pm with our departure at 5:30pm we were even able to enjoy one last lunch at Red Rooster (they don't have anything like it in Japan).

Now for the flight details MH124 Perth (departed 17:30 WDT GMT+9) to Kuala Lumpur (arrive 21:50 GMT+8), then MH52 Kuala Lumpur (depart 23:50 GMT+8) to Osaka Kansai Airport (arrive 06:50 JST GMT+9). A big plug for Malaysia Airlines, all ways great service and food in my experience, the only little complaint this time was that Japanese food was not on the menu for the Kuala Lumpur leg.

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