After 36 hours sitting in airports and jumping on and off planes, we finally landed on our home soil - beautiful Australia!
We were all very excited to be back but all very weary. We all made our way to the baggage carousel and as each person grabbed their bag, they headed for Customs. After waiting for the very last bag to appear on the carousel, it was obvious that several of our bags were missing!! Dave, Ash, Mary and myself made our way to the Baggage Service desk and soon discovered that our bags were still in Dubai!
We really didn't mind that our bags were missing - after all they were just full of dirty, smelly clothes! We were told our bags should be delivered to us within the next 24 hours. We headed off to Customs then. It seems Dave, Ash and myself had not given our boots and poles a good enough clean so these were taken away to be washed before we could move on. That having been taken care of, we finally emerged to where everyone else was waiting for us.
The Trekkers believed we were being picked up by Happy Cabby and were very excited to discover that we had in fact arranged a stretch limo for the trip home - which was awesome.
The Trekkers were also unaware that we had organised a surprise welcome home party for them and that members of all their families would be there to meet them. It did take some convincing to get them all to the East Maitland address for the party as they all just wanted to go home and collapse.
We pulled up to a fantastic reception of families and friends and enjoyed an afternoon of talking about our trip and had a BBQ, drinks and a fantastic Welcome Home Cake.
Everyone went home for long showers and baths and a great nights sleep in our own beds after an absolutely amazing journey.
Hugs,
Donna.
We were all very excited to be back but all very weary. We all made our way to the baggage carousel and as each person grabbed their bag, they headed for Customs. After waiting for the very last bag to appear on the carousel, it was obvious that several of our bags were missing!! Dave, Ash, Mary and myself made our way to the Baggage Service desk and soon discovered that our bags were still in Dubai!
We really didn't mind that our bags were missing - after all they were just full of dirty, smelly clothes! We were told our bags should be delivered to us within the next 24 hours. We headed off to Customs then. It seems Dave, Ash and myself had not given our boots and poles a good enough clean so these were taken away to be washed before we could move on. That having been taken care of, we finally emerged to where everyone else was waiting for us.
The Trekkers believed we were being picked up by Happy Cabby and were very excited to discover that we had in fact arranged a stretch limo for the trip home - which was awesome.
The Trekkers were also unaware that we had organised a surprise welcome home party for them and that members of all their families would be there to meet them. It did take some convincing to get them all to the East Maitland address for the party as they all just wanted to go home and collapse.
We pulled up to a fantastic reception of families and friends and enjoyed an afternoon of talking about our trip and had a BBQ, drinks and a fantastic Welcome Home Cake.
Everyone went home for long showers and baths and a great nights sleep in our own beds after an absolutely amazing journey.
Hugs,
Donna.
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