I have started my trip!
I wasn’t really thinking about much, other than going back to sleep, when I had to haul myself out of bed at 4am. But, upon walking into the airport and saying goodbye to my family, I began to realise that after what has been a very difficult few months, I was about to start an adventure.
I am spending three days in Dubai with family before travelling to India.
I was slightly nervous when I landed. It was my first reminder that this trip was no longer in its dreamlike planning phase, but was actually happening. However, once fed and full with home cooked food, my mind, my thoughts and my stomach with all its butterflies, seemed to calm down. I think those butterflies enjoyed the food as much as I did.
As the evening continued any anxiousness that was there was replaced by excitement.
I am realising how lucky I really am to have an opportunity to do this with the full support of all of my family. If you are reading, thank you.
In other news I managed to land in Dubai on one of the five days a year it rains. I left Britain in the rain hoping to find some sun, but landed in the rain; in a desert of all places.
Perhaps I have been listening to too much Crowded House.
Rain in a desert! That is a good sign