London, and arrived in Malaysia

This is going to be a very quick post. I'm back in KL airport about to connect to Kota Bharu to get to my paradise island to learn to scuba dive :-)

I still need to finish the post before this one and post up photos, but I promise that perhaps by a few months after I arrive back in Melbourne, I'll have a complete blog of my trip.

It was really great to be back in London and see everyone again, but it was tainted with a deep sense of missing what I had just experienced. It was an interesting transition back to the one western world but one that I had been praying about and tried to prepare for. Thank God that I was still able to spend time in fellowship with such great friends here to encourage me. It was particularly great cos so many of my friends in London have experienced service in Africa also.

The weather was great and London in Summer is a completely different place. Everyone is so much happier and brighter. Went to Southbank again for a day which was really nice. The sun was shining, the place was buzzing and there were street performers everywhere. I met a really cool busker called Addy (go figure huh?) and he's gonna email me some of his stuff.

I do have one funny story to tell quickly before I have to dash to my connecting flight. Most of you know that I can sometimes be a bit scattered, but usually when it comes to traveling, I'm usually relatively switched on. Well, it seems that booking connecting flights from Zambia is a bad idea. Basically, I left Heathrow for KL at 1200 on the 20th and had apparently booked my connection to Kota Bharu for 1010, also on the 20th. So when I tried to check in for both flights together I was told I had missed my connection and needed to buy a whole new one for 120 pounds ($250). Quite a pain since that was 5 times how much the original flight cost. Anyway, I'd better go now so I don't miss it.

Can't wait for scuba diving and chilling on the beach. Also can't wait to see everyone back in Melbourne next week.

God bless u all,
Mark