We treated ourselves to a lie in, then a leisurely time packing. We left the hotel around midday, before taking 2 Tuk Tuks between us (via a supermarket to buy Gin which we knew was cheaper than the airport duty free) to the airport.
We enjoyed our last experience of chaotic travel before arriving at the airport where we wrote and posted our last postcards, and grabbed something to eat.
Our flight (Qatar) departed just 30 mins before Nics (Air Asia to Kuala Lumpur) - so we had time at the airport to say goodbye and sort our monies owed etc.
Our plane was bang on time. It flew initially to Ho Chi Min city in Vietnam at around 10% full, but filled up completely in Vietnam.
Then it was a long long flight to Doha in Qatar, where we landed the equivalent of 3am where we had to change planes. This involved going onto the tarmac and jumping on a bus - the heat in Qatar even in the middle of the night was phenomena!
After 3 hours at the busy and glitzy Doha airport we boarded a flight for Manchester (also pretty well totally full) arriving in Manchester early at 7am local time - 1pm according to our body clock.
We were straight through passport control and our bags arrived quickly giving us time for a leisurely coffee before our train to Leeds.
Our fantastic neighbours Mollie and Keith picked us up at Horsforth station and we were home by 11am. Ellie and Katherine were amazed by how spotlessly tidy our house was (that's what happens if they are away for 7 weeks) and immediately set about correcting this aberration!
Our biggest challenge for the day was to stay up till at least 9pm UK time (2am Cambodian time) before collapsing into our own beds for the first time in 4 weeks!
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