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Not really going to say much here - as all I saw was the airport ; left London at 7.25am this morning, had an effortless check in at 5.20am which made up for my lack of sleep trying to pack and repack my bag ( I swear I didnt realise it would be this heavy - Im so not a seasoned backpacker ; they travel with bags that are full of fresh air !!).

Got annoyed at Heathrow when they confiscated all my toiletries from my hand luggage - apparently this 'Under 100ml' rule doesnt mean you can fill your bag up like I'd done with small sized bits and pieces. The guy at security told me I could only have enough to fit in one small plastic bag and that was it !!!!! DUH !!! Guess I shouldve known that eh ??

Didnt have much time to do anything at Madrid Airport, and I also didnt have any Euro's ( yup, my usual disorganisd self !). By the time I'd eventually queued at a Bureau to get some it was almost time to board. So shocking though the concept is to most of you ,I had no time to shop and boarded the plane with just a bottle of water.

Got a bit jittery when I saw all the folk checking in for the Lima flight ( hundreds of them - and they all looked like native Spanish speakers - still paranoid that everyone will speak Spanish apart form me LOL !!). Bizarre queueing system too which meant everyone seemed to be pushing in from wherever with the biggest hand luggage you'd ever seen. Almsot gave my big bag a run for its money .

Okay, this should give everyone a kind of rough idea of where I'll be going - based mostly on the flight stops from my RTW ticket.

Still panicking a bit now about my little scheduled stop in Iquique - not been able to get a bus out of there yet LOL !!

Will write a bit more later - playing about with this damn map has taken me ages and I need my bed !! Mx.