In transit, the can of mancation is open

Skipped through BNE airport and was sure to take the full compliment of security checks on the way through. A large dark guy did the pat down - he was damn impressed I was off to Amsterdam, just gave me an fonzy style "ayyyy" as I walked off, the explosives lady also seemed impressed when I said I'd "try" to stay out of trouble! I'm just going for the bikes, honest! :-)

A fairly eventless flight to Singapore, though it amazes me how just 5.5hrs on a plane can result in such a massive shift in climate, 28deg and balmy here. A short stopover (3hrs) before getting on the Boeing for the long haul. Chengi ap is lovely, clean and functional. I think I saw Nicki Lauder driving a trolley pusher, beep beeping other passenger... Odd...could be the altitude. Nothing to report on the techno front in shops, I was very impressed by the Bose Noise Cancelling headphones though.

So the juggernaut begins. Next time i post i expect to be in the thick of it, with some real reading (and viewing) material ;-) stay tuned....