Swakopmund; Saturday, 12 April, 2003

A day of firsts today... First time I have flown from Terminal 4, first time I have flown on a 747, first time I have left Europe.

By 11:00pm we had crossed the Mediterranean and were over the continent. Partly because of the size of the seat (that's economy class for you) and partly the excitement that each second I was travelling further south, further from home than I had ever been before, I couldn't sleep.

But that was OK as I managed to re-watch the Lord of the rings - The two towers which BA was playing as one of the in-flight movies!