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Hey dudes, here we go, the penultimate entry to Troy's Tremendous Trip!

4-8

D-Day, it's 9:30 and I'm just annoyed. What is the deal with packing? I'm gonna have to check the book. Yep, there it is. Page 97, "Whence ever traveler Troy Culpan has to re pack his bags, even if a new bag has been purchased the goods in which he wishes to pack into the aforementioned bags will not fit unless squashed, mangled and contorted, even then, it will not all fit." Yep, there it is. Horder of crap Culpan does it again!! But, it's all in and all that�s left to do is buy more stuff!! I think we're off to a mall again.

Back from the mall, I hate last days cause I'm in Jeans and it's bloody hot. All my stuff is packed. So went to Wal Mart that was fun, bought a couple more CD's and a DVD, went to 7-11 and got a 1.3 litre Big Gulp! Yay!! Now it's 12:50pm, gotta leave here in 1.5 hrs, so I'll more than likely c ya at the airport.

OK, welcome to gate 81 at Toronto Airport. What the hell is the deal with cabs and lack of air con?! Seriously, I had a lady driver from Ghana in Africa, I asked her if she knew where Chad was, she said "Yes, they make Tang there" and I'm like "I know!!" So we got to drive thru the Caribbean festival yay! PS. Slow down and look some more! At the airport now, bought some goodies and it's 2hrs til my flight, Yay. So I guess unless something funny happens I'll c ya on the plane. Well, it's 3:40pm, it's not funny, but it's boring. Yep, real boring. Still an hour and a bit before I can board. So I'll just be bored before I board. Awesome! I just got blinded by one of the luggage cars out on the tarmac. Why did he park there? Why do I keep looking at it? Yay, he moved!! I'm gonna do some math, it's now 5:44am in Sydney, I'll be home at 7:00am on Monday, it's Sunday there now and Saturday here, so I'll be home in 25hrs and 15mins. Divide that by the time here which is 3:45pm on Saturday multiply by the time it is in Vancouver 12:45pm, then I land there at 7:00pm which is the same time I get home but am! WOW! How not very exciting or mathematical at all. PS. My brain hurts.

Note to self, self, don't fall asleep at the airport. All my stuff is still here so that�s good, it's now 4:38pm, I think I'm Corey Hart except, "I wear my sunglasses inside, so I can, so I can have more room in my pockets, Rawhide!" So, I'm cool. PS. The chick in the souvenir stall thought I was famous, cool huh!! OK, c ya on the plane.

Hooray, I'm on the plane 4hrs 39 mins in the air, 17 degrees in Vancouver, cool. The Lady next to me is cool! The air hostesses are cute and this dudes name is Mike Brokeoff. I forgot how exciting French is. OK, how nice am I? I just swapped my seat so a lady could sit next to her husband. So I'm in seat 19C, I'm over this safety video, yep, over it and over the French too. Hey I wonder what would happen if you inflated the life vest before you left the plane? They always say to do it when leaving, why? Whatever. I reckon gimme 15 mins and I'll be out like a light. Hey, in case you care, the French for "Life vest under your seat" is "Gilet de sauvetage sous votre siege" How delightfully uninteresting. So, we've been rolling for 15 mins now, oh here we go. Up and Adam!!

In the air again, I just cant wait to get in the air again. D'oh, I knew it, our movie is "Someone like you" I wanted "Driven" oh well, I'll watch it, ok it was snack time. Yep, you guessed it, pretzles! But I had a Sprite! Ha! No Coke Classic. The lady next to me gave me her pretzles! Yay. So I wonder when the movie will start? I wonder what's for dinner? All I know is that I'm tired. Fair way to go yet! U2 is on in my headset and they're right, it is a Beautiful Day! Back later, ooh except for old mate next to me one row up, he smuggled on 2 cheese burgers, they smell awesome. I'm gonna punch him.

OK, so the movie just finished, nice movie, lots of tears. So they bought us food, I had lasagne, it was nice, the salad was crispy and the cake I think came from another planet, eww! So, the queue for the toilets is now long due to the end of the movie, that was my idea!! 2 hrs until Vancouver, yay! This trip is boring, where are the old people? Where's crane dude? Maybe on the longer flight home. Well we're on our descent into Vancouver, this has been the most boring flight ever. PS. This rule book is shitting me eg. Page 47 "Whence ever Troy Culpan wishes to use an airline toilet, turbulence will be found." Yeah, funny.

Clouds look like Fairy floss except they're white. Awesome, I'm getting a geography lesson from the lady next to me, really, the Rockies are at the top end of the Thompson river? Thanx Mrs Campbell my Year 7 Geography teacher!! C ya in Vancouver. Oh good, a screaming kid! Awesome!! OK, I'm now at gate D50, one of my last stops before home!! We're gonna board in a sec yay! 9 hrs to Honolulu I think!! Yay, then 9.5 hrs til home, yay!! No more yays! OK, gotta get on the plane now, c ya in a minute.

OK this rules!! I'm in seat 18A sure, not very exciting, oh but yes it is. I like it for 2 reasons. A) It's a window seat but see page 82 of the rule book and 2) I have an Exit seat and leg room! Can I get an Amen!! Note to self, self, the red handle is not your tray table!! So, this will be good. Lisa the lady next to me is nice and an Aussie! Yay!! Bring it on! Man that red handle is tempting. I hope I get the same seat on the way from Honolulu to Sydney! Hey, my life vest is under the front of my seat or "Gilet de sauvetage sous votre siege" now they're the same where before it was under my seat which I've just realised is the same thing. Ok then. Freaky! One of my flight attendants is one of the same ones I had on the way over! Not Bea Arthur though. It's almost time to go, yay! Almost home! C'mon Capn' Stubbing! Bring on the Pretzles!!!! Can we leave today?!

Awesome, I just got a run thru of how to work the exit door!! Not that I want to but I get to throw the window out! Yeah! It's only 5 hrs 37 mins to Honolulu, cool. They've over booked the flight so we haven't left yet and it's now 10 past 8, come on!!!! I want my pretzles! OK, we're rollin' Capt Johnson is at the stick and it's all good. I'll be back soon.

OK, back, 40 odd minutes into the flight, Shrek is gonna be my movie Yay! But my headphones have a really annoying tone playing through it. Yeah, so annoying. How mutant is this, they tell everyone to turn off their mobiles yet Dave Chalk on the TV is telling us about internet on your phone. Why tell us when we can't do Dave? I wonder what our snack will be? I'll let ya know. We got Honey Roasted Sesame Sticks, yum and a sprite, now bring on dinner! Yay! Here comes the slightly warm towel! OK, dinner was a beef stew and a salad and a cherry slice of some description. Not bad.

I'm absolutely freezing next to this exit door so I'm rugged up like a bandit. We watched Shrek, funny! Then I fell asleep, what a good nap! But we're about 10 mins or so from Hawaii now, then an hour there and then on the final stretch home!! So I'll c ya in the terminal in about 20 mins I'd say.

OK, one more to come guys, then that's it!!

Rock on! Troy