On Saturday (29th) we were up at 2:45am to meet the others in the YMC lobby at 3:15. Having checked out, we left in the Asha minibus at 3:30 to go to the airport. Our flight was due to take off at 6:55.
We arrived at the airport at 4am and spent about 15 minutes queueing to get in. This was followed by 45 minutes queueing to get our baggage security checked and another 45 minutes queuing to check in our baggage (we'd already checked ourselves in online the day before). We then spent another hour queuing to get through customs. We then got to sit down for about 10 minutes before queuing again to check in at the flight gate and then again (briefly) for another security check on our hand luggage before finally boarding the plane at about 7:15. The take-off was delayed and we finally left Delhi at 9am Indian time. After all this though, everything went smoothly!
It was quite a relief to get back to a UK airport where everything runs relatively smoothly and efficiently (at least most of the time!). Our luggage was already on the carousels by the time we got to them. We said our goodbyes and waited 15 minutes for a Heathrow Express train into London, caught the tube to Kings Cross and 30 minutes later we were on the train back to Leeds.
It was a nice contrast being able to cover the 200 or so miles from London to Leeds in 2 hours and 20 minutes as opposed to the 10 and a half hours it had taken us to cover four fifths of this distance from Delhi to Mussoorie a week previously!
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