This is London Calling.....

"A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles" - Tim Cahill

And as we all collected our baggage from the carousel after an uneventful flight, the warmth of the farewells suggests that by any account this was a most excellent journey.

The stop over in Bangkok was a opportunity for at least some of us to indulge our western taste buds.  If Gemma and Kirsty's faces were happy with a cheese and ham toasty in Yangon for lunch,  they were positively ecstatic with a whopper and fries in Bangkok for dinner!

Stef fulfilled her final duty of the trip without mishap - getting the 17 of us to gate E4 and on the Thai Air 747-400 that will see us all the away to London.

Once aboard supper and sleep came easily to all of us, I think.  The pre-landing announcements signalled our imminent arrival into London - overcast and 16° is slightly different to what we've been used to over the past week!

Just the short ride to Reading on the Railair coach now, and then the lovely anticipation of seeing Helen and the boys.

So, time to sign off. Over the next few days I'll update the blog with photos and videos so do keep reading. Thanks to all my fellow adventurers for such a wonderful experience. We all come back with so many memories I'm sure they'll keep us going for a good few days yet.

What a privilege to see such an extraordinary country in such a unique way, and to help those little lives in the process.