Episode 133 - Gogo's trip to the UK

While I am writing this post, Gogo is on the way, having landed safely, to his aunt's home in the UK.

Although Gogo travelled a lot previously, this morning he flied for the first time in his life without a companion.

I was a little bit nervous this morning but I pretended to be calm so as not to make Gogo nervous too. I was not sure whether Gogo could manage passing the immigration / custom counters and found his way to the boarding lounge. I had decided to wait outside the restrictive area with my mobile phone turned on in order to provide on the line advice to Gogo if required.

The flight time was 8:40 so we had to get up very early in the morning. We took a taxi to the Airport Station in Central and checked in there. The airline staff was very helpful. When she discovered that Gogo was to travel alone, she arranged for another colleague to assist Gogo at the airport.

We took the Airport Express and arrived the airport at 7:00 a.m.

We planned to have our breakfast at a restaurant next to the departure gate. To our disappointment, the restaurant had closed. We therefore had a brief breakfast at a fastfood shop nearby.

After finishing the not so tasty fastfood, we went to the airline counter. The staff there were waiting for us and one of them then accompanied Gogo to pass the immigration / custom counters and board the plane through the staff channel!

I was quite relief when I saw the airline staff leading Gogo into the restrictive area. Many thanks to the helpful staff of New Zealand Airline.