Wednesday 18th Jan 2017

Wednesday 18^th Jan 2017

It’s 15:50 and we’re sitting in the business class lounge at Heathrow waiting for our Kenyan Air flight to be called. No idea what the gate number is yet, but I’m sure that will be announced soon.   Our gate eventually comes up and we wander a short distance from the lounge and board the plane.  We’re in the front row (1) and have the 2 seats to the left by the window and the left hand seat of the central 2 seats.  The plane is a Dreamliner, so must be fairly new, but already looks a bit scruffy.  The seat configuration is nowhere near as nice as Vietnam Airlines, but is fine as we have a flat bed and it’s comfortable.  We have the duff flight attendant who might have a lot of stripes on the sleeves of his uniform but is rather inefficient.  We start off with drinks and I order a G&T - it’s a no go as there is no tonic on board the aircraft anywhere!! Ditto for Chris when asking for a Virgin Bloody Mary – there’s no Worcester Sauce. We made do with Tusker beers instead.  After a nice enough dinner we all tried to get some kip as the flight is only 8 hours and we were due to land 30 minutes ahead of schedule at 4.30am!!!