I'm leaving on a jet plane, and I really don't know when I'll be back again!
Although if I can't shake this cough and cold China may send me straight back home, with a thanks but no thanks to swine flu.
A little apprehensive, this trip is open ended - the plane to Beijing awaits and by this time tomorrow we will be in the forbidden city and No, I don't mean Coventry! After that,where ever the wind blows us.



So here we are at Heathrow and to start the trip in style we are at the champagne bar and maybe a little cavier to go with it.