Right, the journey begins! via the mediums of automobile, locomotive and airoplane i now find myself in schipol airport. its a vast and sprawling non-space and is like all airports i have ever been to its a mix poverty, wealth and boredom. i have so far managed to resist the lure of $15000 chanel handbags but have succomed to a much more sensibly priced hieneken, god bless the dutch. despite this beeing amsterdam (though that is only a half truth, the end of schipol runway actually being in kent) the smoking facitlies are somewhat lacking. there is a small glass box where smokers are allowed to huddle together and think about what they have done but thats all.
next stop mexico city!!!