Tuesday 27th September 1988: Where to begin. The day I've waited 10 years for, has finally arrived. Its difficult to describe how I feel - elated, apprehensive in an excited way:- more about how the whole experience will change me and what I'll want to do when I get back - its like a huge black hole stretched across the rest of my life and I can't see beyond it. Its an exhilarating feeling not knowing what will happen . . .