The sun was shining brightly as we strolled along the Thames and stopped to admire Cleopatra's Needle. We have been told, with some authority since, that the higher-glifs are all about Cleo's greatness, the lower- glifs state "Made in Egypt" and the middle-glifs simply say "This Way Up". Truth? - who can say. We clambered aboard a London ferry for a lovely trip down the river, listening to commentary such as that above. The London Eye towering above us, under ...

We left Adelaide on sunny Sunday 3rd April and arrived uneventfully in Melbourne. Quick transfer through gates and we boarded our Etihad flight for the long, long trip to Abu Dhabi. Rather, should I say we endured it! Matt says "at least I got to watch Top Gear and Star Wars!" Very little sleep, then arrived in Abu Dhabi near midnight local time. Most of the airport seemed either closed or uninteresting to us, maybe we were just not looking hard enough for ...