I decided to travel by train for this leg. I have not travelled in a sleeper car type train before so was excited for the experience. It seems most people are much older that go on this type of a gold tour - which includes meals, sleeper and of course, drinks (wine for me!) It is expensive and there is not much to do. We are travelling across the Nullabor, part of the Western Australian desert. It is big, no water, not much life, hot, dry and pretty much scr...

Perth - Feb 18 - 23, 2014 It was a long trip from Cape Town through Dubai to here - and 2 completely different worlds. Perth is wealthy - kind of like Calgary, because of the Iron Ore and several other minerals they ship to Asia and China. The train system is new and the road ways are well looked after. There are lots of new cars, especially BMWs and other such luxuries. The clothes and pretty much everything is very expensive. They also have the remnants of...