It's Australia Day. We got up late as at 5.30am it was persisting it down so Spencer also went back to bed. We had a fantastic dinner last night at Grennys at Tewantin (Noosa area) Peter and I had Morton Bay Bugs wrapped in filo pastry and were to die for. Sallie had Nasi Goreng, her favourite. Whilst on the grub subject I need to mention a lovely lunch we had on Sunday in Montville (inland in hills) Snapper in beer batter with chips and salad washed down withSq...

The dreaded Bali Belli has followed Gill to the Middle East. I have managed to shrug it off but Gill still is not 100%. When we arrived at the Sheraton we took the option of a club room - this gives us breakfast and a club lounge with free drinks in the evening plus snacks - a worthwhile upgrade. The next day we chilled by the pool. The hotel has its own private beach on a small lagoon. This is where well oiled residents lie in neat rows with their feet toward ...

After an uneventful flight from Singapore we arrive in Dubai in the dark. We grab a taxi as we are off to Abu Dhabi. We were originally booked to fly straight to Abu Dhabi but Singapore Airlines decided after we had booked & paid for it that they weren't going to fly to Abu Dhabi any more. Hence the taxi. Girl taxi driver! Things are beginning to look up for the women of the East. We hurtle through the amazing concrete & glass jungle of Dubai off into the...

Today we decided to take a sightseeing boat trip on the river. We took the underground again to the Harbour area, and after walking for an absolute age in broiling humid heat we find a boat stop and duly board the boat and settle down to hear the history and see the sights. Unfortunately the chatter of the other occupants drowned out most of the tape recording that didn't match what we were looking at anyway. All in all we weren't that impressed with the trip bu...

Got a bit of catching up to do. We arrived in Singapore with a gift from Bali - Gandhi 's revenge. We missed Thursday altogether, just stayed in our Hotel Room on the 25th floor feeling sorry for ourselves. On Friday we felt a lot better (thanks to the great God Imodium) so decided to tackle a bit of sight seeing. We went on the underground to Harbour Bay Gardens. What a treat this place was. We spent hours just wandering around, went into the Flower Dome that ...