Booked out of the motel about 7:45am and walked to the airport. Checkin, customs and security were quick and painless. In no time at all we were sitting down to a nice coffee and cooked brekky at the Qantas Club. Pulled back from the gate in a A330 nearly spot on time at 10:50am. The nine hour flight was pleasant enough. Watched The Trip to Italy, Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon, not too bad, bit of a foodie travelog, great scenery around that interesting country. ...

Unfortunately the easiest way to Bangkok was to fly to Sydney, overnight, then fly Syd-BKK in the morning. That way I could meet up with my mate Phil and travel with him to Bangkok. The flight from Hervey Bay, Brisbane then Sydney went without a hitch, all on time. Once in Sydney I quickly collected my luggage and jumped a cab to the Hotel, which I'd picked for it's walking distance (500m) to the International Airport. I met up with Phil my room-mate for the whol...

For what it's worth here it is. WRAP-UP & LESSONS LEARNT. One great thing about cycle touring, you can always improve on the way you do the next one. GPS/IPHONE. This is the first tour Greg has used the iPhone to navigate apart from checking his current location occasionally. It was Wendy's idea and an enormous success. She purchased a local sim with data for her iPhone 5 and used Google Maps. It got us out of many an awkward spot especially when the bike pat...

There's certainly no place like home. It was lovely to wake up in our own bed and see the kangaroos and birds in the garden. Everything was perfect at home thanks to very hardworking Mother/In-law and Father/In-law, who had stayed here for a few weeks after we'd left. Thanks Rob and Tinkie. A big thank you to my mate Grahame who did the airport pickup on Wed. Unpacked the bikes and found that the baggage handlers had tried to turn Greg's into a folding bike, it w...

Fine and sunny 31-39deg. Thank goodness we didn't go riding around Dubai or even going outside. We both managed a couple of hours sort of sleep, half sitting up in the Emirates Lounge. After a shower and some breakfast we almost felt human again. The joys of international travel. Like everything with Emirates, the Business Class Lounges in Dubai are huge. There are several of them, the one we left from is about 500m long, has six eating points, four shower blocks...