Our body clocks are really messed up! I seem to sleep for three hours and then can't get back to sleep. Iain doses off but wakens frequently. Today I tossed and turned, chatted for a while with Iain, tried to get to sleep yet again and then gave up at seven and got up. Made the day a lot longer, which was great. We had a leisurely start to the day and headed into town late morning. We've now tried / intended to visit The Victorian Market three times and that...

When I eventually emerged from sleep the next day Mike and Rose were at the gym (there's a gym and swimming pool in the block) and Iain was deep in his book. We had planned to visit the Victorian Market and the Eureka Tower as our contribution to tourism. We headed for some lunch, first of all, and then went to the Eureka Tower, which is the world's second highest residential building and the second-tallest skyscraper in the southern hemisphere. There's a sk...

We left our hotel in Dubai just after seven in the morning to be at the airport in good time for our ten o'clock flight to Melbourne. Flying time was to be fourteen and a half hours so that, with the half hour delay in leaving and the seven hour time difference, we were due to land in Melbourne at seven am on Wednesday morning. It was a good flight, again, with lots to eat and drink, all provided for us. There was a great personal ICE unit - 'Information, Com...

We arrived in Dubai after a really enjoyable 7-hour flight from Newcastle. We flew with Emirates and they were great - delicious food, free drinks (lots of water to keep hydrated) and a good selection of films to watch! We arrived at midnight, Dubai time, and got a taxi to our hotel. Coming out of the airport terminal the first thing we noticed, and which was to be a feature of Dubai, was the number of taxis available; dozens of them! In one small section in ...