Up early for a big breakfast and the hotel Shuttle bus to the airport. Feeling very jaded and physically tired this morning as we crammed a lot into yesterday's Singapore fling. As has been a delight on this trip we again had a smooth transit through the airport and onto our flight to Bangkok. A small aircraft for this short 2 hour hop - the Ryanair of the Asian world. No food nod rink and no films. Fortunately it was a short trip and was 15 mins ahead of sc...

Awoke at a reasonable time; 8ish. Realised we had a very nice room with lovely shower etc. Had a shower and went down for a massive breakfast before leaving to walk round to the Rapid Transit System - Metro. The transport system proved to be ultra clean very fast and efficient. Trains are frequent and driverless, were never packed to uncomfortable levels and getting tickets was very simple. The staff when called soon for information were always polite and he...

Leaving day from Melbourne for Singapore. Had a small lie in and took time out to go over to the leisure centre for a swim on what was another lovely sunny day. Azzy did a gym session whilst Jan and I were swimming then we wandered over the back of the pool onto the Oval Footy pitch for a little kick about with the ball before getting a nice coffee whilst we wandered back to Chloe's for packing. All gear jammed into our bags and then jammed into Chloe's car an...

Today is our penultimate day in Melbourne. It has been great staying with and seeing Chloe after 20 years or so. We has a lay in followed by a swim for Jan and I at the local outdoor 50 m pool and a gym session for Azzy followed by a breakfast and coffee at one of the thousands of pavement cafe's in the area. It's amazing how many cafe's and resturants there are in Melbourne and its districts and how they all survive??? We decided to have a final fling in Mel...

Today is all about the big game. The Mighty Hawks (our adopted AFL Team Hawthorn), vs West Coast Eagles. Aussie Footy is a fusion of many games which produces a fast all action spectacle with high scores and no certainty of a winner until the final whistle. It appears that the rules are on a need to know basis, so only the players and umpires are in the know. The Aussie fans certainly don't know the rules, so what chance had we as mere Brits. We had a lie in ...