We finally arrived in Paris, made our way to the apartment, left 3 voicemail messages and a SMS to our contact who doesn't show! It's 10:30 at night, we're exhausted after being a plane for nearly on 20 hrs and we have nowhere to sleep - Welcome to Paris. Deployed the iPad, got the credit card out and asked google to find a hotel nearby which we did on the 4th try. Being summer holidays here almost everything is full. All is good again :)  After a ...

Ok, so here we are at Sydney airport, the 4 of us having endured the stress of last minute packing, organizing and fixing stuff before we set off.This trip is 10 years in the making and it's hard to believe we are actually doing it!We're heading off to Perth now and staying overnight to catch the international flight to Paris via Dubai.5 weeks, 4 back packs, 2 teenagers, my wife and 10.5 million sqr kilometers to explore with 730 million people to mingle ...