Sydney Part Two. On Sunday morning we walked back to Circular Quay and took a ferry to Manly. Manly is a beach resort near the "Heads" (the entrance to Sydney harbour) and the ferry took half an hour to make the trip. Close to Manly the cry of "Dolphins!" went up and most of the passengers went to the port side to take a look. The locals stayed in their seats - this must be a relatively common occurrence. Manly is a fairly typical tourist trap with lots o...

Sydney - First Impressions If we ever did want to live in a big city, Sydney would be near the top of the list. It really is a spectacularly beautiful city with two iconic structures almost side by side around the fabulous harbour shoreline. The Botanic Gardens and Hyde Park provide beautiful cool green spaces in the city centre and there are many well kept gardens, parks and playing fields where ever you go. The people are very friendly and helpful, alwa...

Dubai Dubai describes itself as the "Capital of the world" and there may be some justification to that. If you take a break to watch the world go by then it truly does go by. I think I saw an Inuit yesterday. All of the planet's tribes gather here to shop, drink coffee and eat cake. You can buy designer goods, fake designer goods and junk according to your taste and budget. At the moment there is a "festival of shopping" going on. As part of the festival, they...