2nd March Weather is light snow and a sort of snow hail. Woke up at 5am this morning but didn't get up until 6.30. We are heading to Akureyri on the 1pm flight this afternoon but before we fly out we have a few things to do. First we packed out bags then after breakfast we headed out to find the post office 'cause l needed to send a few things back home. The post office was an easy find and once we got that sorted we headed down to the port area where we took...

1st March Spent most of yesterday travelling. Touched down in Reykajvik to 0 degrees and guess what......it's snowing!! Couldn't see much 'cause it was after midnight when we landed but it's really cold (what did l expect). Arrived at the hotel at around 2am and went straight to bed. Got up at 8am and it's stilll snowing. We are just about to go out and do a bit of exploring. We only have a full day here before we head off to Akureyn which is further north. ...

Feb 27 So today we wanted to tour the city with Big Bus Tours however it took 2 hours to go straight down that street and about 10 mins walk!!! That's what we were told every time we asked where the tourist info centre was. Finally we purchased our tickets and we were on our way. Under the visionary leadership if Dubai's ruling Al Maktoum family, it has been transformed from a small fishing village into a modern vibrant city. There are 500 mosques in Dubai. ...

Touched down in Dubai just after 5am this morning. Took us 2 hours to get through customs and collect our cases. I got randomly chosen to go through another customs point and l thought here we go....they're gonna ask me about all my medications and we'll be stuck for another hour or so but it was all good. Caught a taxi to the Golden Square (can't get away from Bendigo) hotel and they've got 2 speeds.....flat out and stop!!! There is no speed zones so every...

Well here we are sitting in the departure lounge waiting to go. Pretty excited! Can't wait to get on board and start on this mammoth trip. Hope l can grab some shut eye 'cause l'm pretty tired. Dubai, Iceland, Spain, Italy, England here we come... yahooo!!!