We have now left the outback and are back on the South coast in Esperance. It was a relatively short drive of 4 hours. We have driven over 2000kms already! Although it is a bit dull at times the roads are very quiet (no chance of getting stuck in a traffic jam around here) and we do have the ipod. The itrip (which lets us play the ipod through the radio) is one of the most useful things we brought with us. We are listening to Tim’s entire music collection of 900 songs on shuffle so we never know what is coming next. Yet again we are in a unit on a caravan site. This one is lovely, probably the best so far. We are really liking the whole unit thing. We like cooking for ourselves ... read more

We went on a day trip to Rottnest Island today which is a 25 minute boat ride from Fremantle. It was such a lovely place with gorgeous beaches and coves. The boat was fairly full and the townships had quite a few people in but once we were out of them everywhere was empty. We hired bikes and now have sore bottoms! We cycled all round the island which was 24km (I think). That is a lot of cycling for me. We cycled from one lovely beach to another. We had to get quite picky towards the end as we could not and stop and go for a paddle at everyone or else we would have been there for the whole holiday! We did have a swim at one of them. The water was quite warm ... read more

We have picked up our hire car and are now cruising around WA. Our first stop was Cervantes which is about 3 hours north of Perth. The town itself (or should that be village) is tiny but is close to Nambung National Park which was our main reason for comuing here. We are staying on a caravan site(the Ozzies love caravaniong and camping). Obviously we are not camping, we are staying in a 'unit'. I thought that this would be a mobile home but it seems to be a mini house. There is a living room/kitchen with a TV. There is a double room and a room with bunkbeds in. It is not ensuite as it was a budget unit, but this is a bank holiday weekend so we had to take what we were given! ... read more

We are currently in Singapore. We are now at Chiangi airport waiting for our flight to Perth. Singapore has a great airport and as a result there are free internet terminals all over the place. Heathrow could learn a lot from here! When we arrived on Tuesday it only took us about 15 minutes from landing to get off the plane, clear immigration and get our bags back. We spent all of yesterday walking about and exploring. As this was our 4th visit to Singapore we did not have loads of 'must sees'. We started by visiting a Hindu temple before heading to Clarke Quay and then along the river. This is quite a colonial area and there are some great buildings. It is also the CBD so there are some massive skyscrappers. Whilst we were ... read more

The wet weather is behind us and it is hot and sunny again. We are in Andalusia and there are so many olive trees. I don't think Tim appreciated me saying “what a lot of olive trees” every 5 minutes on the drive here. One of the reasons that I wanted to visit Cordoba is the Mezquita, and it certainly didn't disappoint. The mesquita is a massive mosque that has been converted into a Catholic cathedral. Because of this the interior has an interesting mix of styles. Inside there are lots of orange and white giant arches that are supported by over 800 columns. The photos don't due it justice, not to mention that they are a bit fuzzy as it was fairly dark in there. Some of the arches have been painted with Frescos as ... read more