Hi everyone. Here are some more pictures of London. There are some of where we are living, and also some of the London Eye (Millenium Wheel), which we finally made it to yesterday. You can see most of the city quite well, & some of the cool buildings that surround it, like Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. Miss yas, Toni xxxxxx ... read more

Hello. Here are some shots of us on the plane, looking a little worse for wear on our 14 hour flight fromMelbourne to Dubai. Dubai was definately an experience in itself - about 40 degrees celcius by 7am. It was hard to walk around with the heat baking up from the footpath. No one has backyards - they were all just plots of hard dirt surrounded by a fence. There were camels tied up as pets, and everything was really sandy. We went on an amazing desert safari that included a 4WD kamikaze ride over sandunes, a BIG (awesome) cultural feast, camel rides (yay!) henna (temporary) tattoos, dress-ups, & a cultural dancer or two. It was really, really excellent. Shopping (especially Duty Free) is ridiculously cheap in Dubai, especially if buying gold products or electronics. It ... read more