Today was spent around the Darling Harbour area of the city. I visited the url=http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/ Powerhouse Museum and then the url=http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm Australian National Maritime Museum . The Powerhouse Museum is a museum of science and design and happened to be having a Stars Wars exhibition on at the time. Lots of interactive exhibits and a large computing and space section. The Australian National Maritime Museum has several ships in Darling Harbour the most impresssive is a replica of Capt Cooks ship HMB Endeavour which you can take guided tours of. ... read more

The first day out exploring Sydney and the first port of call was Sydney Observatory which is located on the Rocks. Like Greenwich this is now more of a museum than a working observatory. In keeping with the fact it is located by a port this observatory had a particular role with timekeeping through the use of its transit telescope and it provided the time of the departing ships. I then walked down through the Rocks, around Circular Key, past the Opera House and through the Domain and the Royal Botantic Gardens to Mrs Macquaries Point and Chair (so named after the Governors wife who used to watch the incoming ships from a chair cut out of the rock). This is a very large parkland which is a great place to relax, if you can avoid ... read more

Last day in Singapore was spent doing general sightseeing. I started out by heading to the Singapore Flyer which is a larger version of the London Eye and has some fabulous views over Singapore. After that I made a trip around the city taking in the Grand Prix circuit, Raffles Hotel, Singapore Museum and Fort Canning park. 5pm headed off to the airport for the flight to Sydney abroad an Airbus 380. Very impressive airplane. For those of you who don't know it's trhe latest airplane from Airbus that's just gone into service and it's the largest passenger airplane in the world and has 2 decks, I was on the top one. Left at 9 pm.... read more

On to Singapore on Singapore airlines, again the travel was trouble free an again it was at night and I was unable to sleep. Straight through passport control and customs without queues, delays or issues. Again I was met and collected for my transfer to the hotel. I arrived at the hotel in the marina area which is just by the F1 circuit, the Singapore Flyer and of course the marina itself. I spent the afternoon wandering around the area getting my bearings. Singapore is quite a change after Dubai, it's as if it's a finished version while Dubai is still a work in progress. They both have the new buildings and skyscapers both Singapore has much less building work and is far greener. It also feels much hotter due to the humidity. ... read more

It's the second full day in Dubai and after skiing yesterday it's time for a change so it's off to the water park for a day of fun in the sun. The Wild Wadi water park is near the Burj Al Arab hotel. I great day of lazying in the sun, spending time on the water rides and in the pool. I finish reading a collection of short stories Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman.... read more