Day or should we say half day of getting our bearings. Half day because the jet lag kicked in and we woke up at 13.15 after 14 hours sleep. Well we were a bit tired. It was raining so we went off exploring in the direction of historic Macau. First stop Senado Square where we encountered a protest group of senior citizens. No idea what the protest was about but it involved plenty of chanting, flags, a megaphone and a nice sit down with their pals in the middle o...

Landed at Hong Kong airport around 3pm to catch the 17:00 ferry to Macau. So far on this trip we travelled by car, plane, bus, plane, train, train, ferry and the final section by bus or walking if it isn't raining. (It wasn't) Weather not off to the best start as it was raining when we arrived and as we write this it is still raining on the ferry to Macau. Not complaining however as so far we have never left air con. We have now been up for 27 hours and it's s...

Dubai airport is as massive as we remember. The bar bill would also have been massive but even David drew a line at £9/pint. We had to resort to coffees at only £5 each. So far the travelling has been fine and the Newcastle-Dubai flight was half empty. Yvonne reporting sore ribs from the number of times David nudged her because the bar trolley was approaching. Not as bad though as the couple in from of us who marched to the galley as soon as the fasten seat b...