Long Road Home

For LL

After all the years you could have travelled far and wide, I guess it is pleasing to be able to see just one small corner of Australia and a little of Arabia. I have friends (Arabs) in UAE, Dubai, Bahrein, Oman and Saudi where my friends are in Riyadh. So you are catching up with me just a little and many years late.

Perth and the area to the south around Margaret River is very nice, but so is Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Cairns I love, maybe because it is small and the rainforests etc are more my scene. Of the countries in the Gulf (the Persian one not the Mexican one!), Oman is probably my favorite.

You still have a way to go though on the travel front, and maybe not enough years to catch me up....heigh ho, as someone used to say.

By the way, guess which hotel I stay in in Dubai. No, on second thoughts don't guess I'll tell you - Burj Al Arab - ever stayed in a 7 star? I think not.

My latest grandson is doing well at one week old and the next youngest is now on the verge of full on speech at nearly 22 months. I'm impressed and he's a real character to boot.

You will probably be arriving back in Glasgow by the time you read this. Incidentally I hear your favorite airline is cutting flights departing there, from around 23 destinations to 3. You may have to find another place....

My favorite airline is....mine the 650.

Ciao