The journey was long and took us 24 hours in total which includes the 7.75 hours wait in Abu Dhabi. The first flight was really smooth but the second flight was rather 'bouncy'! We were so tired and got to the hotel at about 23:00.

The hotel where we are staying is interesting! The bathroom is half indoors and half outdoors. Last night there was a small toad sitting on the toilet seat and today there was something else (like a chipmunk) that ran up the palm tree. Yes, the palm tree!

Today we spent a lazy day just sitting by the pool. The weather is very hot and humid although there has been a strong breeze all day which has helped keep us cool. Steph has caught the sun already. We've been 'charging our batteries' and getting ready for tomorrows train journey. Only second and third class on our train and no way of booking it in advance. If it's one of those high up ones I can see that it will be fun trying to get Steph's case on there - all 30kgs of it!

We're leaving the hotel at 11:00 and have a train journey of nearly 5 hours. I'm really looking forward to seeing some of the countryside and eventually arriving at the House of Joy. I'm not sure what access to the internet I will have but I will do my best to update the blog as often as I can.