Sri Lanka

Bert recently travelled to Sri Lanka to recruit workers and was lucky to fulfil a life long ambition to ride elephants

photo from gulf newspaper

A UPS 747-400 crashed not far from where we live in Dubai on Friday evening. First reports said it had crashed onto Emirates road and that cars were on fire. Thankfully those reports were incorrect and the pilots had steered it away from housing and crashed into the desert on a military base. The consequenses of a 747 crashing onto houses in a city are too horrific to think about.

Those of us from Melbourne can probably remember the light plane crashing into a suburban home in Essendon and killing a woman and six children. A 747 is a whole lot bigger

Sadly two men lost their lives but almost certainly saved the lives of many others by their actions

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/emergencies/ups-identifies-american-crew-killed-in-dubai-crash-1.677784

dogs

today our dear little Millie went for her final trip to the vet. Im just so sad that I was not home to be with my kids who have cared for her since we moved here. Sometimes distance is a very painful thing.

Bus stops

Bus stops in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai are airconditioned to encourage people to use public transport in the brutal summer heat.

Millie

More Bangladesh

I love this photo. Firstly, Bert blends in with the crowd so nicely doesn't he. Look at the little boy with the money in front of his face. I would love to know where he got it, did he find it in the rubbish?

Bangladesh

Bert recently travelled to Dhaka Bangladesh to recruit new workers for his company. Most of his photos were taken from inside a car as he worked the whole time he was there, but they still are so interesting