The short flight to Singapore was an eventful one as we found ourselves seated next to an overweight Singaporean with a withered right arm and an extremely loose tongue. Max, we learnt, is happily married to a Chinese woman with whom he shares a young son of 10 months. He enthusiastically informed us that he bathes three times a day but his wife, he added, whilst shaking his head in disbelief, only once. His dark expression left us in no doubt that this was noth...

Well, this is strange. Almost forgot what it feels like to write a blog for you all! As I write this we are now in South East Asia, a first for us both and an extremely different experience in comparison with everywhere either of us have been up to now. So, back to the beginning… On the 20/10 (Tuesday) we said our goodbyes to Palmer, Louise and a few of the other residents of Castaways backpackers in Cairns, exchanging warm embraces and heading off to catch ...