Oh want a difference a day makes! It takes a while to get used to people constantly jumping queues and spitting in the streets. We're obviously a novelty as people stare at you and even take pictures. The streets are full of hawkers trying to sell you anything from CDs to watches. Shanghai is a mixture of the old and the new. On the one hand there is the ultra modern Pudong District with its endless skyscrapers including the Jinmao Tower (world's 4th tallest...

We arrived in Perth to the only rain in the last two months! Thankfully the next day was back to hot and sunny. Western Australia is massive. The UK fits in xxx times. The population however is only 2 million with nearly everyone living in Perth. If you ever find yourself out here then a trip to Fremantle Prison is definitely worth a visit. In order to escape the heat we headed south and joined a 'jump on jump off' bus tour. This took us to Busselton, Marg...

Back to the hustle and bustle of motorbikes, street sellers etc. Thankfully back to the sunshine aswell.

I hate Thailand! First of all a mystery bite and a trip to hospital (on my birthday), an irritating cough that took two doses of antibiotics and over two months to clear and I killed my camera by falling into the sea. I wouldn't mind but I wasn't even drunk. Apart from that everything was just fine! We arrived the day before the King's 80th birthday so total choas. There were people, cars and tuk tuk's everywhere. The weirdest thing was that everyone was we...

We arrived on 30 December, met up with one of my best friends from back home who I haven't seen for five years, got invited to a house party for NYE (with great views of the harbour), bumped into an ex work colleague and met up with another friend from the UK who I haven't seen for over 15 years....!! Oh yeah. The Bridge, Opera House (smaller than I expected) and the beaches weren't bad either.