We were treated to even more spectacular beaches of Perth on our drive upto Hilarys Marina on Sunday afternoon. City beach, Trigg beach amongst others but most pertinent was Scarborough beach! Ash was very excited to see the place and it did not disappoint. This place really does know how to do beaches! After a stroll around the shops David and Jo treat us to good old fish and chips, an ideal Sunday evening activity. That dreaded Sunday night feeling that many of...

So after a good tour around the Fremantle ('Freo') area by David Jo we got parked up at Leighton Beach. We had been able to see kites from some distance as we travelled along the beach roads so it was no surprise to see aorund 40 kites scattered along the bay. These guys weren't even competing, just having a sess and sucking up the daily 'Fremantle Doctor', one of the most consistent winds in the world! Hence kitesurfers inhabit pretty much every bay you pass ...

Thursday was another fun filled day seeing lots of the sights that Singapore has to offer. We had a later start than planned but nevertheless we headed to Sentosa Island to see what that was all about. The place is very disneyland like with little trams (land trains) taking you around and lots of things to do including a wave machine, a luge, bicycle hire and the unfinished biggest sky diving simulator in the world. With lots of other things to see we didnt hang ...

We had an interesting flight from Hanoi to Singapore where a local Vietnamese girl sat next to me who was very dodgy. So dodgy she got pulled by immigration once we`d landed. Needless to say I didnt enjoy her constant attempts to tuck her feet under my legs to keep warm during the flight or her pushing me onto Ash so she could have half my seat. Leaving her stuck at the airport we managed to work out the local MRT system and get the super modern underground to Ch...

8am pick up from the Star Old Quarters Hotel and we were on our way to Halong Bay alongside the Liverpool boys. First impressions; cream leather seats, air con...was this right bus, or had we struck lucky for once? Staying with tradition, the driver treated us to some unorthodox over taking maneouvres when the gap didnt exist-forcing the poor moto users on the dirt at times. Three further hours on the road with a brief food stop off (high quality cheese 'Laugh...