Well we made it home. The last leg was a tiring one, leaving the KL Hilton at 10:45 am on Wednesday and arriving at Brisbane international at 10:15 the next day. We caught the express train to KL International, which was easy. The flight to Brunei left at 2:30 pm, and since we picked up an extra hour we arrived in the capital at about 5:30 pm. Since the connecting flight didn't leave until 1:35 am we decided, rather than staying at the airport, to have a look at...

Hi from Kuala Lumpur. The border crossing into Malaysia was easily the most pleasurable we have had - the border guards were even smiling - which is a first. KL is nice - a very clean city, and you can even breathe the air. A relief for me I can tell you since the bronchitis has cleared up nicely while in Phuket & Ao Nang. Cal is also back to his old self after his gastro induced hospital stay. Now it is poor old Janie's turn. Nothing life threatening - it j...

Well Cal and I had a good day today snorkeling and kayaking from Ao Nang. We went to Hong Island, and a couple of smaller islands on the way. Hong Island has a beatiful coral sand beach on one side and a mangrove-lined lagoon on the other. We kayaked around it in about 1 1/2 hours - a great memory for us both. This is an amazing part of the world. The mainland consists of sheer cliifs that rise thousands of metres straight up. To get to Railay Beach is impo...

Well Cal and I had a good day today snorkeling and kayaking from Ao Nang. We went to Hong Island, and a couple of smaller islands on the way. Hong Island has a beatiful coral sand beach on one side and a mangrove-lined lagoon on the other. We kayaked around it in about 1 1/2 hours - a great memory for us both. This is an amazing part of the world. The mainland consists of sheer cliifs that rise thousands of metres straight up. To get to Railay Beach is impo...

Hi Everyone. Well what a day it was yesterday. We got up and checked out of the Hilton at 5:45am. I was looking all tired and messy. I hear this clatter and look to my left and up the walkway of the Hilton come two, beautifully dressed lady boys. Very tight dresses, long hair, very high heels and lots of make up. They were looking for someone in a hotel room. I felt quite dowdy standing next to them. The front desk girls were trying not to giggle. Anyhow checke...