The island of Langkawi was our introduction to Malaysia, a tax-free haven with nice beaches, popular with Malaysian tourists. After 3 hours seeking out accommodation, we crashed into Amzar’s motel and swiftly found what was to become ‘our’ restaurant for the rest of the week. A couple of Aalu gobi masala’s later, we rolled into Penang, our first proper Malaysian town, with the smell of culinary treats wafting out of its Chinatown and Little India district...

This time round, Bangkok was little more than a hot frenzy. A short sleep and we were out on the street practicing our bartering skills for the months ahead, a few hours later we were already on a bus headed South out of Bangkok to the small town of Suratthani, from where we caught an early morning ferry over to Koh-Phangan, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. The quick exit was to make sure we made it down to Koh-Phangan in time for its infamous full-moon party, ...

Having only a couple of days to discover Australia's most famous city meant we couldn't see it all...but I was suprised at how compact the centre actually was, and how quick and easy it was to walk between the main areas. After wandering around Darling Harbour for a while, I met up with Damo, my long lost friend from the pub in Newport, who's settled here for a while to work. After a few drinks, we headed back up to where we were staying and went out for the ni...

BULA! And welcome to Fiji... The moment we stepped out of the airport, we headed straight for the Yasawa islands. Of the 300 or so islands that make up Fiji, the Yasawas were some of the closer islands to mainland but by no means less beautiful. We only had the one week here, but we decided to island hop, visiting 5 islands over the 7 days...Beachcomber, Wayalailai, Matacawalevu (Long Beach), Nacula (Nabua) and Sunrise Lagoon. All of the islands were pretty tran...

If you took the pretty parts and all the small towns from home where hardly any people live, and throw in a load of adventure playgrounds, I think that would sum New Zealand up pretty well. My first day in Auckland brought me back to normality with a bump, and I found the country's most populated city a little boring...although I did stumble across a jazz festival in the park to laze about at on that sunny Sunday afternoon. I then bought a ticket for the Kiwi Exp...