<!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Melbourne: We arrived in Melbourne after our camper van trip and straight away loved the city. A really arty city and really easy to get around in. We met up with April, one of Becky;s best friends who has been living in Oz for the past 3 years. She even kindly let us stay at her flat for a couple of weeks! Whilst in Melbourne we met up with Carrie and Selina again and ...

We arrived in Sydney on the 27th December and checked into our huge hostel. A few extra guests of cockroaches made us feel right at home and instantly at ease!! We went and saw the harbour front, including the Bridge and the Opera House, which was really good. We also went to Taronga Zoo where you can take a photo of a Giraffe and the opera house in the background!! Not a bad view!! We also visited the infamous Bondi beach, which had to be closed on a couple of o...

We arrived in Bali and went to the beach which we were expecting to be white sand and crystal clear waters. Turns out to be full of rubbish and dead fish both all over the beach and in the sea. After coming out of the sea you stank of sewage, lovely!!! We did a surf lesson which was really good apart from the sewage. There was also a big shopping center there which we did our Christmas shopping for each other, with a whopping 5pounds budget! Spent Christmas day o...

We arrived in Singapore and did the tourist things of taking a tour along the river, going to see how the other half live at the Raffles hotel where the Singapore Sling Cocktail was invented. We didn't want to be rude so we ordered one...between us!! It did cost about 12 pounds though! Singapore was ok, we were expecting it to be a bit more flashy than it was. The main street though was full of all the top label brand shops and there were Christmas decorations ev...

We went from Bangkok to Koh Tao very quickly as this time Bangkok was very busy and very noisy! (we are getting old!) Koh Tao is an island on the east coast of Thailand and is famed for its scuba diving. We got there on a catamaran. This was interesting! It was very, very choppy and everyone was being sick! It was not a good trip! Soon the choppiness and the smell of sick sent both Danny and I over the edge. We were both sick and then spent the rest of the trip a...