We woke up in the middle of the night in Mersing to the torrential monsoon rain hammering down on to the plastic roof right outside our window. It was amazing how loud it was! In the morning we got up and made our way to the jetty. James walking as fast as he could with the two backpacks and then stopping and waiting for me the slow coach on the crutches to catch up! It was great that I got crutches from the hospital but they are the old school ones that go und...

We said goodbye and thank you to Abby and Jesus in the morning. We were so grateful of how welcome they made us feel and how generous they were. With me back on the crutches and James carrying both of our bags we slowly made our way on the bus and train to Queen Street bus terminal and luckily straight onto a cheap bus that took us out of Singapore to Johor Bahru, Larkin bus terminal. We had to go through border control leaving Singapore then again over the bri...

The flight to Singapore was fine. My ankle could not have taken any more time in the air by the time we landed as the swelling got bigger and bigger! Luckily the flight got in nice and early and we were greeted by a funny guy with a wheelchair for me and were whizzed through passport control nice and quickly! We were really lucky as Auntie Kate and Les have a friend called Abby who lives in Singapore with her dad Jesus. We had been in contact and they were happy ...

We were keen to see some of the countryside in Australia before our flight to Singapore on the Monday. So on Sunday morning we got up in decent time and caught a train up to Katoomba. We had pre booked a YHA there so we checked in and dropped out stuff off. The lady at the desk was really lovely and showed us the best walks to do in a day. We mentioned that I had a weak ankle and she showed us the difficult routes not to take! It was stunning. We walked right rou...

The flight to Sydney was fine, we were very sleepy! We managed to find our shuttle and got the lift to the yha. I didn't see much of that ride as I was fast asleep! The first thing we did was to zonk in bed for a few hours! We met a few entertaining characters up on the roof deck and ended up having a few beers with them. But we were keen to get into see the city so we hopped on the bus and got off at the harbour. It was a perfect introduction to Sydney, the sun ...