Arrived in Melbourne Australia yesterday - staying at our cousins who are treating us amazingly, and welcomed us to the family - being so generous, we are truly blessed! We went to St Kilda down by the bay and to the arts market, really beautiful, and then today we have been to Healesville animal sanctuary (an amazing trip - managed to see all the native animals from Australia in a beautiful bush setting). drove through the Yarra valley and the vineyards, stop...

Hi one and all...hope you are all well! Since I last wrote we had been to a few beaches in Vietnam - Hoi An, beautiful and full of locals, and after an overnight bus, we arrived in Nha Trang - 'Vietnam's (self-proclaimed) premiere beachside resort'....the prices matched! The beach was pretty much all the town had to offer - we walked to find the only Pagoda, with an impressive white Buddha, but couldn't find it…it seemed to have disappeared! Spent a couple of d...

Arrived in Cambodia yesterday after a great couple of days in Saigon. Had a fab birthday - saw some great sights, the war remnants museum, and the presidential palace. Me and Sean treated ourselves to a nice dinner out, and some cocktails at a jazz bar, and sean had a HUGE chocolate cake made for me - nice treat! We spent two days on slowboats in the Mekong delta, some beautiful little canals, along the 9 main tributaries that flow into the mouth and the sea. Th...

Hi everyone, In Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City. Had a great couple of days in Nha Trang chilling on the beach (in the shade - its so hot at the moment!) Made it down to Saigon, Ems got a bit of a cold and her temperature control system is out the window, but apart from that we're both well. Looking forward to a nice treat day of meal out and cocktails tomorrow for Em's birthday! Saigon is great - real buzz, manic roads - the usual Asian city with a massive expat comm...

Asia...the land of (terrible) karaoke!After being woken at 7 am...again...by the locals practicing their karaoke in their tiny houses (think cats screeching mixed with the determination of a weight lifter), I decided I would write a little update!Since Chiang Mai in Thailand (where we stayed an extra two days to watch Thai Boxing, only to find it was cancelled because the Prince came to stay…gutted as it only cost 7 quid there and would have cost 80 pounds in B...