From Bangkok we got next coach to Puket there was few people on coach so we had loads of room for the overnight journey ,it was luxury until 3 hours into trip there was a loud bang and it broke down,we waited 2 hours for another coach the whole trip took 18 hours. Wegot a public bus to Karen and found guesthouse called "mylee" for 500 baht. we went to the beach were simon hired a boogie board there was really big waves. a big pufferfish got washed u...

We got up at 5am and was picked up by coach which took us to the harbour, there was no seats left on boat so we had to sit on the tin roof, which was really quite pleasent ... at first we sunbathed as we went past floating villages and waved at lots of little children who were jumping in to the river as we passed Well the 4 hour boatride turned into 6 hours by which time it was so hot we baked , we sat holding are t shirts above our heads for shade. We found a ...

We arrived in australia in the middle of the night with nowhere to stay or no idea where we were going. Customs took ages the officers took away simons mosquito killer saying it was dangerous and they checked everything. We discovered a board in the airport advertising hostels so we phoned some up and eventually got an answer, and took a taxi to it and went to sleep. Perth was so cold such a difference from asia. We went for a walk around looking at camper add...

We drove in to the state of new souh wales and stopped at a place called darlington point and got some supplies for lunch simon planned to go crayfishing with his new net but there was so many flies about that we ate quickly and went on our way We stopped at a small town called griffith where we discovered that instaed of paying to stay at van parks we could use the camp ground in one of the national parks for free...fantastic The first place we tried was by a ...

Australia is such a vast country, and looking at the map was quite daunting. We decided to head for Albany on the south coast, but made it there quicker than expected so decided to go another 500km to Esperance. All that distance and all we saw was the odd truck train and dead kangaroos.Esperance is like what we think england looked like in the 1970's its said to have the best beaches in west oz .....they werent that good but it was cold, wet and windy, so mu...