ok, ive jsut spent half an hour typing this blog and a girl just sat next to me and turned my computer off instead of turning hers on, perfect! but io guess it needs to be done so ill give it another go. although, two of my work friends that are doing more or less the same trip as me but three weeks behind have justr missed their flight to oz from singapore, right time just wrong day and its cost 300quid for a new one so i guess the computer thing isnt that ba...

Got the bus down from Cairns to Townsville and then the boat across to magnetic island. its pretty nice but a bit quiet. theyve got loads of cool cars you can hire but of course, not in thailand anymore so got to be 21! spent most of the time with a german guy called mat, almost thought we were related when he told me about his great uncle that moved to south africa when he was young, met a woman and stayed there for many years! he was called josef though so un...

had to fly to darwin first and then cairns from singapore which made the journey over 8 hours, thankfully my bag made it through the transfer and it was there waiting for me. i did get picked out to have all my stuff x rayed and then because there is so much rubbish in my bags that they couldnt recognise they had to go through everything. the woman picked up on a mysterious long object which it was the guy who had to explain they were straightners, haha! not humi...

just wanted to add something which i forgot to say in KL, in the CBD and around the patronas towers were women in full hijab clearly business women, coming and going from work, it looked pretty surreal to us considering that all men and women at home wear suits but i thought the baggy pants look for guys and rolls of material for girls looked pretty comfortable. what reminded me of this....? just watched the asian inline skating championships on espn and there ...

Singapore, not quite the 'sterile eutopia' its made out to be, i think this term has been exagerated through word of mouth, however, i can see why and where it has come from.... the first thing you read from singpore is 'death penalty for drug traffcking under singapore law'  on your immigration card, you are then bombarded with no smoking, no jay walking, no photogrpahy, no this that and the other as you cross the border. the street are spotless (althoug...