we've been in Oz 2 weeks now and its been quality. Not stopped! Sydney was ace and we even got into the opera house the 1st evening. Found it a bit cold so flew up the east coast to sail around the whitsunday islands for 3 days. That was amazing and has deff been a highlight of our trip. We were on a 80FT boat called Matador and in her day was the champion of all maxi sailing races. then we went to a place called 1770. a tiny town, population less than 100 ...

bali was so beautiful in every way. The people were amazingly friendly and gentle, the culture was interesting, the rooms, quality and the beaches stunning. We first went to kuta but moved on quite quick as we were aware af the anniversary of the bombings. went to Ubud, a gorgeous inland town,lush and cultural center. Saw many beautifly places there. Then we went to the islands called the Gilis just off lombok (bali's neighbour). They were so idillic. Horse4 ...

After leaving malaysia very relaxed after a week on a cute island, we arrived in singapore. really impressed with the place, just amazing artichecture, new and old, really interesting cultural districts like china town and little india. its immaculate, and so modern but with enough history and culture to give it a sence of identity which we felt kuala lumpur missed. Played  the part of a vaguely wealthy tourist and sipped at a Singapore Sling in Raffles hote...

had an amazing time in borneo so far after island hopping down peninsular malaysias east coast. Started off in Sarawak. Spent 4 days in one of the costal but jungle national parks. trecked on walking trails, through jungle, alpine terrain and really wild beaches. It was beautiful and lots of amazing wildlife:snakes, probiscus monkeys, amazing insects and carniverous plants. also went to an orangutan rehab place and watched them in the wild. They're amazing ani...

only a week or so in to malaysia but we're loving it so much. The perhentians were stunning and a nice level of tourism...not spoiled and pleanty to see and do. The diving there was great. Did 2 scuba dives, and the corals were very pretty, loads of variety of fish and we saw a black tipped reaf shark, only about 5 m away. The snorkelling there was great too. Saw a school of parot fish (20 of them, about 1 m long each!). The highlights of the snorkelling trip wer...