After yet another 12 hour train journey (no sleep again - bloody children running up and down the train at 3 in the morning!!!!) we arrive in Prosopine with a quick bus trip over to Airlie Beach - gateway to the Whitsundays and it is beautiful. We are staying at a place called Magnums and have a private room this time - not taking any chances with this one. Its a bit of a party central but we have decided to try and embrace our inner 18 year olds and get on wit...

Well back to Brisbane we came. Decided to be brave and book into a dorm. Oh dear!!!! Definately not cut out for dorm life if this is the way of life. Arrived at 12pm and our dorm mates were still in bed. After making a lot of noise to stash our bags made a sharp exit. Spent the day in and around Brisbane, doing the tourist thing. Cooked dinner in the hostel kitchen, disgusting is an understatement. Its a good job we had all our jabs before we came. That should h...

Well, we are knackered. London to Bangkok - bloody long way (11 hours) and just our luck flight was late taking off!!!!! Leg room not great and food - yuck!!!! On the plus side neither of us was sick (hurray for me!!) Got to strech legs in Bangkok then herded back onto plane for another 8 hours of joy! God bless the mini tv with UP and other movies that we never got the chance to see in the real world (and probably wouldn't have wanted to). Sleep not an option...