06 March 2009 Today we boarded our first Oz experience bus at 7am from Cairns heading to Magnetic Island. When we arrived to pick up the bus we were quite suprised when a small mini bus with a luggage trailer turned up as the brochure had shown a massive bus. Once we boarded the bus our guide Muppet began to explain about the approaching Cyclone and how this may affect the journey. We began worrying from this point onwards. About an hour into the journey we stopp...

01 March 2009 We arrived in Cairns about 8am this morning after an 8 hour flight. We were not impressed to be on an easyjet style plane for this length of time - no room and no tvs in the seat! We anticipated a very long uncomfortable and boring time. We had to stop in Darwin for an hour around 4am so we couldn't sleep much either. So we were very happy to be off the plane and arrive in Australia! Tim and his brother Chris were waiting for us at the aiport and ...

26 February 2009 This morning we left early to get to the aiport for our flight to Singapore. Puy had kindly got up early too and made us a cup of tea before we left. Thanks so much Nick and Puy for letting us stay with you and for all you did for us while we were in Phuket, we had such a great time and were sad to leave this morning. Hope to see you in the UK in the summer and maybe back in Thailand next year! We arrived in Singapore in around 2pm and got an a...

25 February 2009 Today was our last full day in Thailand so we booked ourselves on a boat trip to visit Phang Nga Bay. Puy helped us to get a really good deal by managing to persuade the lady at the travel company that we should only have to pay the child price! The only condition was that we didn't tell any of the other guests. When we arrived in Poy Bay we boarded a boat that took us out to various islands off the coast of Phuket. Our first stop was Lawa Isla...

22 February 2009 We went to the golf club swimming pool today for a day of relaxing. This time we chose to sit in the shade and read rather than sunbathe, definitely a wise choice as we didn't come back burnt today. For dinner we went to a lovely restaurant called 9th floor in Patong. The restaurant was quite posh and the food was delicious! 23 February 2009 This morning we went down to a local spa to have a traditional Thai massage. We were told to take every...