Hi all So I guess I’d better tell you all about the nightlife in Perth. Well a lot of it revolved around poker. No Limit Texas Hold Em to be precise. On one of our first nights there, the guy from our dorm room (whose name is Ali in case you’d forgotten) organised a game and asked me if I w anted to join. Now I have a dream. To save me all that effort of getting a job in Australia gonna play poker. At the casino. And win a fortune. Possibly even get ...

Hi all Time for the start of our big Oz adventure. As we waited in the immigration queue, having taken serious advantage of the cheap Jack Daniels situation (plus a bottle of Absolut Raspberry - no idea why. Ask Mand) we spotted Andy a few rows back just as we were getting to the front. A couple of dodgy questions from the miserable bint behind the counter and we were through quick smart. We collected our luggage and to help speed our progress we decided to gra...

Hi all So here we all were sitting in Jehrte for the six hours or so we had to kill before our bus left for Singapore. Cool. We left our bags with the ever helpful ticket office and headed off for some food, Internet and whatever else we could find. First priority was food. We wandered around passing various options, most of which were closed. Firkin Ramadan. Eventually though we hit upon a Chinese run café and headed in for some serious grub. There was no...

 Hi allSo, I guess it’s time to tell you all about the fantastic diving and snorkelling to be had on the Perhentians, and also a bit about the beach time we put in while we were there.Ok, let’s start with the snorkelling. One word. Fantastico. We woke up the morning after the first party and turned up for breakfast looking and feeling like death warmed up hoping against hope that we would be too late to go. However our guide fore the day was a lo...

Hi all So, there we sat squishing the golden sand between our toes and sipping our beers and generally feeling very proud of ourselves. It really is the most beautiful beach. Pure sand and warm turquoise waters. And as it was close to the end of the season the place was virtually deserted. A lot of the businesses had already packed up for the year (no-one stays on the island out of season) and the tourists seemed virtually non-existent (except for some loud S...