We arrived quite late in Canberra and just had time to grab some dinner before walking down to the lake for a firework show (obviously they were celebrating our arrival)! The only thing you can do in Canberra is Museums/Interesting Buildings and a lot of walking. But its a very picturesque city, and soooo quite for a Capital. Nowhere near the hustle and bustle of Melbourne. The city is centred around Lake Burley Griffin, a very handy compass if we ever got lost a...

After a long flight from Bangkok we arrived in Melbourne seriously jet-lagged. On getting to our hostel early doors we were told we couldnt check in til 2pm, not happy! We wondered around Melbourne for a few hours (both nearly fell asleep in the park) until we could get back to the hostel and get some long overdue sleep. We woke up in the evening just in time to get some dinner before going back to bed.The next day started with a walk around Federation Square, Vi...

We learnt a valuable lesson getting to Bangkok, dont sit in the front of a mini-bus as you can see the insane driving of the locals. We had an 8 hour ride from Koh Chang in an absurdly cramped mini-bus (hence we jumped in the front for a lot more leg room). The driving skills of our driver included: going the wrong way up a motorway slip road, driving in an imaginary 3rd lane on a dual carriageway, weaving in and out of traffic to avoid pot-holes in the road, and...

We arrived in Koh Chang after a hefty 7 hour mini-bus journey and found somewhere to say pretty quickly. A nice wooden hut, no hot water but atleast we had electricity 24 hours! After our experience of isolation on Koh Pha Ngan we decided to stay on the most popular beach: White Sands Beach which was quite nice but a little dirty. We decided to take a trip to another beach along the coast, Lonely Beach. Despite its name it wasn't actually that lonely with ple...

After our week in Phuket we headed across Thailand to the East coast and caught the ferry across to Koh Samui. We only spent one night in Samui and stayed at the tranquil Mae Nam Beach. The bunglows here were comfortable and were right on the beach. Unfortunately, we had to be up early to catch another ferry on to Koh Pha Ngan. When we arrived we caught the bus (pickup truck with 2 rows of seats on the back) across the island. This journey was by far the bumpiest...