We enjoyed our singapore slings in raffles - especially as eating peanuts and throwing th shells on the floor was expected etiquete! They also had electronic paddle fans on the ceiling which excited Mel. So we said another teary farewell to Stu's mum, and left his Dad "bus spotting" and it took us 15 minutes to travel one block but we eventually got out of singapore. Easy border crossing into Malaysia (but didn't get to use the london tube-esqu...

We did a tour of the city on which each stop offered us hotels or shopping malls as the places of interest.Never thought mel would be bored of shopping!So after buying some camera cards, souvenirs and a suit we decided we had had enough.We visited the orchid gardens and listened to the chinese orchestra in the botanical gardens which were both impressive. We then popped in to see the manchester united cafe for the dads - however it is only open 12am - 6am!We had ...

So we left Ubud and went to the bali Hyatt - think they thought we had turned up in the wrong place as it wasnt quite our scene. Thankfully we met up with Stu's family and they vouched for our security. Still had to have our bags and vehicle checked.Had a lovely couple of days lounging by the pool, eating the buffet breakfast and buying dvds for 50p (yes i am sure they are totally legal!)We thought we could all do with some exercise so we headed to the Kintam...

We left Perth and had the awful 3am-7am flight. Mel slept the whole way with the aid of the film flushed away – Stu didn’t even wake her for salmon pasta! We had arranged a 4 day dive tour with Aqua marine bali. They were fantastic – very organised, paitent, picked us up from the airport and took us to our hotel. (Paul def book your diving through them!) So we arrived at the Grand Kumula in semilyak. We spent the afternoon shopping in K...

Well as promised, Australia Day was an absolute melting 39 degrees, but that didn't prevent the thousands of patriotic australians marking the occassion in style. Having moved our flights back to ensure we could take in the event, Stu was determined to fit in as much of the festivities as possible. So we were up early for a swim at Claremont 50m followed by our free bbq breakfast and watching the kids on the inflatable commando run. We dashed home to change ...