So much has happened since my last update. As scheduled we caught Greyhound on 27 Dec and journeyed to Coffs Harbour for 2 nights and although weather was not good we saw all sights etc. Next move to Surfers Paradise also went smoothly and we spent another 2 nights walking the beaches etc. in glorious sunshine. A bit commercialised for us and we again had to negotiate a room change/upgrade. New Years Eve we took the short journey to Brisbane where we were staying...

Seems like months since we left England. Train journey from Bangkok to Singapore was very interesting, Thai families we befriended who were going on a religous retreat, grumpy guards, friendly guards, delays and problems with the line at Butterworth. Sleeping berths were very good as were the first class seats on final day train which were very similar to business class airline seats. A journey on three separate trains of over 2000 kilometres for less than one hu...