Kia Ora! Considering we left for Africa a year ago tomorrow, I suppose it was about time we did a few days work and I am pleased to report Kylie and I have just completed our first week back in the rat race. It took a few weeks for us to find work but once employers heard we were here they couldn't help but throw job offers in our direction! Kylie chose carefully and is now working for a company called talPacific who specialise in holidays to the Pacifi...

Just a quick note to say we are alive and well and enjoying the relaxed pace of life here in the Hawkes Bay. The weather has been pretty good and we are busy helping Kylie's parents out in the run up to Christmas. We have now uploaded all our pictures from our travels so check 'em out! Rob and Kylie

Gidday! It's big Robba here just updating ya that the surf's up and the barbi is rocking and rolling......... Yes we're in Australia. We arrived on a short (7hr) flight from Singapore and are spending our time down in Bondi Beach enjoying our last days of the holiday. Our passage through Singapore was fairly uneventful. Having been there this time last year we didn't really have much to do so just wandered the city a little aimlessly. However, when...

28 November 04 Selamat Detang! Malaysia!!! I'm not sure what images it conjures up for you lot but I have certainly been in dreamland. So often you hear of the long white sandy beaches with crystal clear waters - hmm - then you would wonder why we spent 7 days by the pool. I was appalled that even at a 4* resort there was rubbish littering the beach. We ended up at Damai Laut on the West Coast of Malaysia in Perak Region. And as I said spent 7 laz...

Greetings from Malaysia! Since we last wrote we have skipped through Cambodia, spent less than 24hrs in Thailand, and we now find ourselves on a small island which has virtually shut down due to an Islamic public holiday!!! We arrived into Cambodia by boat, this time heading north on the Mekong Delta. We're tired of boats now. Perhaps it was one river journey too far as it seemed to go on for ages but to pass the time we made good friends with a couple ...