Hello! Yesterday we got the bus down to Darling Harbour for the day. First off we went to Paddy's Market to have a walk around. It was very busy, and all we bought was some Pawpaw to eat. I wanted to buy a little radio controlled helicopter, but I resisted. Sian witnessed the theft of a peach from one of the stalls! Later we each had a huge gelatti (ice cream) down by the harbour, before heading off to Sydney Aquarium. We spent about 2 hours walking around as t...

G'day! Today we visited the Blue Mountains National Park which is a 2 hour train ride from Sydney. When we arrived at Katoomba (a small village within the park) we took a hop-on hop-off bus to the main attractions. Our first stop was by Katoomba Waterfall, where we spent some time hiking the trails. It was beautiful and the views were spectacular. I want to live there, but I would be slightly concerned about the number of creepy crawlies! We saw 10 lizards ...

Hi everyone, Yesterday we got the bus down to Circular Quay so we could have a wander around and get our bearings. It was great to see Sydney Harbour bridge and the Opera House for the first time. It really made us feel like we'd arrived in Australia. We had a pretty easy day as we've still been recovering from the flight down from Bangkok. Today though we have been much more active, when we did the Sydney Harbour Bridge climb! We started the day with a pic...

Hey everyone, We were sad to leave Koh Samui on Saturday morning, and even sadder to arrive in the Bangkok heat. We headed straight out to see the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Keo - this involved going through 'old Bangkok', which was a bit more touristy. They didn't have a Skytrain in that part of town, so we got a river boat along the Chao Phraya river. The river was a nice way to see the city. When we got off the boat the heat was unbearable, which was made ...

Hello everyone, We are now back on Koh Samui after a rather long-winded boat ride. On our last day on Koh Phangan we we went for our traditional Thai massage. It was quite an experience! We were both prodded, stretched and twisted in various places for an hour. Although it wasn't as relaxing as we'd expected, we did come away feeling very supple and flexible. The next morning our boat from Koh Phangan to Koh Samui was delayed as there were so many people le...