Well, two firsts in this blog - our first trip in our van 'Winnie' and our first tennis tournament in Oz! We'd already decided to play the tournament at Redcliffe, Queensland, but getting the van when we did meant we could take it on a trial trip too. This also meant a massive shopping trip one day to equip the van as we needed everything - duvets, sheets, towels, food, loo-rolls etc etc! Luckily for us we were helped out by Bill and friends Paul and Brenda who d...

We have arrived - in Oz, and also on our new blog site, so relief all round! I chose this site as it seemed the closest to Travelpod and had many of the same features plus some new ones. They also very kindly transferred everything over for me which was a huge plus! I think its all ok but if you spot anything that hasn't transferred over properly then please let me know! We arrived to rain, which brought back memories of our last trip 7 years ago when we were ch...

Well, where to begin? Forget the images of sea, sand and thatched beach umbrellas. Instead think surf, volcano, mountains, lakes and temples! Oh, and beautiful sunsets! When we arrived it was dark and we were driven through the built-up, brightly lit Seminyak. I have to say we were slightly disappointed. In the morning we got the shuttle bus to our beach - again, it was slightly underwhelming in that the surf was so big there was no swimming! Luckily our hotel wa...

Having had the opportunity to travel extensively during one of my 3 previous ‘careers’, I had never travelled to Cambodia or Vietnam. In my opinion these two countries conjure up thoughts of backpackers and, for many, as places where terrible atrocities have taken place during our lifetime. I am able to reflect a little on our brief encounter with these two fascinating countries. My travellers tip for this part of the world is that you need to be calm...

But there is everything else - the koalas will have to wait till Oz. Sorry, that was Bob's idea, a terrible pun! Well, did Kuala Lumpur deliver too? It certainly did, especially cold white Sauvignon, albeit at a price! KL is an amazing city and we were lucky that our hotel was ideally situated close to the Petronas Twin Towers and the KLCC transport hub, so we could get to pretty much everything. The hot and humid weather continued and we were treated to some a...