It turns out the group was due to get a whole lot bigger!! Rene had meet a load more people at the hostel in Perth and they were all planning on doing the same journey so we all decided to convoy the coast!! We met up with the others Luke and Hayley, a brummy couple applying for permanent visas, Jay and Pete mess heads from Holland and Ireland respectively and Claire from Uk looking for teaching work. We all had a get to know each other goon session and headed of...

Well what can I say, it's been nearly 3 months with no updates, we're off to New Zealand soon so I'd better bring you up to speed with our Australia travels first eh?! We arrived in to Perth at 5.40am but didn't get through customs and out of the airport until 7am, quite nice to see a customs that actually gives a fig about who and what enters their country. Jay and Karrisa meet us and we took the hour drive back to Mandurah. Mandurah was lovely, right on the c...

YAY yay we're on our way!!!

Ok all plans have changed, we are now cutting Malaysia short and spending 3 days here and bringing our flight to Perth forward, YIPEE!!! We had planned on going to the Perinthian islands but we've done quite a bit of island life and really quite fancy getting back to a western world after 5 or so months of and Asian lifestyle, noodles, rice, bargaining constantly, squat toilets, language barriers. We want some home comforts, like salt and vinegar crisps for a st...

Before i begin the picture for this blog is nothing like what we found in Langkawi but i haven't uploaded the pics yet so bare with me... The speed boat from Koh Lipe to Langkawi in Malaysia only took us an hour, and it was goodbye Thailand, (a tear falls down my cheek as i write that) and hello to Malaysia which now has alot to live up to. We headed for Pantai Cenang the main area for accomodation etc, around here is where we also plan to meet back up with Rog...