Hi Everyone Well the picture of those lush beach bungalows on the ocean is what we were expecting our island paradise to be- but as you can see from my photo album for Tioman... what we arrived into was very different! Unfortunately our bus pulled into Mersing to catch the ferry over to the island just as the monsoon rain storm hit- so not only did we arrive feeling somewhat seasick from the choppy crossing we were also completely soaked! Initially i wa...

Hi Everyone Today is our last day in Singapore, which i'm quite excited about! Its not a bad place, but its another city with more malls than culture, so 3days have been more than enough!! We have made the most of it though! We took several tour buses round the main city and Little India and China town, and we were taken out to Sentosa Island ( but we didn't have a look round- i think its a bit of a tourist theme park!). We also took a hot air balloon u...

Unfortunately there wasn't a picture remotely relevant for Singapore so the elephants will have to do! Well we're on our final stretch now, and we were off to a good start- we got upgraded on our flights to Darwin and found ourselves sat up in Business class with yummy food and drinks and huge arm chairs- i'm sure many of you travel by no other means, but for us it was a real treat! Sadly we were back with the plebs for the final stretch to Singapore! humph ...

Hi Everyone Well its my last journal entry for Australia- we fly out to Singapore tomorrow and begin our final 2months travelling round South East Asia. I can't believe how fast the time has gone! We have had a really relaxed and lazy week- mainly because there is absolutely nothing to do here if you have already done the diving and boat trips! So we have been sunbathing with our books by the lagoon everyday, and then going to some bars or the cinema i...

Hi everyone Well we made it to Cairns in one piece after our final greyhound overnight bus- but unfortunately we arrived at 6.35am and our hostal won't let us in until 2pm!! so after 11hours on a bus we were set to wander the streets AGAIN!!! Not having much luck the last few days! We have run out of steam at the moment so i thought i would plonk myself in an internet cafe and tell you about my Whitsundays trip! We got picked up early and taken to a ver...