Hi everybody WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW. I have just returned from the most FANTASTIC 5 day trip in the Outback, taking in all the Red Centre sights and camping in the most amazing places in the middle of nowhere, with just the stars, the wildlife and the rest of the team for company. I had to speak French most of the time, other than to our brilliant tour guide, and do a lot of translating, as I was the only English person on the tour. There were 5 French peopl...

Hello everybody At last, internet access at a reasonable speed and time to write a blog. A lot has happened since the last entry. We left the beautiful island of Lanta Noi and went to Penang by bus (well, several buses). We got to Georgetown on Penang Island at 9.30pm, much later than scheduled, and got dropped off in a not very salubrious area. After checking out some hostels, we decided they were so grotty that we went to a really nice hotel for the next f...