Hello from the land down under, or should I say G\'day - promise not to use such naff terminology again, but couldn\'t resist just this once. Flew into Perth from Singapore at 0700 this morning, after a 5 hour flight and no sleep. Singapore Airlines are really good, loads of leg room, big seats, your own entertainment \'centre\' with games, videos, music etc, but alas, I end up sat behind 4 (yes 4) screaming babies. How unlucky is that! So, sleep being ou...

Ok, so I lied, the last postcard was not in fact the last postcard, but the penultimate one and this will now probably be the last one from SE Asia (unless my flight is delayed and I have time to kill at the airport). Anyway, last night I went out for a drink with Sharon (sharing my room, from US) and someone she has met briefly at a job interview here, Jin Kim, who is of Korean parentage and was born in Spain! He took us on a tour of the local nightlife, w...

Welcome to the latest, and probably final, installment from South East Asia. Singapore comprises a low-lying 604 square kilometer island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, just over 100km north of the Equater, plus some 63 smaller islands. Flying in to Changi Airport, the skyline of the downtown area looked very remiscent of NY, with lots of very lush green islands dotted in the sea. From the airport I took a taxi to the YMCA, which was recommended in the ...

Hi, this will be just q quick one to let you know that I have arrived safely in Singapore. No history lesson, culture lesson, or the like, until next time that is. Oh, and I've lost yet another hour, so now 8 hours ahead of the UK. I'm sure I'll get all these hours back at some point in this trip when I eventually cross the International Date Line. I have been out this evening and have very intersting toilet story to tell you all, but you'll have to c...

On the 7th we headed out on a bus to Dalat, which is in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The bus left at 1230 and took about 7 hours, the last 2 of which were a constant climb and involved the air conditioning being turned off - not happy. Dalat is in the southern part of the Truong Son Mountain Range and is very popular with Vietnamese honeymooners, being dotted with lakes, waterfalls and surrounded by evergreen forests. The town it at 1475m and as such ...