AFter a 24hour train journey from Sydney to Adelaide we were picked up at the station by my friend from uni Vick (who moved to Oz two years ago!) It was very exciting to see Vick again! She drove us to hers (where lovingly she is letting us stay at!) I have been looking forward to staying at hers for weeks - the thought of a house where its only people i know, and theres a sitting room and kitchen withour other travellers and its safe to leave your things out is ...

After another long flight we arrived in Sydney (Rach and I hadn't been able to sit next to each other on the plane as apparently it was fully booked even though we were checking in 5minutes after it opened..!) But we managed to be apart from each other for 7hours without too much trouble (the longest we'd been away from each other in 6weeks!) We couldn't believe we were already in Australia - it had always seemed so far away (time and distance wise) and when we a...

Our bus trip to Singapore was disappointly not as good as all the other we've had in Malaysia - the seats were still first class but our driver spoke no English and just seemed to bark down the bus - this was a problem for us as we needed to get off twice at the borders between Malaysia and Singapore to have our passports checked and both times we didn't have a clue what was happening/where to go/where to get back on the bus! Like usual we managed! We had booked...

So we didnt have the best of days yesterday - we are now in a town called Melaka - we were very happy when we arrived here as we found a great night market and got to do some good shopping (we have been hunting for a decent market since we arrived in Malaysia as most of theirs are full of fake prada bags etc ...not our kind of thing!). So we spent a great evening in the market - the other great thing is the Malay people are so relaxed - not trying to force their ...

So we have found our own little paradise! We have decided to spoil ourselves and have rented out a little house/hut on the beach for the past 2nights - its gorgeous! We've got a porch and our own fenced off bit of beach! And its only costing 5pounds a night (tho we've only been paying like 2pounds everywhere else so its a little extravagant!). We havent done much other than lie on the beach reading/sunbathing! Though upsettingly i have managed to burn....but my s...