After a smooth flight from Kuala Lumpur we landed in Phuket on the evening of our first anniversary. There can't be many people who are lucky enough to still be on their honeymoon on their anniversary! Immigration seemed straight forward. I even got a stamp allowing me to stay until Nov 15th instead of Sept 15th (that'll teach the immigration guy to be on his mobile while checking people in to the country!), until the he realised and ran after me through the immi...

The train from Singapore up the Malaysian peninsula as far as Kuala Lumpur was a relatively smooth 6 hour journey.Arriving reasonably late at night we made our way to the taxi counter inside the station and got a cheap taxi to the door of our very central and pleasant hostel, the Serai Inn.The skyline of Kuala Lumpur is dominated by the Menara Telecommunications Tower and the Petronas Twin Towers, formerly the tallest buildings in the world. On exploring the c...

Unfortunately our flight from Sydney to Singapore was delayed by over 6 hours resulting in a lot of hanging around the airport and an excess of complimentary pot noodles, banana cake and diet coke.Once on board the Quantas jumbo, we were then informed the personal in flight entertainment was not working, still at least they were serving dinner, hadn't eaten anything in ages.By this time tired and feeling a little sick the last thing we needed was a really bumpy f...

Cairns was the final destination of the Wallace, Love trip from Sydney along the east coast of Australia. We had four nights and four days which included two day trips. One with Passions of paradise to sail and Snorkel the great barrier reef and the other to Cape Tribulation and Port Douglas for Rain Forest walks and Corcodile spotting. Our base for the 4 nights was the slightly dirty and very out of town Cairns Beech house. First up was the reef. We boarded the...

From Airlie Beach the greyhound did not take long to arrive at Townsville where we would board the ferry to the stunning Magnetic Island. Magnetic Island, named due to the pulling effect it had on Captain Cooks ship, is mostly national park with large granite boulders and cliffs rising out of the blue ocean. After the smooth ferry we arrived at Nelly Bay. Our accommodation of choice was Magnetic Island YHA, which had an onsite Koala Sanctuary. This was round ...