25th Jan to 9th Feb - Cairns Weather: tropical - cyclones, storms and sunshine. 35degrees Loves: Diving the Great Barrier Reef, BBQs on the lagoon, Bungee jumping, Skydiving on Mission Beach!! Intro to Goon! Hates: $7 a pint! Not being able to swim in the sea - Jellyfish! Morning wakeup calls at 9.30am EVERY morning in my hostel! Due to my lack of research I expected Cairns, with it's large international airport, to be a buzzing metropolis. So you can imagine...

Darwin to Alice Springs 16th Jan to 24th Jan Temp: Hot and humid in Darwin. Cyclones watch and big lightning shows. Hot hot hot in Alice – like 40plus. Ouch… Likes: Kings Canyon, climbing up and jumping off stuff, crocodiles, Didgeridoo playing, Devils Marbles Hates: Flies, more flies, Flies, Breaking down, the heat! Okay lots here so I have split it up – so ignore/read as you please… DARWIN “G’day mate! Welcome to Darwin, Northern Territor...

Malaysia 3rd Jan – 13th Jan Malaysia is a cool country. Very friendly people, amazing food, clean and good looking in every dimension – the new, the old and the people! I spent only 10days there which is a big shame as I didn’t see half of what is on offer, but what I did see was brilliant. See pics. I stayed with Haz in his spacious apartment in the North of the city, which is bubbling with activity. Bars and restaurants are full and there are “Ha...

Back to India… Cochin 29th Dec to 2nd Jan Like I said it was like I never left…as soon as I left the airport terminal I was surrounded by moneymaking Indian’s trying to sell me their taxi, tuk-tuk or a dodgy watch. Paul and Divya’s wedding was a 2 day affair involving the ushers dressing up in some traditional Kurta’s. This would have been fine but for Paul stitching me up with the sandals which were about 5sizes to big for me! I could have walked...

The Life of Greek… Koh Phi Phi, Ko Lanta, more Koh Phi Phi and a load of traveling… Koh Phi Phi – 13 Dec to 17 Dec When I arrived on Koh Phi Phi, it wasn’t quite the serene paradise that I had read about and imagined after seeing the film “The Beach.” It is packed with tourists and the bay is heaving with boats. I bumped into a French guy called Ben on the pier, holding a sign saying he had a spare bed in his bungalow and wanted to share. I took ...