Bekah and Hannah

So........ I am writing this with a tear in my eye, as most of you now know Han and I are back in Blighty :o( Its an end of an era, no responsibilities and behaving wholly inappropriately on a daily basis. But lets not get too depressed as I need to fill you in on our last 2 weeks of the world tour ("yay!" I hear you cry!!) Vegas, Vegas, Vegas. So after a gruelling 8 hour bus trip from SD we get to LV. The drive wasn’t particularly interesting, unless baron deserts, trailer parks and rocky hills are your thing. Again, the usual non-human, sub-society American dregs were on the Greyhound bus. One exclaiming "I didn't know the airport was right on the strip!?" What he was actually referring to was the Hotel Stratosphere Tower. ... read more

Hello once again lovely people. So the next installment is our 8 days in beautiful Fiji! Fiji is a 2 hour 40 mins flight from Auckland. The minute we arrived at the airport we knew we were in for a treat as everyone was so happy, we were serenaded by a Fijian band, everyone wears flowers in their hair, the men even wear skirts and they all just seem so joyous!!! We flew into the capital of Fiji on the main island; Nadi (prenounced Nandi). When we were driving round the streets for the first time, we felt like we were really travelling again- Fiji has a real Carribbean vibe about it, the music, the food, the people etc, it was really exciting to be in a country where English isn't the first language (although widely ... read more

And so the end is near, the final curtain......... So I have to fill you in on our last 2 weeks in Australia! I believe last time we spoke Han and I had just made it to Surfers Paradise. Surfers Paradise was like nothing in Australia we had ever been to. The name of the place kinda gives it away...... it is where a lot of the Aussie Pro-Surfers live, as the surf is just unbelievable and the beaches are so golden and just never ending. It kinda looks like a mirage, as you travel through the QLD country side and then you just hit all these sky scrapers, right out of nowhere; Surfers Paradise is home to the Q1 Tower which is the tallest residential building in the Southern Hemisphere. It did remind us a ... read more

Morning Campers! Greeting from a very wet and windy Rainbow Beach where we have been stuck FOR NEARLY A WEEK due to the stupid weather we are having right now!! OK, so we left Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday's behind last Wednesday, and off we went on a 11 hour bus ride to a COMPULSORY cattle station overnight stop called, "Kroombit". We were a little annoyed we HAD to stop there, but when we got there we realised we were in for a good night. We were greeted firstly with 'bar snacks' which was basically a huge pot of meat; of which you had to guess which animal it came from. It was so yummy! same texture as lamb, but a little bit of a milder flavour, Han and I guessed Goat and we got it ... read more

Well after another 14 hour journey we make it to our second country and arrive in Penang, an island off mainland Malaysia. For all of those who dont know Malaysia is where my mum and Aunt spent most of their childhood growing up as my Grandfather was a Wing Commander in the RAF. Immediately after crossing the border from Thailand to Malaysia things began to change. Temples turned into mosques, mopeds turned into salon cars and the Thai writing turned into an almost legible western alphabet. Malaysia seems much more wealthy, Westernised with a large British influence (Malaysia only gained independence from us pesky Brits in 1957) and unlike Thailand (which is predominantly Bhuddist) The majority of Malay's are Muslim (54%). We cross the sea in a car ferry and land in Georgetown; which after Thailand; ... read more