G'day to all, sorry that there are no photo's et. Can you believe that there are no decent Internet Cafes in Times square! So that's were we are sat now waiting to go and see a stand up comedy show at the Improv Comedy club. It's an interactive Improv comedy club whatever that means and the tickets were $5 provided that we buy a couple of drinks. Sydney was really cool. Cindy took me to Darling Harbour, Circular quay, manly beach, Bondi beach and coogee where we poped in to see Paul and Mira. Had a really good night. Paul is famous for getting people pissed and he certainly lived up to his reputation on us even though we had a 20hr flight to NY the next day. There was an incident with a flip-flop which ... read more

Hello everyone! This is just a quick update to let you know we are both fine. We have had several emails to check we are okay after the earthquake that hit sumatra. We moved onto Bali on the 25th March so we did not feel anything or even hear about it until we saw it on CNN about 2 hours ago. Those poor people, this will have hit them hard at a time when they are trying to get back on their feet. But knowing the indonesians they will keep smiling and put a brave face on. No photos on this blog but we will add some soon. We have been chilling out, catching some rays but normally after about 2 hrs we are either too hot or lobster like and slink off to the shade ... read more

Well we have escaped the jungle for a few days and we are in Lake Toba in Sumatra - the largest lake in South East Asia. We have managed to get internet access so are busy checking emails and we thought we would update you all too. We arrived in Vietnam from Cambodia on the 31st March and had approximately a week to explore this beautiful country. We definitley want to come back as the country is huge and we really did not get enough time to see everything. We started in the capitol of Hanoi - this was a lovely place with a real french feel about it. Lots of small shops everywhere selling all kinds of things. Beautiful lamps, pitures, bags, clothes, food, CD's. It was great just wandering the streets and watching all ... read more

After the Perhentian islands we headed up to Khota Bharu and crossed the border into Thailand. From where we got a 4 hour minibus ride to Hat Yai and an overnight bus to Bangkok. We stayed in 'Ýour home' guest house in Soy Kasem San and this is where we had our first hot shower for ages. It was bliss and when the Chicken cashew was washed down by a Singh beer later I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. We ate with Kate and Shaun from Basingstoke that evening whome we had arranged to meet. They had just arrived back from 4 weeks in Phukett and were looking very tanned and relaxed. Seems like they had a wonderful time there. Afterwards we went and got a Massage from nearby their posh hotel. We all ... read more

So after the pleasures of the jungle we were planning to head straight for Thailand but we were kidnapped by Brittany and Jordan our new canadian pals who persuaded (okay not kidnapped!) us to hit the beach of the Perhentian Islands on the east coast of Malaysia to recover. These islands normally do not open for the tourists until March due to the monsoon but this year the monsoon had finished early meaning the islands were quiet and possibly a bit of a bargain as they would be pleased for our business. Well so we thought but the beach chalets we stayed in were not particularly value for money despite having a view of the turquoise water and white sands..the water never became hot despite being told it would and the electricity that normally worked all ... read more