Crozza and Lee

Having spent a rather hectic 10 days in Sabah, Borneo, we were looking forward to chilling out in Koh Phangan. We were recommended, by Andy or Bruce/Wilfred as you may now know him from the lovely comments he leaves us on our blog, to stay in Sunset Cove. The place was gorgeous. Anyone who read my facebook status will already know about the infinity pool and beach views plus delicious free breakfasts, comfy sun loungers, the list goes on. As you may have gathered by now, we loved this place so much so that we didn't leave it for the best part of 6 days. Activities included lying by the side of the pool, reading, watching dvds, eating delicious thai food, getting a a traditional thai massage (by little ladies who stood on our backs - ... read more

Singapore From Brisbane we flew to Singapore where we met my old chum, Jude, who kindly let us stay at her gaff. The first night we had dinner and a few beers before heading off to bed. The next day we didn’t manage to drag ourselves out of bed until 4pm but it was all good as there were huge rain storms!!! The second night we headed towards the waterfront and had dinner, v impressive. Thereafter, Jude, great tour guide that she is, showed us the Merlion, symbol of Singapore. It’s cross between a fish and lion which apparently represents Singapore’s strength etc. We didn’t see much of Singapore but from what we did see we would agree with the general view that it’s quite a clinical place, everything is pretty much perfect. I think we ... read more

Having said to good bye to South America (boo hoo), we made our way to Auckland, New Zealand. We decided a while back that we'd like to experience campervaning around NZ for a bit even though it was a tad over our budget. So we picked up a van at the airport which we were able to upgrade to a mini winnebago styley vehicle, awesome!! Our first night in Auckland we stayed with Neil's old friend, Mark and his wife, Ida (from his days in Bordeaux). They cooked us up a corker of a meal, lamb shank with all the trimmings and home made brownies and ice cream for dessert, yum. We also kipped in their gaff which was soooo nice. Thereafter, we headed to Rotorua, the land of sulphur, hotsprings and geezers. Everywhere we looked ... read more

Next stop on our magical mystery tour was Buenos Aires, Argentina, where we were meeting me old mukka from school Neil (aka Campdog, Coolio, The “big C”, Lumberjack Neil, etc). We arrived on a flight from Quito at 6 am in the morning, strangely via Panama airport (the things we do to save twenty squid) and jumped in a cab straight to the hostel. We decided to stay in the Milhouse, a party hostel famed because you get a free t-shirt if you can survive 7 nights in there. Anyway, as we rolled up at 7am, after 28hours on the move, we were gutted to find that there were no beds available until 1pm. The only shining light was the Lions second test match at 10am local time that would pass some of the morning. Camps ... read more

Ola once again, this time from a lovely cafe in Huaraz. We arrived on Sunday 31st May after an overnight journey from Lima. Huaraz is the outdoor capital of Peru, and probably South America. We have met loads and loads of hardcore climbing dudes (ie the type of people who attempt everest are all here). This is the entry point to the Cordillera Blanca, the 2nd highest mountain range in the world (22 peaks over 6000 metres) and renowned as the most beautiful mountain range on earth, as well as one of the most dangerous - for those in the know, the events that shaped the book and film "touching the void" all happened here - we saw the mountain first hand. This mountain range also contains the world's most beautiful peak, according to World Mountaineering ... read more