Fatman

Where to begin.... We've seen so much stuff, so having to split this up into sections. And even so to describe this all properly you could easily write a book! Will complete the next part within a couple of days! So arrived in Kathmandu on the 10th February, absolutely amazing views form the plane... huge white Himalayan mountains stretching on forever. Spent a day negotiating all of the cycles, rickshaws, honking bikes/cars etc and picked up a few last essentials for the trip - Puffer jacket, map(!), compass, 'Oakley' sunnies, and a few other spares. Loads of bargaining and may have pulled off a few good deals - although probably not! Kathmandu is a pretty crazy place, really dusty, dirty and lots of fumes, incense everywhere. Hardly any tourists as it was only the beginning of ... read more

So after spending 1 1/2 years (!) in Scandinavia, finally have some spare cash to go crazy on the other side of the world again! I have lots of old fellow travellers on my mailing list, so if it's just too depressing reading more of my ramblings then there should be a link in the mail to remove yourself, otherwise...enjoy! Plan so far is to go over to the Philippines (17/01), Nepal (12/02), and then back to Bali and the Gili's (26/03)! So left Leicester on the 12th to spend a night in Gatwick, ready to fly to Bangkok on the 13th. After an 'enjoyable' night on the floor woke to be told that the whole airport was closed!!!! An inch of snow, 0 oC! Got a bus to Heathrow and got on an alternative plane ... read more

Yeah I know 'another one'! Gonna be the last one for a while though. Just thought i'd do one quick short one with the last bits from Borneo. Took a day off to recover from climbing that beast of a mountain and then took a night bus down to Semporna. Not known as one of the nicer places in Borneo and arriving at 4am probably wasn't my best idea. But after a couple of hours kip onto the boat to Sipidan. Known as one of the best sites in the world and didn't disappoint. Passed Mabul on the way also, cool houses. Before we even got into the water we could see turtles swimming round the boat! Beautiful weather aswell, been a while since I'd seen proper sun. Been raining most days the rest of my ... read more

So took a flight from Kuala Lumpur on the 25th May to Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo. Spent a day wandering round Kuching, nothing too exciting to report but is a nice little place. Got an early bus the next day, followed by a boat over to the Bako National Park to do some trekking. Arrived there by 9am so after a noodle breakfast went for a wander. Really nice jungle and loads of Macaques everywhere. A little scary though as they can be quite aggressive, so ended up carrying a monkey stick at all times for protection. Very nice jungle, although as usual the animals where all hiding away. There was a board walk leading over some mangroves to the start of the trails, so went down in the afternoon to find some animals. Really lucky and ... read more

Sorry about the delay, spending too much time doing nothing on fabulous islands, well one! So arrived in Bali and took a taxi to Kuta. Definitely tell your in Asia, amazing amount of motorbikes everywhere. Spent a couple of days in Kuta wandering around the narrow streets trying to ignore all the touts and chillin on the beach avoiding all the touts! Decided to head over to Ubud next, cultural capital of Bali. Loads of temples everywhere and had a quite relax wandering round all the crafty shops, walking in the padi fields and went over to monkey forest. Although 2 mins into the forest the monkeys all disappeared as we'd been caught in a tremendous downpour. After 2 days in Ubud headed over to the Gili Islands, main idea was to finish off my PADI ... read more