Guy and Rachel

Hanoi, Vietnam. There are loads of 'bia hoi' (fresh beer) joints that sell really good draught beer that's brewed without preservatives... the beers cost 7 pence (yes, seven!) per glass! Needless to say, we spent rather a lot of our time at such establishments, and due to the lack of preservatives, the hangovers were not to bad either... hurrah!!!... read more

We have been in Cambodia for over 2 weeks now and really love it. We are staying here for a few days longer before travelling down the Mekong river into Vietnam. Hope you like the piccies and our apologies for not blogging sooner, but when the beer is only 26 pence a glass, you can understand why it's fallen behind a bit!!! Needless to say, we are both fine (apart from a few bad hangovers!) and are really trying hard not to think about how long we have left... Hope this words and pictures find you all well, Pip pippety pippeth, G&R x... read more

After a couple of nights in the Perhentian Islands we where ready for another city fix, and where better than Bangkok. We had a great few days here and will be returning in a month or so! PS: There are no pics of Bangkok as Guy left the camera on a bus in Cambodia... D'oh!!!... read more

After a few days relaxing in Singapore we caught the bus to Melacca in Malaysia. Melacca was very hot and we felt we only needed a day there to see the sights, we spent the morning visiting some of the old Portuguese and Dutch buildings, followed by a few very interesting hours exploring Chinatown. From Melacca we caught a bus to the manic city of Kuala Lumpur. We both really enjoyed staying in the heart of the city, our hotel was in Chinatown in the middle of a bustling day and night market, where you can buy any kind of fake item your heart desires (including cheap dvds!) and many it doesn't! Our only dissapointment in Kuala Lumpur was that we couldn't watch the sun setting over the city, we didn't realise that you could only ... read more

Sorry folks this has been a long time coming! Although we really enjoyed Oz we found it very expensive (as we had to fly so much) and fairly similar to the UK. We began our Austrialian adventure with a couple of nights in Brisbane to sort out our bus tickets up the Gold Coast, and to visit Austrialia Zoo, unfortunately we didn't see Steve, but managed to spot many lookalikes! From Brisbane we caught the bus to Noosa, an upmarket seaside town, then to Rainbow Beach to see the coloured sands, and then onto Hervey Bay to visit Fraiser Island. Frasier Island was just as beautiful as Rachel remembered and brought back fond memories of her trip with Jo and Penni. We did a little walking in the rainforest and lots of swimming, but not in ... read more

Here's that text you've been badgering us for!: After changing our flights, we landed in Auckland a few days sooner than originally planned. We were immediately pleased with what we now term as 'civilization overload'. This can be both a blessing and a curse, dependent on our mood, situation or suuroundings. We are pleased to say though that this overload was definately of the positive nature! We were delighted by the complimentary coffee that greeted us whilst waiting at the baggage carousel. We were delighted that there was conveniently priced transportation outside to take us to our hostel, and we were very pleasantly suprised by the City of Sails itself, spending a few days here immersing ourselves in civilization after being a bit starved of it since leaving Brazil. We also discovered (well, we had anticipated ... read more