LizBarnes

So I’ve just got back from a tour around Uluru, Kings Canyon and Kata Tjuta. It was amazing! We started from Alice Springs early Sunday morning and reached Kings Canyon by midday. After we had climbed and wandered around Kings we went to collect firewood for the night. Along the way we saw wild camels, these aren’t native but central Australia has the largest population of wild camels. That night we slept under the stars in our swags and sleeping bags. We cooked dinner on the camp fire and had a couple of beers, or in my case wine. The night sky was so clear you could see soo many stars, shooting stars and the Milky Way. It was very exciting! Around the camp we found loads of little hopping mice which were very cute. The ... read more

So we went back to Krabi (a while ago now) and did a few more island trips then travelled to Phuket to see yet more beautiful islands including the set for James bond 'The man with the golden gun' We only had a couple of days there as we had to leave the country as we had only 15days on the visa. After we got kicked out of Thailand we got a flight to Singapore. Singapore is really nice but quite pricey. We did manage to find a few cheap things to do such as shopping in China town or Little India. On the last two days we went to Sentosa and spent some pretty pennies. The first day we visited the underwater world and the second day we visited Universal Studio. We really want to ... read more

From Chiang Mai we travelled over to Laos into Luang Prabang. The bus ride which was meant to take 10hrs ended up taking 18hrs as we broke down for a while but luckily this meant we didn't have to pay for accomodation for the night :) Once in Luang Prabang we only had a day to explore so we went to the waterfall. The best waterfall we had seen so far is in Luang Prabang, there was a rope swing at the bottom and an amazing view from the top. It had everything. Next we travelled to Vang Vieng for Tubing where we travelled down the river on a rubber ring stopping parts of the way down to play on trapize type swings, these were scary but really fun :) We only stayed for two days ... read more

So.. it's been a while since I last updated this so this might be a long one. So we arrived in Sandakan and visited Sepilok Orangutan rehabilitation centre where we saw a couple of orangutans and a lot of smaller more cheeky monkeys. It was a really nice day out although one of the hottest days so far! The next day was almost as hot so we decided to walk up the hill to this nice hotel where we could swim in their pool. The moment we could there a thunder storm started so we couldn't actually go in the pool but we did cool off a bit. After this we decided to stop off in Sukau in the jungle on the way back to Kota Kinabalu where we did a boat cruise down the Kinabatangan ... read more

So its our last day in Bali tomorrow, were excited about moving on but we will miss Bali, its so nice and relaxing (apart from being dragged into all the little shops and being forced to buy everything!! lol) We have not really done a great deal, mainly relaxing in the pool or watching the sunsets on the beach. Next stop Kota Kinabulu, where the travelling really starts ... read more