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We're off on a year's traveling round the world. Leaving November 14th 2007. London>Fiji>NZ>OZ>Singapore>Malaysia>Sumatra>Java>Bali>Vietnam>Cambodia>Thailand>Hong Kong Phooey>London.

Looking forward to spending Christmas and new year Island hopping around Fiji and then 3 months driving round NZ in a camper van followed by 5 months of the same in Oz. Then we'll do some time traveling around South East Asia, hopefully to see Orangutans in Medan, Sumatra and Borobudur in Java before some R&R in Bali. Then some touristy stuff in Vietnam including a train journey between Saigon (HCMC) and Hanoi and then the Temples/Wats of Cambodia.

Hopefully back in Dear old Blighty sometime November 2008 unless something else comes up along the way

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By Mr D and Mrs Bear
November 13th 2008

Homeward Bound Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Phi Phi

Koh Lanta
Some days were nice....

Hello and welcome to what should be our final blog, covering Southern Thailand and Hong Kong. After our 'Tour of Duty' in Viet Nam and Cambodia we decided to get a few weeks R&R in on the beaches of Southern Thailand. Our first stop was the island of Koh Lanta which unfortunately turned out to be closed. The dry season officially starts on the 1st November and as we arrived a few days before this date things weren't quite up and running yet. Still, we had a good time just relaxing by the pool, inbetween some days of torrential rain. After [View Full Entry]

By Mr D and Mrs Bear
October 18th 2008

Don't Look Back in Angkor Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

Angkor Thom Reflections

Sui S'dey from Cambodia and welcome to the second part of our Viet Nam/Cambodia update. "Same-Same, but different" is how the local saying goes and it describes the country very well. It's quite similar to other SE Asian countries in terms of scenery but it has 2 features in particular which make it unique, the first of these is The Temples of Angkor. We flew from Ha Noi to Siem Reap and spent 4 days exploring the walled cities, palaces and temples of the Angkor Area which in total number over 100. These were built by the Angkor dynasty between the [View Full Entry]

By Mr D and Mrs Bear
October 11th 2008

Hamster 'Nam Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

D & VC in the DMZ

Xin Chao from Viet Nam and welcome to the first of a 2 part special covering Viet Nam and Cambodia. We landed in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and had a couple of hours to wait for Tina's father, Brian, to arrive. He joined us for Viet Nam and Cambodia and Tina was really pleased to see him as he'd brought supplies of chocolate from the UK!! The centre of HCMC is still referred to as Sai Gon and our hotel was right in the heart of the downtown area of District 1. Sai Gon is a wild place throbbing with [View Full Entry]

By Mr D and Mrs Bear
September 19th 2008

The Jungle Book Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Amed

A Bathing Ape
Bathed in sweat ! Jungle terrain

Hi all, we hope you're all well. There's quite a lot to get through so we'll crack on. From Singapore we took a short flight to the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. The less said about KL the better. From there, another short flight to Medan on the northern edge of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. On arrival we caught a jeep for the 3 hour drive north to Bukit Lawang in the heart of the jungle. This area is very close to Bandah Aceh which bore the brunt of the 2004 Tsunami so the roads in places were impassable to [View Full Entry]

By Mr D and Mrs Bear
August 31st 2008

20,000 Leagues (18 metres) Under the Sea Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Mersing

Cooling down
Singapore Botanical Gardens

Hi all, just a quick update covering our last couple of weeks in Singapore and S.E. Malaysia. After a pleasant 8 hour flight from Brisbane we landed in steamy, sultry Singapore - 'The City State' just 36 miles north of the equator. Tina's never been before but my last visit 15 years ago was as a penniless backpacker and my memories were not that fond. Fortunately, this time around was much better. Singapore is a striking blend of the ultra-modern opulence of the downtown business district, with its skyscrapers and the plush top-end shopping malls of Orchard Road, contrasted with the [View Full Entry]

By Mr D and Mrs Bear
August 11th 2008

Wet 'n' Wild Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

Tina hits the beach
from 14,000 feet

G'day all and welcome to our final blog from wonderful Australia. In our last update we were half way through our time at Mission Beach and it's fair to say that the last 2 weeks went pretty much the same as the first 2, very relaxing. So relaxing in fact that over a few drinks on our last Friday night in town we decided we needed an adrenaline shot before hitting the road again. Tina opted for another sky-dive whilst I chose white water rafting. So, in a slightly hung-over state the next morning Tina signed up for a 14,000 feet [View Full Entry]

By Mr D and Mrs Bear
July 8th 2008

Mission half accomplished Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Mission Beach

Mission Beach
Where the Rainforest meets the reef

Hi all and hearty greetings from Mission Beach. Another quick update of our exploits over the last few weeks. Arriving in Tropical North Queensland after weeks driving through the outback we noticed an obvious change in the scenery. As we headed north up the coast from Townsville we were driving through fields of waving sugar Cane, banana plantations and fields of pineapples. On the inland side jagged mountain ranges were clad with misty rainforests which in some places tumbled almost to the sea. Very similar to Fiji which is no surprise as we are on the same latitude. The weather too [View Full Entry]

By Mr D and Mrs Bear
June 9th 2008

Crocodile Rock Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » 80 Mile Beach

Sea Horse
80 Mile Beach Sunset

Greetings to you all from a warm & steamy Tropical Queensland. As you'll probably gathered from the fact that we're now in Queensland we've done a bit of travelling since our last blog. Our 8 days in Broome were wonderful; clear skies, 33 degrees every day and nothing better to do than lie on Cable Beach soaking up the sun and contemplating when the waves would be at their best for a bit of boarding. When our 8 days were up we decided that we could do with more of the same but as accommodation in Broome was scarce we decided [View Full Entry]

By Mr D and Mrs Bear
May 14th 2008

We're all going on a summer holiday Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Broome

The 12 Apostles
Matthew, Mark, Luke, Sleepy, Happy, Ringo ............

Well, we left Melbourne suitably refreshed and ready to hit the road again. Our first destination was the Great Ocean Road. It was built by servicemen returning from the first world war and the aim was for it to rival Northern California's Ocean highway (Route 5 ?) and in my opinion it certainly does. Great craggy, wild coastlines and limestone columns jutting into the turbulent ocean below. The most famous limestone columns are 'The Twelve Apostles' and also 'London Bridge', which has indeed fallen down. Our hopes that we could enjoy a warm autumn in southern Australia looked good at this [View Full Entry]

By Mr D and Mrs Bear
April 21st 2008

A Tale of Three Cities Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » MCG

A Night at the Opera

Hello & greetings to everyone Australia............. and for various reasons the last 3 weeks have been the toughest so far, but here's a brief(ish) account of our latest travels. We landed in Sydney to pleasant warm sunshine and headed to our hotel in the heart of the CBD, just around the corner from Circular Quay, The Rocks, Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Sydney really is a beautiful city and the CBD is a very vibrant commercial centre, very reminiscent of the City of London in many ways. Grand imposing buildings, skyscrapers and bustling crowds and, for Tina, plenty of [View Full Entry]

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