Pete Kate

Hello, hello one and all. Hope you are all doing well. We have now arrived in Bangkok after an arduous 11/12 hour trip. But what did we do before we got here?? Well i should tell you shall i, else i'm just going to be rambling on and not really taking this post anywhere except to lead you all to extreme boredom and wanting to know if i will just get to the ruddy point! That sentence could probably do with more punctuation but i'm feeling decidedly lazy today :) So, the last few days in Australia were spent whale watching and going to Australia Zoo (Steve Irwins zoo). The Whale watching was amazing. In Hervey bay is apparently one of the few places they stop in their yearly migrations south to the feeding grounds. I'm ... read more

Ok, so the title of the post is a little misleading, it's actually day 8 now. But in doing this i am trying my best to keep those of you who want to know.. in the know. So, we picked up our little campavan (nick named Julie) on the 8th September. 2 Days after leaving Mt Baw Baw - the unsnowiest of all snowy ski resorts. From there we spent a few days with Vic + Hernan whom we met in Sydney and have finally settled down in a suburb of Melbroune not 20mins walk from the centre. It's a nice little flat, and we wish them the best of luck there for the foreseeable future (or until vics second year visa runs out / she gets booted out the country, whichever comes first). So, the ... read more

After a long few months without any contact or posts I decided it’s about time that I started posting things more often as we are finally starting to get moving on our travels once more. So, what have we been doing since our last post? Well during our last few days in Sydney it was all go! For our last few weeks we moved out of 773 South Dowling Street into 499 South Dowling Street!! An amazing far move I know, and trust me carrying everything you own on our backs it certainly felt like a long move. In the last few days at Sydney I said goodbye to Strictly Aquariums and Kate said goodbye to her job at Cossies (Cafe)¬. Katie and David disappeared down the coast for a week staying at our new landlords ... read more

Penang - Georgetown. A pretty little town with a very heavy chinese feel to it. Whilst here we ended up staying at Love Lane Inn the owner of which was called jimmy, and looked remarkably like a malay jimmy saville! We only spent a few days in Georgetown but whilst there we went to Visit the Kek Lok Si Temple, apparently the largest temple complex in south east malaysia. Alas some of it was under reconstruction at the time we visited but not so much that it caused any disruption. The temple itself was full of really vivid colours and the view from the top of the main Pagoda was really nice to see. Apart from this it was just our usual tour of the city that we always do on foot, although this one involved ... read more

Right ok, so it's been a while (or it feels like it) since i last made one of these posts. In all truth i don't know if it will make alot of sense and maybe a little bit all over the place but here goes! I am currently sat in Semporna, a small little fishing + Scuba village on the east coast of Sabah (Boreo). Katie has gone out to do some snorkeling and i have some time to kill before i start my PADI Open Water Course. As far as i recall (I haven't checked) the last post i made was leaving India, well since then we have been to Singapore for a few days. I have to say i really liked Singapore, first impressions as they say are important and Singapore defiantly delivered well. ... read more

Well, we finally made it to a place where we..well I can post. Katie keeps threatening to do one of these but somehow never gets around to it. We are finally on our own, offically. All the people that we met on the Himalayan trek have gone their seperate ways. We met backi up wioth Lykke and Regitse in Agra and did a few things with them. I must say, that personally, i am getting abit tired of indian cities. The country itself, the "flora + fauna" are amazing and really pretty. But the cities (apart from mumbai, which i'll get to later) just aren't looked after at all. The streets are lined with garbage and dirt. The most noticeable of whichis the red fort.. it was really really reaaaaaaaaaaallly hot, we had even waited till ... read more