So, it's getting a bit late now so we've just got the pictures up and more text will appear here eventually, but for those who are interested here's where we ended up - Saltaire, Yorkshire! [View Full Entry]

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We've had this article cued for a long time now - Might as well give it light of day! We stayed on Koh Tau for about 4 nights and went there in order to do a bit of diving. From what I remember this was a bit of a let-down, and far far less professional than diving in Cairns or NZ - quite a bit cheaper as well, but it did show. Anyway I'll stop the negativity but just warn people that if you're going to go diving on Koh Tau you shouldn't expect too much, and from what we saw [View Full Entry]

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What day is it? A few days ago Sarah was convinced it was probably Friday or Saturday and I thought it was Saturday or Sunday but it might have been Friday - there was an even smaller chance it could have been Monday. But we weren't quite sure. Life on an Island Paradise Fortunately life on our island paradise is living up to expectations. It's warm and sticky, sunny during the days, the food's good and you can get an hour-long massage on the beach for just under 3 Pounds. Some of our day-to-day conundrums involve what to have for breakfast, [View Full Entry]

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Singapore eh? Well we didn't do too much slinking but I was curious about Singapore's history and reputation as "the place they don't sell chewing gum". One of the things that has struck me time and time again whilst travelling has been the incredible impact of the British on the modern world. Australia and New Zealand don't bear explaining, but the impact of the British in Asia (in particular) and South America has been very notable. I will not forget the random breaking-down of our bus in northern Peru, and my chat with that chap about the English railway (always with [View Full Entry]

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Hong Kong is a city of contradictions, from bird's nest shops in one street to Pizza Express in the next. It is possible to walk from the hustle and bustle of Soho and find oneself in front of the Man Mo temple, an oasis of incense. Some of the most interesting streets are those near Hollywood and Possesion streets where shops sell herbs and spices in canvas bags, fish lie drying on the pavement and antiques stores sell vast quantities of jade. We saw skyscrapers being built using scaffolding made of bamboo which went all the way to the top of [View Full Entry]

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Feeling a little inspired here in Singapore, I will attempt to write some more about Tokyo and post the best of some of the millions of photos we took whilst there. We decided to go all out "Japanese Tourist" and try and beat them at their own game. No, not Sumo; We decided to take millions of pictures of all the quintessentially Japanese, funny, different and quirky things we encountered in our short time there. I'll describe each picture using the captions, so for now I'll take you through the place in my own way - off the top of my [View Full Entry]

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In the interests of being technological and up to date and all that, I feel that I have to spend a few minutes writing about the wonderful megalopolis we're currently winging our way around at lightning speed. With only 4 full days here and so much to see there's little point wasting much time sleeping, and we currently have a spare few minutes in our tightly planned itinerary so I thought I would do the first up-to-date blog of our travels so far. In only 2 days here is a list of the stuff we've seen and done - I'll keep [View Full Entry]

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It is a bit hotter up here in Cairns, hopefully a taste of things to come in Thailand. We booked on to a dive with Tusa on the reef and headed out on Wednesday. We did our dives on Saxon's Reef, our first on a site called Twin Peaks and our second on Reef Magic. Our first dive was with a guide, Willy, and we saw some sea cucumbers, lionfish, reef sharks and some coral, of course. There were signs of damage from the cyclone that went through there in 1998, a lot of the coral is just growing back. Pete [View Full Entry]

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We got straight down to the Sydney way of life on arriving. We arrived the day before Anzac day and met up with Jo and Ant in Coogee, where we stayed for a few days. We did the beach walk from Coogee to Bondi and began to realise why everyone raves about Sydney - this city has BEACHES! Anzac day was spent in the Coogee Bay Hotel watching games of two-up with some of Jo's friends. After a day enjoying Coogee, we headed out to Bondi to stay with my cousin Breda. She and her boyfriend Bill are heading to New [View Full Entry]

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Well, we're getting closer to being an actual real-time travelblog for the first time in a couple of months! Our trip to Melbourne was always going to be primarily to visit family, so we weren't expecting to see too much of the surrounding area - and after 6 months of seeing all kinds of wonderful things I wanted to dedicate time to family. Roy and Carol very kindly picked us up from the airport - they waited an hour extra for us due to Qantas's incompetence. We stayed most of the time at Roy and Carol's but also stayed for a [View Full Entry]

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