S and K

Well we are back on the road again after what seems like a long time of work - 3 months to be closer to the mark!! Off to Thailand for a few weeks of sun, sand and surf which in fact as been closer to rain, clouds and indoors. The weather has been pretty average but we have manged to see some pretty cool stuff again and it has been really relaxing for the first part of our trip. Our arrival into Thailand was pretty typical, and one that Kris enjoyed as we have landed safely again and didn't die on the flight. Took a cab from the airport to Karon Beach on the South Western side of Phuket island where we stayed in a fantastic hotel that was in the middle of the bush, but ... read more

If our last train journey was anything to go by, you'd think that we would have been a bit more organised this time. Well we were to a certain extent; we had out extra jackets, polyprops and socks, yet this coldness was nothing like we have ever felt in any country we have travelled in. The journey was in a freeze box for 14 hours, and that is counting the 3 hour late arrival of it. We could see our breath in front of us, and it got to the point where we jumped in the same single bed to try and warm up - much to the expressive looks from the locals. With every other Indian having draped on them possibly their total ownership of bed linen, it would have been nice for one to ... read more

Our flight to Brisbane was pretty low key. We arrived into Brisbane and got a transfer to our hostel where we bascially got some dinner then went to sleep for over 12 hours. The next day we headed straight to Byron Bay to meet up with Kristyn's cousin Tony and to check out this legendary beach. In between showers of rain and intermittent sunshine we were able to hit the beach for a few days, grab some sun and get pounded by the surf. Spent a few nights checking out the towns bars and kebab shop which got a working over. Byron Bay is a really cool place, it was just a pity the weather wasn't great. From Byron we headed north to Surfers Paradise where we stayed with some friends from our Africa trip (thanks ... read more

Hi there everyone! We last left you in Durban where we spent a few days before jumping on a bus to Jo'Burg. Well it wasn't a very good bus at all and broke down 1 hour into the 9 hour trip! After spending many hours on the side of the road with a few passengers freaking out about getting robbed and shot, a new bus came and we finally made it with all our stuff and no injuries! Not much to say about Jo'Burg except the Apartheid museum was awesome and it was great catching up with our fellow truckies for the last time. We almost missed our plane to Oz, that bloody travel curse is kicking in again, but managed to get to the airport on time after getting done over AGAIN for taxi fare. ... read more

After all the thrills and spills of Victoria falls we moved into Botswana, where the pace didn't really slow down. Botswana is famous for the Okavango Delta, a huge number of small waterways that move through reeds, with a great number of wide life in a concentrated area. We were taken through these waterways by Mokoro, or hollow canoes by the local people where we set up camp for 2 nights. As we arrived at our camp, there were 4 bull elephants grazing on the grass only 30 metres away!! We went for a guided walk with one of the locals around our camp and came across elephants, giraffes, zebra and came across a small lake with about 20 hippo wallowing in. They were very close to the waters edge where we were standing, and made ... read more