Where on earth are Kim and Joe

Sorry about the lack of pictures but the computers here are a little dodgy and we dont want to risk another virus on the memory card! Will put them up when we get home. We caught a Ferry to Ko Phi Phi from Phuket on the morning of the 6th. It took about 2 hours to get there but the views were amazing. We were slightly annoyed when we found out that we had been overcharged for our tickets! However we did make some news friends on the Ferry, Jen and Jill from Canada. When we arrived we all shared a Longtail Taxi boat to Long Beach to search for some cheap accommodation. We found a place that had some beach huts, they were the cheapest on the island but weren't all that cheap really (500B). ... read more

We arrived in Singapore after a 7 and a half hour flight, we boarded thinking it was 6 hours as we were wrongly advised there was only a 1 hour time difference between there and Brisbane, grr..... Anyway it wasn't a bad flight, there were lots of films to watch, they fed us twice and they kept bringing round hot towels! We landed at 8:15 and it was still 28 degrees outside. Singapore Airport was the best and most organised airport that we have experience so far, it took 2 mins to get through Immigration and Customs and they even gave us mints! This was a nice change from the shambolic queues getting out of Brisbane airport! We had a bit of a tedious train journey to our hostel however, had to change twice (its quite ... read more

After a very long trip we arrived in Cairns. We had a 4 hour flight to Melbourne where we had to wait for 4 hours and then had a 5 hour flight to Cairns, luckily we slept a lot of the way. Crazy timezones meant we went 2 hours ahead of Perth in Melbourne and then an hour back again when we got to Cairns! We arrived to find it absolutely pouring with rain. We had to make a run for it from the plane to find shelter, collected our wet luggage and found our shuttle bus to the hostel. Joe had to get his dive medical this day so there was no time for rest and he headed off into town. Kim fell back to sleep and woke up when he returned a couple of ... read more

Our 12 hour bus ride from Sydney to byron bay wasn't as bad as we though, probably due to the fact the we slept pretty much all the way! We did make a stop at a survise station made to look like Ayres Rock and another with a giant Prawn on top..... Other than that it was sleeping all the way! We arrived in byron Bay at 10:30am and were kindly picked up by the hostel and given a little tour of the town. The beach was 30 seconds walk straight out of the back of the hostel which was amazing. We spent the afternoon laying on the beach and swimming in the sea, its such a hard life! This prettymuch set the tone for our first few days in Byron. The town itself is small ... read more

We arrived in Sydney at 10:15pm and after checking into our hostel decided to go for a bit of a walk around. We walked straight down to Circular Quay and saw the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge all lit up at night which was amazing. The next day we asked reception if they had any work available and we got a job cleaning the kitchen at lunch time for free accomodation. It only takes 30 mins so its a bargin really! We spent our first day getting our bearings in the city and wondering around like proper tourists, pointing at things and taking pictures. The Harbour around the bridge and Opera House is really nice. There are quite a few parks that you can sit in and take in the views as well as different ... read more