Ruth woke me around 4.30am she was a little frightened as the wind has not ceased and she feared the roof would blow of or that we would get washed away in a tidal wave, after providing comfort and reassurance we slept till 8.30am. The wedding planner (Teresa) is due at 10am so we showered, dressed and had some breakfast getting ready to face the day, Teresa arrived on time and we spent about half an hour organising the ceremony, cake, flowers and reception location before heading to the Court House in Avarua where we completed the necessary forms to get the wedding license. Teresa then took us on a quick orientation tour around town before driving us to the preposed reception venue at Tamarind House before being dropped at my parents bungallow. The bungallow is ... read more

I arrived in Singapore early in the day and had a few things planned on this trip, having been here a number of times before I have seen most of the sites. I hadnt visited Changi Prison or the Jurong bird park so they were high on my to do list. I had already checked my bag in for the flight home so I took a cab straight from the airport to the Changi Museum, eventually the cabbie found it and I visited a place that my my uncle endured for much of WW2, I found the place quiet poignant and very interesting. I left a note there in memory of my uncle before visiting the chapel and the restaurant for a beer. I then caught a bus back to the nearest subway station catching a ... read more

Woke up with the call to prayer at 4.30am which was ok because my tour was off at 5am, the minivan turned up I crawled in and went to sleep. We arrived at Borobudor at about 6.30 as the sun began to rise, and were promptly jumped on by touts, they are really bad, its difficult not to be rude to them. I was in a good mood I was about to behold a wonder and I was not disappointed in the least, it was a truly amazing site. As you can see from the pictures the temple has thousands of intricate carvings, I couldn’t believe it. It took decades to build around the 8th century, and decorate yet the people who built it just packed up and left a century or two after completion it ... read more

Its true and Kuching is totally cat orientated, they have a Museum of Cats and cat statues all over the place. This city is really attractive probably more so then KK, I am amazed as most Asian cities just arent. On arrival from the airport I went wandering around for quite a while, I was trying to find a Lonely Planet book for Indonesia as I go there in a few days and I wanted to go to Mcdonalds, I have never been a big fan of Asian food and I am getting sick of chicken and rice. Although saying that I am looking forward to Soto Ayam when I get to Indo. I then wandered along the river front and checked out the antique shops, I found a great sword but am reluctant to risk ... read more

Kota Kinabalu is a pleasant and attractive city, which in total I spent about three days in, and enjoyed every bit of it. The first time however I was in from the Phillipines in the evening and gone by mid day the next day, still that was long enough to acquire a hang over, from two many beers with an English and a Hungarian lad I met at the hostel, still it was nice to be around other travellers again after 3 weeks with only myself to talk too. The hostel was ok I tend to avoid hostels unless I am looking for company or information, in this case it was both, I was pretty much on the way to the airport by 10 and on the plane at 12. Although Sarawak and Sabah are ... read more