So 2011 has been an amazing year full of travel, new love, working towards goals and planning yet another holiday... The plans have changed several times over but its finally here... I dont have near enough money, but hey, thats part of the adventure.. expect to see some real budget travel along the way! Where to this time you may ask? We fly out (yes thats right WE... as in me and my wonderful gorgeous man Ben) on 9th October heading straight for 5 nights in Phuket, followed by a couple of nights in Bangkok... This is Benny's first trip to Thailand so I have lots of touristy stuff planned (some of which even I havent covered yet!) Unfortunately Benny can only stay a week due to work so he flies home and I have a ... read more

Same Same But Different Welcome to Bali! Well.... after much inner resistance I finally decided to give in and explore a little of Bali since so many Aussies rave about the place... I have lots of mixed feelings but for now this blog is about a little piece of Heaven in Bali, Ubud, recently made famous by the book and subsequent movie: Eat, Love, Pray... I arrived in Bali just before lunchtime and was surprise to see my driver waiting already.. I had a two hour wait for Kylee to show up so was expecting to wait at the airport and the driver meet us when she turned up.. He was really lovely and explained that he would put my bags in the car and then I could either go grab something to eat or just ... read more

*said in your best American accent ;-) Well life has been cruising along since the last blog... really there is not alot of drama or excitement to speak about with our time on Koh Lanta apart from being subjected to a large population of Europeans (French, German, Italians, Swiss etc) who are extemely rude towards not only us but to the Thai people in general... and even though they are vacationing on one of the few Thai islands that are predominantly Muslim, they still insist on acting like they are on a European beach by sunbathing (and walking around) topless (the females obviously)... This is something that has continuously annoyed me in my Thailand travels... Generally it is a huge insult and taboo (and actually ILLEGAL) in Thailand to go topless on the beaches, but even ... read more

Kuala Lumpur Has Redeemed Itself Day two dawned in Kuala Lumpur with my alarm clock of clunking water pipes above my head at 8am... For the price I am paying here RM98 (Roughly $35AUD) a night, I don't think that the place is bad value at all... there was a little bit of noise late into the night with cars and people going past my bedroom window yelling etc, but I am used to living on a main road so it didnt really bother me.. I can see if you are a light sleeper that this room may do your head in... but for me, its fine.. I was glad that the pipes woke me as I didnt have an alarm set (no electricity converter so phone etc all getting low on battery). I got ... read more

"What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do - especially in other people's minds... When you're traveling, you are what you are, right there and then... People don't have your past to hold against you... There are no yesterdays on the road.." As the days count down to my next adventure, I find myself singing constantly.. whether it's humming in the car or just sitting at work with the song continuously playing in my head, the same old song loops itself in my brain.... "On the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again. The life I love is making music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again. On the road again Goin' places that I've never been. Seein' things that I may ... read more