Many people have been told in the past to be careful what you wish for and with the helpful assistance of Koh Phi Phi, I too now understand the benefit of this advice. After a good nights sleep in Krabi, we headed down for a hearty breakfast before being collected and taken over to the ferry terminal in Krabi to go to our next destination of Koh Phi Phi. There have been many times in my life when I have had the need to praise my digestive fortitude and no more so than on the ferry ride over to Koh Phi Phi. Out of the 50 or so passengers on the ferry ride there were only about 7 of us who weren't soon dissappearing to be sick as a result of the not so tranquil seas. ... read more

Leaving Kuala Lumpur our plan was to, slowly, island hop our way into Thailand thus having a great deal of fun going to various different islands, and avoid the issues of being blown up in the conflicts around the South of Thailand, Our first stop was Georgetown, on the island of Penang. Whilst there were a few ways to get there the easiest way is simply by coach from Kuala Lumpur and out across the bridge that connects the mainland to the island. The coach trip was rather comfortable, though not as nice as the trip to Melacca but the time passed quickly and we were soon on Penang. Alas, despite what we were promised we were not in Georgetown, but slightly south of the bridge. We therefore had the joyous wait for a bus to ... read more

The next morning started in a mad panic as, at 7:45, Steph realised she had not canceled her mobile phone contract. Ten minutes later and I was camped out in front of the computer completing the form whilst Steph had rolled back over and gone to sleep! Having been unable to figure out whether we should use our final day in Singapore to go to the zoo or to explore the city Steph, in a rare epiphany realised we could just stay longer and do both. We therefore headed out to explore a bit more of Singapore by merging a lot of the walking tours in the guide book into one day long tour. The longer we spent slogging it around Singapore the more I decided that it was a very odd place, inhabited by some ... read more

The thunder rolled and the waves crashed across the bow of the intrepid MSC Palermo as it valiantly sailed across the pirate infested waters making for the safe haven of Singapore. There are a whole plethora of ways to make sea travel sound exotic and exciting filled with danger and adventure. Unfortunately if I had to choose one adjective to describe the voyage from Brisbane to Singapore it would be...meh. Were the seas rough? Not particularly. Was the food boring? Nah, it was okay really. Was the weather nice? Mixed, rainy some days, sunny the next. However, a lot of this was to be expected. We boarded the ship in Brisbane expecting it to be a dull and monotonous trudge across to Singapore in which the only war waged would be against boredom. We therefore came ... read more

Yulara, the service town for Uluru, was not at all like we had imagined. We thought that it would be a small town however it was more a collection of different standards of accommodation from camping up to 5 star and a small supermarket for them all. Thankfully there was a petrol station there which was a bit cheaper. We got up early the next morning and managed to pack everything away in time to make to it to Uluru by 8am, just in time for the guided ranger walk. he told us a bit about the culture of the local people, the Anangu, and how they managed to survive off the land. He also explained why Uluru was so important to them. In the Anangy culture every creature has a story about their creation. These ... read more