were now on magnetic island after taking the bus down from cairns to mission beach where we stayed in a tree house which was incredible- right in the middle of the rain forest! today we rented bikes and cycled up to a bush walk where we saw a koala!! in the wild!! and we saw a brown snake- well peter nearly stepped on it and then would have died but fortunately were all still alive and heading to the beach for icecreams! jimmy is much apriciating sleeping in a ch...

Weve now moved out of Sydney after spending a few days sight seeing. The opera house was ace and we took the ferry to manly for the day which was excellent and a real change from the main town. We saw some fantastic street performers, including a woman who could fit her whole body into a tiny box! Now were in the Blue Mountains which is not as great as we hoped. the views potentially could be fantastic, but due to the low cloud and phenominal amount of rain we a...

weve arrived in hong kong!! its incredible- the whole city seems to be moving so fast and almost everything is 24hr!we went up the peak using the tram today- the view was fab- it almost looked like a backdrop though! we took on the temple street night market (1.5 miles long)last night with every designer fake possible! We bartered succesfully and were probably ripped off something cronik- but thats what its all about!

back in Bangkok now after a pretty gruelling 20 hour journey Samui but we did get to go on the most amazing train in the world with beds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in Thailand at the moment it is the festival of Songkran, Thai new Year and all they seem to do is soak each other and cover everyone in clay. as you can imagine be tourists we got double the dose. pretty groovy though! george suddenly developed a clay beard. Hong Kong tomorrow.

were on koh samui- its fantastic!! just like you see in the travel photos! both tanning nicely! the waters so clear you! the beach hut were in has a fantastic view right across the bay- though were away from the tourist treck we have still managed to find our selves suitable watering holes!! i cant upload photos so if anyone knows how to please do tell!! also dad i dont have an email for you so i sent it to mums address instead. fags 40p a pack !!!!!!!!!!!!!!...