I landed in Bangkok very late and got in a taxi after reading up on how to avoid being scammed. I was heading to stay with my friend Matt who I've known forever, and his girlfriend Kate who live in Bangkok. The journey would have been a bit easier had I written their address down correctly, so after well over an hour in the taxi I finally got to their apartment building. Matt came and met me and his face was painted, I had completely forgotten it was Halloween!...

My first introduction to Bali was at the airport when a man took my bag off the carousel and carried it 20m and then demanded a tip even though I didn't ask or want him too. Tough luck buddy. I was collected from the airport by the place I was going to be staying in Ubud and after over an hour seeing many changes in the landscape as we went. The driver informed me that Bill Bailey stayed at the cottages, and if I was ever to see him in the UK I should say hello...

After a pretty epic journey across the country, (seriously you have no idea how big Australia is until you get here) I landed in Perth and Scott and Nina collected me from the airport and swooped me off for a pub dinner. My head was a bit all over the place with the time difference, seeing as I lost an hour when I landed in Sydney and gained 3 when I arrived in Perth. Basically I had no idea. After food we headed back to their flat where an early night was on t...

I checked out at Airlie Beach and met some of my Fraser family who had just got off a boat, and some others that had just arrived in town. You really do bump into all the same people up the east coast! I found Taylor who I met in Rainbow beach who happened to be on the same boat as me and we checked in at the dock when the rain started to fall. Luckily this was the only time it rained on the trip..was worried for a while! Getting on the boat it was soon appare...

After Fraser I had another day at Rainbow Beach whilst the majority were getting on the bus the following lunchtime. It meant we had a fun morning in the pool together, although being my height piggy in the middle is not an easy game to play. I waved the guys off on their bus and then what I had planned to be a productive day ended up being quite a lazy one, although I think it was needed after the last few days at Fraser Island. I had also planned a quiet nig...