Perth to Albany on the Southern Ocean With one night to kill in Perth before we collected the campervan, we arrived in Perth airport requiring a room for the night.Shocked that the average nightly fee in Perth was 120 pounds, we felt virtuous checking into the Perth city centre YMCA, convinced by the picciesand the fact that a room was not exactly a snip! Said 'family room' was the winner to date for the grubbiest room. Kneeling on the floor to remove Owens shoe...

KL to Singapore Having spent an 'Owen' day at Sunway lagoon water and theme park (H and J enjoyed too!) we left KL, southbound via bus to the port town of Malaca. We left KL pleased to have seen the city, but sure that we would not bend over backwards to go there again. A very unispriring city with no real heart to it. Malaca was a charming town to while away a day. We stayed in chinatown where the original buildings had thankfully been kept in tact. Preparatio...

Arrived in KL to stay in a HUGE hotel which we booked as its the closest to Batu Caves where the Hindu festival, Thaipusan takes place. The hotel concierge laughed at us for considering going to the festival but as most people were asking which mall was the best to shop in, we ignored his advice, jumped in a cab and headed off early to see what we could see. Thaipusan is a hugely celebrated festival at the Batu Caves where 900,000 people make their way up 272 ste...

After 7 days on Ko Hai we planned a days ferry journey into Malaysia. Plans of viewing the coastline were scuppered by a rather smelly ferry which meant we had to sit on deck on the metal floor for 5 hours, surrounded by the b****iest bunch of Italians. Happily, we changed boats at Thailands border, ditched the Italians and, to Owens silent delight, boarded a speedboat for the last leg of the journey to Langkawi. Another vehicle for Os list! A very long wait for ...

We caught the sleeper train from Bangkok to Trang. Opted for our own cabin as all of were still full of cold which Bangkok fumes and air-con hadn't helped rid! Owen in fact ended up with a heap of medicine from a jaw-droppingly effective hospital in Bangkok. in and out in 40 mins! So, the coughing Gerrys' wait patiently for the train to leave, when a man with a hammer walks under the train and starts hammering directly beneath them. He is soon joined by an army o...