Sunday 12th - arrived from Chiang Mai into the heat of Phuket at Karon Beach. Had a walk into 'Kata' and a nice meal! Monday 13th - moved our bits and bobs into a cheap guesthouse and had to do some boring washing (Dan really smells!) and then lazed on the beach. In the evening we went back into Patong - yuck! Its changed a bit since we were here 3 years ago! Not only from the Tsunami but the number of tourists is amazing! Tuesday 14th March - Booked ou...

Monday 6th March - Arrived late after a 12.5 train journey from Bangkok to a really lovely hotel (bargain on Expedia!) with views all over the City. The train was a bit different from home - it did have air-con and it was clean enough but the scenery was beautiful! Going from a grotty, smoggy city like Bangkok through the hills to Chiang Mai was beautiful. We saw monkeys, forest fires, tiny villages and many temples. We chucked our stuff into the room and headed ...

Sunday 26th February - Left Bankok in the afternoon and arrived in Ho Chi Minh around 4pm to enter a mad, bustling, noisy city. Our first impressions of the City were how different and behind the times it was compared to Thailand. There are about two high rise new buildings, no pavements, civilians still wear the little pointed hats and traffic is just chaos. We checked into a cheap but luxurious hotel and attempted to have a look around, however, crossing the ro...

Sunday 19th February - Poor Dan what a way to spend your birthday I hear you say! However, I have been thinking about this and he had a brill day. Not only did he gain an extra 4 hours in birthday time because we were traveling west but he was waylaid with new films and a games consol on the plane! Nevertheless, we left Fiji at 6am with a four hour flight to Sydney and then a four hour wait to catch the next flight to Singapore. We were then on the plane for twel...

Tuesday 14th February - Arrived in Fiji from Auckland late in the afternoon, so didn't get the chance to see much of the city. Had a swim in the pool, while watching it rain (my first swim in a pool so far!) and had an early night. Wednesday-Friday 15-17th February - Up early to catch a bus to the harbor. Jumped on a catamaran only to arrive an hour later on a tiny island. At first it seemed a bit like camp because we were staying in a little hut next to the...