Hi everyone, We arrived in Cairns just over a week ago and was glad to be out of the cold weather we had in Perth - Danny had to buy a jumper when the temperature dropped below 20 degrees. Our flight arrived at 4:30am but our hostel wouldn't give us a free transfer until 8:30am. So rather than pay for a taxi to the hostel and be stuck outside until after 7am (the hostels lock their doors at night) we decided to wait for the lift. These were the longest four h...

SINGAPORE (3rd-8th Spetember) Singapore was our last stop on the Intrepid tour so were staying in quite a nice hotel, however, we knew that we couldnt stay there once the tour ended so we spent all day looking for a hostel. We finally found one in Little India called the Prince of Wales after hours of looking. Whilst looking Danny saw a girl from Uni that he hadnt seen for 18months walking down the street (she was only in Singapore for 1night so it was very sure...

Well its been a while so we will have to try hard to remember what we have been up to. PENANG (28-30TH August) We left Krabi at 8am and didnt arrive in Penang until 2:30 pm, even though the buses were air conditioned it was still very hot. We didnt do much when we arrived but for dinner we went to the locals food court and then we went for a drink at a bar. We didnt drink much though because after Thailand alcohol seemed really expensive when it went back up t...

Hi everyone, We joined our group in Bangkok on 21st to start our Malay Basix trip. There are 16 of us in total and our leader Lyn is from Malaysia. Everyone is really nice so we have been lucky as we all spend alot of time together. The first part of the journey was an overnight train to Surat Thani and then a mini bus to the Kao Sok National Park, which is supposed to be older than the Amazon rain forest. On the first day we went tubing (which was basically si...

Hi everyone, We are currently in Koh Samui soaking up the sun and relaxing for the first time since we went away. To get here we had to get a bus from Bangkok which took 11 and a half hours, then a ferry which took 5 hours - we left at 7:30 in the evening and didn't get to the island until midday. The ferry made both of us sea sick, especially when a freaky guy facing us (who was wearing a t-shirt with ipood writen on it and a picture of a guy on the toilet) th...