Riding in Cars with B.... - no wait, that's something else. Me. Riding on the backs of animals. Yep, that's it. An awfully long time ago now I was in New Zealand's South Island, approaching the town of Westport. Travelling on the Kiwi bus, part of the experience was trying "new, exciting and challenging things" in each place we stopped on the coach circuit. Sometimes it was black water rafting. Sometimes it was bungee jumping. Sometimes it was zorbing. Th...

It's been really quite a while hasnt it? But here it is. Another blog. (*sigh* right?) This one is all about Thailand. The land of 1000 smiles...or smells. Or both. Leaving Langkawi was heart-wrenching - we'd had the most gloriously chill few days eating fantastic food and relaxing on the beach. Obviously, with my current hindsight, I know the Thai islands are much of the same kind of thing, but we knew we had a good thing with Malaysia and were unsure abou...

This entry is a bit of a departure from the other two - its kind of only about one thing: Two multiplied by ten plus one....Romeo D-, actually no, add seven, divide by four, then minus another four. THREE. (2x10+1+7/4-4=3) We began this trip around the Asia-Pacific as a three, but we won't be ending it that way. That isn't due to any mad bust-ups we've had along the way, it has always been the plan - Traveller 1 was to meet up with her boyfriend in Thailand fo...

Kuala Lumpur was better than I expected it to be. So much better. Before our UK departure I'd read a whole bunch about it in guide books, from telegraph travel & on blogs - plus I used to have a very good Malaysian friend who visited often and gave me snippets of what life was like in the country's capital (great retail, loads of food, hot weather) - but yet I didn't anticipate the welcome we received. Being in this place, way more than arriving in Singapo...

Okay, not altogether sure how to start this one. As I sit here and type it's 11th March - two months to the day since I left merry England on the adventure of my young life. Two months. This is blog entry número uno. Hmm. Bit awkward isn't it? I doubt anyone is all that interested now - and, to be fair, why on earth would they be after such radio silence? However, if you do happen to find yourself particularly idle for a few minutes and fancy having a mild chuc...