Most of today was taken up by flying on my horrendous Malaysian airlines flight to Cape Town via Johannesburg. The flight was made all the more horrendous by the two Asian people sitting next to me who refused to let me move. Even when it was time for me to get off the plane in Capetown, they just sat there and I basically had to climb over them. We were also not allowed off the plane in Johannesburg and just had to sit there for about two hours. I finally re...

Today I got up reasonably early, as I thought I had to check out at 10am, wish I had bothered to check that out before I set my alarm.I didn't have to check out until 12pm, so I went for a swim and a dip in the Jacuzzi.I had a lie in the sun for about twohours before I checked out and went to grab some lunch.More fast food, KFC this time, which I was pretty surprised to see was served with rice. I then went back to the lobby of the hotel and was picked up for ...

Well I arrived in Kuala Lumpur last night at 9pm and managed to get through customs without a single drama.Miracle.I got picked up by my transfer and driven about an hour into the city to my hotel, The Hilton!Thought I would spoil myself for two nights before I go rough it in Africa for 6 months. I went up to my room and virtually went straight to bed… say virtually because as a result of my fatigue I left my travel docs on the counter at reception and then ...

Today we were given a free day to explore. I got up a bit later and headed straight for Denny's for a country fried steak for breakfast, which was awesome as usual. I then headed to the international marketplace to do a bit more shopping. After I had bought my quota of presents for people, I went back to the Sheraton and laid by the infinity pool for the rest of the day. The pool is so close to the ocean it looks like it actually turns into the ocean. I la...

This morning we checked out of the Miramar and left our bags at the Sheraton Waikiki before going to our site inspection at the Moana Surfrider. We had a really, really big breakfast. I had eggs Benedict, followed by pancakes…so much food. We were then picked up and taken to the north shore of Oahu to Turtle Bay resort for lunch and another site inspection. The north shore was very peaceful and quite different to Waikiki, I actually preferred it. We had lunch,...