We made it to Ko Samui after our mega long journey.  Picked up some accommodation at the airport, and we are currently staying in Bophut which is in the north of the island at a beach side resort. The airport was unique, the smallest airport we have seen, a thatched hut with a conveyor belt for the luggage.The beach is beautiful where we are staying, white sand and lovely blue sea.  With a view of the other islands.  We have spent most of...

We have spent the last 16 days in Bali.  The first ten in Amed on the East coast and the rest in Sanur. Amed was a lovely place to stay - really quiet, hardly any tourists.  Out hotel was built into the side of a mountain and had an infinity pool looking over the bay.  Very beautiful.  The local fishermen would take their boats out every morning at sunrise and every evening at sunset to catch fish.  Tiny little boats with brightly co...

Today is our last day in Cairns.  We had a great day yesterday and witnessed the closing ceremony of the Cairns Festival. We watched a rubber duck race, which wasn't exactly a race as they had to use powered blowers to get them to move down the lagoon!!! We also watched the street parade on the evening which was really good, loads of floats and local kids dressed up.  The main attraction was one of the security guards trying to keep the ro...

So its been 4 weeks since we left Sydney..."what have you been up to" we hear you all ask.... We headed up to the Blue Mountains in our Camper van and spent a couple of days up there wandering around the sights and looking at the Three Sisters. We were pretty impressed with the place as we didn't expect it so close to Sydney. After that we went to the Hunter Valley and did some wine tasting on a day tour, so we didn't have to drive. We visited about 5...

Arrived in Sydney safe and sound. We have done loads of things since we got here. Our hotel is very nice, it overlooks Hyde Park, it has a roof top pool and spa which we are going to sample this evening after dinner. On the 15th we went to look at the harbour and wandered around to look at the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House which is quite impressive, the roof is made out of individual tiles. On the 16th we had a walk around the b...