Right, I now have to try and remember what we've been up to for the last week or so since I last updated the blog. After revisiting Cairns we spent a night in Bowen and Rockhampton, two places that not many tourists visit (probably as there's not a lot there) as we were trying to break up a 28hour journey to Brisbane. Bowen is a very small town which was just about to come into peak season when we arrived as "fruit picking season" was about to begin...

For any of you back in England worrying about our lack of contact, do not worry! WE ARE STILL ALIVE!! Bali was good, though quite rainy a lot of the time we were there, which ruined our beach plans. We ate lots of ridiculously cheap food though, and if I'd eaten anymore chicken satay I would have turned into one! We did manage to fit in an afternoon of surfing though, and we were both brilliant at it (lets ignore the fact I had previously done 7 days surfing in...

So when zoe left this last time (as we had to rush off to make a train) we'd just left Koh Tarutao, and we're heading back to Hat Yai. The journey back was fine up until the point where we tried to get off the minibus, as we realised we were right next to the hostel we wanted to stay in. The driver didn't like this idea (even though he was letting other people off) and told us to stay on. Thinking he was going to be extra nice and take us to the hostel door, we s...

Argh! I can't even remember what's happened since I last updated the blog page. James is off changing some money into Singapore dollars, as we leave Malaysia tonight on an overnight train (yay, more nightime travel!?) We both enjoyed our birthdays on Koh Tao. For James' we went and saw Muay Thai boxing, which was interesting to see. The rules basically seem to be you can punch, kick, elbow, throw and hug your opponent...Maybe James could clarify these rules at ...

Right, so I've just realised it's ages since we last updated the blog. We've been to Chiang Mai, back to Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, back to Bangkok again an are now on Koh Tao enjoying the sun. Well, when the sun is out, it was grey and rainy all of yesterday!! The first day in Chiang Mai was pretty much a total wash out for me (Zoe) after another horrible overnight buse journey from Khon Kaen. I crashed out in the hostel room while James went in search of treks. Wh...