Archive for July, 2006

Travels in Thailand

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Day 153
In a couple of hours we will be boarding our flight home. All of a sudden the 154 days are nearly over!! We have had a blissful 2 weeks in Thailand, enjoying beach life on Koh Samui and Koh Ph-Ngan and city life in crazy Bangkok. Sure we will more to write once we [...]

Malaysian highlights

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Day 140
We started our travels in Malaysia on the west coast, visiting Melaka (just north of the border) and then Kuala Lumpur (or KL as everyone seems to prefer to call it). Melaka was a fascinating town, with a thriving historic Chinatown full of beautiful temples and many hangovers from the Dutch occupancy of this [...]

Singapore stories

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Day 129
It was a relief to finally land in Singapore after the arctic temperature we experienced in Melbourne. It was also a chance to wash the single jumper and pair of trousers we had each been wearing every day for the last 7 days! Even this wasnt enough to keep us warm as we had [...]