Fiordland was like being in the set of Lord of the Rings...we spent a night in Fangorn forest...teetering on the side of an eel infested lake which...

Queenstown...and finally some clean clothes! The thrifty side of us buckled under the pressure. 5 nights on the side of the road, with only the hum...

We dropped into the university town of Dunedin, just in time for the first week of term. Luckily for us, we still have livers of steel, and were ab...

After a night in a campsite, where we reluctantly parted with $13 each for the privilage, we were determined to do the rest of the trip on the chea...

Back to Christchurch; but this time there was no fannying around on walking tours...no, things were about to get serious. Enter 'ASTROBOY' camperva...

After being in Christchurch for far too long, we decided to head out to the coast; and the small town of Akaroa. Small town in NZ means an estate a...

We arrived in Christchurch in the early hours, with no accommodation, no food and no money. Things were looking bleak. After 2 hours of phoning var...

Our final destination in the land of Oz was Melbourne, the cultural capital of Australia. In contrast to the more northern cities of the east coast...

After making the same mistake AGAIN! and having to stay in troubled Hat Yai, in southern thailand overnight....we make a dash for it...and ended in...

We realise we are just one step away from living on this island...BUT we thought we'd come back for one last time...just to show the boys HOW GOO...

On our return back to Phi Phi, we met up with Scott and Graeme, who had just endured a 48 hour journey across from Sydney, and then down from Bangk...

From Phuket, we arrived in Phang Nga...a complete contrast to the tacky, westernised streets of our last destination. Phang Nga was a small town,...

Onwards to Phuket...and what a mistake. People told us not to go...they said NO! don't do it! But we thought...YES! Why not? In a moment of ...

So, after the great depression of Cairns, we decided to book flights back to our beloved Asia, for a 3 week holiday in Malaysia and the South Isl...

Upon arrival in Surfers, we were met by a stretch limo, waiting to take us to our hostel. Our room was fantastic...a whole apartment for the four o...

After Fraser Island, our next move was to leave Hervey Bay as quickly as possible, and head for the bright lights of the city, with Scott and Graem...

Our next stop was Frazer Island - the biggest sand island in the world. This was only accessable using a 4x4 landcruiser - which was self driven ...

After spending far too long in Airlie, we decided to don our boat shoes and head out to the Whitsundays for a spot of sailing aboard 'Romance'...

The next leg of the journey took us 12 hours down the road to the legendary Airlie Beach - a backpacker haven, full of beer, bronzing oil and BBQs ...

So...the SE Asia leg of our journey finally came to an end, and we begun our 2 month stint in the land of koalas! Our first destination was Cairns ...

Singapore - where chewing gum and bungee jumping can land you in jail. Upon entry to this former British Colony, I declared my giant pot of chewing...

There was a definite contrast between Malaysia and its more popular neighbour, Thailand. The pace of life in KL was faster, the city more...

Cameron Highlands: Green rolling hills, strawberry farms, cottage gardens and tea plantations. They serve jam scones and mugs of tea on every cor...

What was meant to be two nights of R&R....turned into 8 nights of Bomp Bar cocktails and Garden Home green curries....that place is impossible ...

Khao Sok - Where we finally cracked. A combination of heat, mosquitos and NO SLEEP FOR 14 days! We hired ourselves a 200 BHT bungalow....BIG MISTAK...

We decided Ko Phangan was JUST TOO MUCH, and booked a ticket out of there at 11 o'clock the next morning....great idea when your whole world is bei...

After leaving the haven of Lanta, we underwent a 19 hour journey, arriving in Ko Phangan at 7 in the morning, after enduring two minibuses, two ...

The next stop was Koh Lanta, an island just south of Phi Phi. Originally we were planning on staying here for 2 nights, before heading to Phuket, b...

On arrival in the south, we paused briefly in Krabi, before catching the ferry across to Koh Phi Phi Leh...destination for 'The Beach,' as well as ...

Back in Bangkok we managed to fill another 5 days with some serious shopping/partying. We headed to the commercial centre of the city; modern, shin...

Now back in Thailand, we decided to take some time out at the border town of Nong Khai, until we could organise an overnight train back down to Ban...

From Luang Prabang, we took bus down to the capital city, Vientiane. We decided to pay extra for the VIP bus which cut our journey down from 11 hou...

Today the whole town was in preparation for the festival of light - to mark the end of Buddist Lent. Shop fronts were obstructed by highly dec...

Today we woke up at the crack of dawn in order to watch the 6am procession of monks down the highstreet. We bought bananas and balls of sticky rice...

After alighting the slowboat...due to a poor guidebook and shoddy planning on our part, we got straight into a tuk tuk which took us round in a hug...

After leaving Chiang Mai, we headed east to Chiang Khong, on the northern border with Laos. We paid extra for a 'VIP' bus as government buses over ...

We managed to spend a total of 2 weeks in Chiang Mai in the end, and a lot of this involved relaxing, drinking and recovering from various ailments...

Day 2 involved an early wake-up call, speedy breakfast and the start of the decent into a humid and extremely slippy valley. This is the kind of mu...

One of the things you can't miss when in Chiang Mai is trekking into the jungle. The thought of any kind of fast movement (unless being propelled b...

Today we decided the best way of getting around Chiang Mai would be to hire a scooter. This all seemed like SUCH a good idea after a night of drink...

Sukhothai was our next destination on our way north to Chiang Mai. Again, another former capital city, it was made up of yet more ruined ...

We left Bangkok at the crack of dawn in order to travel north to the old capital of Thailand, Ayutthaya. Ayutthaya is basically a huge ruin, destro...

The Grand Palalce of Bangkok is a collection of jewel encrusted temples, shrines and halls, with the biggest attraction being the emerald budda (a ...

In the evening we decided to try our hand at a little Thai Boxing Spectatorship. What we didnt expect was to be surrounded by hundreds of crazed ...

Hello all! We're still in Bangkok after a fab few days. Despite the rumours, it has turned out to be less nightmarish than we thought. Arrived at...