Places: Luang Prabang, Vang Vieng, Chiang Mai, Pai, Bangkok We safely arrived in Luang Prabang, a pretty, unspoilt little town sat next to the Mekong River in Northern Loas. It was lovely and so were the people. The food was…
Hong Kong, Vietnam and Cambodia
Places: Hong Kong, Hanoi, Sapa, Halong Bay, Cat Ba, Hoi An, Siem Reap, Angkor Wat We left Goa and 2 short flights later we found ourselves with a drink in hand – that cost more than a 4 star hotel…
A very colourful country!
Places: Bangkok, Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Tordigarh, Pushkar, Udiapur, Mumbai, Goa – Anjuna, Vagator After NZ we stopped in Bangkok for a few days. We’d both been here before and had done all the touristy bits and bobs so we spent…
New Zealand
Quite possibly the most beautiful country on earth! Places: Auckland-Hahei-Rotorura-Napier-Te Horo-Wellington-Nelson-Motueka-Punakaika-Hakitika-Franz Josef-Glenorchy-Queenstown-Mossburn-Manapouri-Brighton-Dunedin-Lake Pukaki-Peel Forest-Akaroa-Kaikoura-Christchurch Where do we start with this amazing country..? We flew from the Cook Islands straight to Auckland (a day late due to overseeing the date line)…
Heaven, just a short flight away
Places: Rarotonga-Aitutaki We found paradise: Boat trip to One foot island Our wheels Our beach hut Outdoor shower! Future desktop backgrounds Some of the wildlife Shark!! Positive lessons: coming head to head with a shark isn’t so bad (not in…
Christmas, New Year and A Farewell to Syders
Places: Brisbane-Byron Bay-Coffs Harbour-Forster-Hunter Valley-Sydney Our next stop was Brisbane! We had only heard negative things about this city on the way round but (again) we really liked it! It had a great feel to it and we wished we…
Queensland and a Birthday in the sun!!
Places: Daintree Rainforest-Port Doulas-Airlie Breach-Beach Stop-Noosa-Fraser Island. After spending a few days in Cairns recharging our batteries we decided to hit the road again. We drove two hours north and headed for the Daintree Rainforest. This drive was absolutely spectacular.…
The North (a mechanical and crocodile nightmare!)
The North (a mechanical and crocodile nightmare!) Places: Fitzroy Crossing-Halls Creek-Kununurra-Unknown roadside stop-Katherine-Pine Creek-Darwin-Elliot-Camooweal-Hughensen-Cairns We had done near to 10,000kms on our trip so we booked Mazie in for a good service and dragged ourselves away from Broome and headed…
Perth to Broome
Perth to Broome Places: Dynamite Bay-Nanga Bay-Hamelin-Coral Bay-Exmouth-Karratha-Unknown Rest Area-Broome Heading north out of Perth, we took the Indian Ocean drive. Our first stop was Lancelin, whose main attraction was the sand dunes that sit just outside the town. After…
The South-West corner
Esperance-Albany-Margaret River-Perth Instead of continuing straight to Perth after the Nullarbor we felt we needed some beach time, so we dropped down and took the coastal route. Our first stop was Esperance which promised Australia’s most picture-perfect beaches. Esperance…