I forgot to mention in the last blog that using the van for our trip to Sydney and beyond didn't ...   more »

Well, we said our farewells to Tim, Katie, Aspen and Paddy and, borrowing their tent and sleeping bags we took ...   more »

We haven't written a blog for ages so we apologise and hope that this one makes up for it a ...   more »

A couple of Sundays ago, the four of us and Aspen took a drive along the Great Ocean Road. We ...   more »

We landed in Melbourne at midnight on 23rd April - it took ages to get through customs because everyone's bags ...   more »

Just to let you know that we've added lots more of our travel pics onto Windows Live so for anyone who hasn't been able to see them on Facebook, all you need to do is click on the following link to see them:

http://cid-5d774445eca82dd2.skydrive.live.com/albums.aspx?lc=2057

Same warning applies as before - these are ALL of our pictures so there may be some which seem repetitive, and some of them might also be sideways, but please feel free to browse and explore!

Jane and Simon

We spent a lovely relaxing week with Marie in Taipa, Macau; she has only been there for a couple of ...   more »

After the tuk-tuk had dropped us off in Siem Reap and our coach had picked us up, we had a ...   more »

We stayed in Siem Reap for a couple of extra days after our tour had finished, and everyone apart from ...   more »

Before we arrived in Cambodia, Alan our tour leader had told us that it was his favourite country in Indochina ...   more »

On Easter Sunday we left Ho Chi Minh city at half past seven in the morning for a bus ride ...   more »

After our interesting entry into the country, we took a short bus ride to our hotel in Hanoi where we ...   more »

From Vientiane we took a short flight to Luang Prabang which was really turbulent (felt very sick by the time ...   more »

We spent a lovely few days in Ko Tao and fitted in some diving in amongst the sunbathing, swimming and ...   more »

Ok, so that was the DMZ in Vietnam but Robin Williams never made a movie about the Korean War...

Our ...   more »

During our stay in Hiroshima we had had some difficulty in finding a route out of Japan that wasn't going ...   more »

We arrived in Hiroshima at eight o'clock on Saturday morning feeling very bleary-eyed after our ten hour overnight bus ride ...   more »

We arrived in Tokyo on Saturday afternoon after a pleasant flight on Delta - stopping off at Tokyo en route ...   more »

On Wednesday we visited the Olympic Green (a bit of a trek on the subway - four different lines with ...   more »

Following a late night, we had a bit of a lie-in on Sunday and we weren't sure whether much would ...   more »

We slept quite well on the train (no snoring, no children) and in the morning all four of us set ...   more »

Well, Shanghai was quite interesting although two days was definitely enough time to spend there as there isn't too much ...   more »

We arrived safely in Shanghai at about half past ten this morning after a long train ride from Hong Kong ...   more »

Bags are packed once again and we are using our last 12 minutes before we have to check out to ...   more »

It's been just over a week since we last blogged and we've been really busy! We spent a lovely couple ...   more »

We left Sydney on Monday morning after having spent five great weeks with the Murphys - sad to leave but ...   more »

Hello all,

Better late than never! We are storing all of our photos from our trip on Windows Live which ...   more »

Christmas seems like such a long time ago now that we are several days into the new year but we've ...   more »

It's now Friday morning (still trying to get used to the fact that everyone back at home is 11 hours ...   more »

After publishing the last blog, we spoke with the lady at the hostel reception to find out how long it ...   more »

Wow, a busy couple of days - both with early starts as we left the pier at about 7.30 in ...   more »

Waking up on your birthday to sunshine and warm weather is really weird when you have a December birthday. My ...   more »