Cambodia Trip Report – Jun08

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Elephant Bar Raffles Hotel Phnom Penh

15 days exploring the Temples & history of Cambodia with naturally some beach time thrown in.   Getting there. Our trip to Cambodia was once again utilising very cheap airfares thanks to AirAsiaX routing through Kuala Lumpur. As our arrival time in Kuala Lumpur was mid afternoon we caught the AA Skybus (RM9 … [Read more...]

Malaysia Trip Report – Apr08

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Orang-utans Bukit Merah

Selamat Datang ... we enjoy 19 days sampling the culinary delights of Penang and Malaysia in general. Penang Our 8 hour AirAsiaX flight saw us flying into Kuala Lumpur on time, and shortly after we hopped on to our flight to Penang.  We grabbed a few rotis for breakfast at the airport and then headed off to … [Read more...]

Phuket Trip Report – Nov07

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Phi Phi Island

We spend 16 glorious days exploring the islands in the Andaman sea, taking in Phuket, Phi Phi Island, Koh Lanta and Krabi. Our journey to Phuket involved catching a flight from the Gold Coast to Sydney to pick up our no frills super cheap Jetstar flight to Phuket.  Flights were all on time and as comfortable as you … [Read more...]

Koh Lanta

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Emerald Bungalows Koh Lanta

Popular Koh Lanta is located approximately 70kms by road from Krabi and is well known for it's long sandy beaches, snorkeling and scuba diving. On our visit to Koh Lanta be arrived via ferry from Phi Phi island, a trip which took us about 2 hours.  As soon as we got off the ferry we were approached by touts trying to … [Read more...]

Glen & Caro’s Wedding – New Zealand

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Caro's hens night Whangarei

We head off to New Zealand for Jan's Sister's wedding April 2006 The Wedding April 2006 saw us flying out to New Zealand for Carolyn & Glenn's wedding.  We picked up an el cheapo hire car from the airport and headed straight up to Whangarei which is about a 2hr drive North.  As there were quite a few people … [Read more...]

New Zealand Trip Report – Jan05

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Whangarei fishing

21 days touring the North island of New Zealand, visiting family for Christmas and enjoying a NYE hungi. FOOTNOTE:Ok you guys are going to tell me that a footnote should be at the foot of the page....Wrong! This is Bob & Janette's world so if we chose to put it at the top of the page so be it. Sadly Janette's … [Read more...]

Brisbane to Airlie Beach Trip Report

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Day sailing Airlie Beach

A 10 day ride from Brisbane to Airlie Beach and return on an XV1100 Virago. Jan and I find ourselves childless for our first Christmas together. One thing we know about each other is that we both like the sun, the sea and the wind in our faces so with no plans we pack a few clothes and hop on the bike and head north … [Read more...]