We spent 4 wonderful days in Langkawi, en-route to Vietnam for this year’s Project Vietnam undertaking. Our visit last year to Langkawi was all too brief and we promised ourselves a return trip. We still didn’t allocate anywhere near enough time and we are determined to come back for a...

Terry and Christine have slipped away for a quick caravaning trip along the South Coast. We have not visited the area between Esperance and Albany before so we are treating this trip as a bit of an exploration. Tuesday 1 February 2011 We left Dowerin mid morning and headed to Merredin,...

Last Friday afternoon, we rushed down to the Dowerin Telecentre to pick up our tickets for “Robin the Hood”, a musical comedy production being put on by the Dowerin Music and Drama Society. At $25 a head with a bar open and supper provided, it had to be a bargain night’s...

Over the Foundation Day long weekend, Emma and I had the opportunity to climb Bluff Knoll. I used my iPhone to track our trip… here’s a sample of how we...

Day 20-21 24-26 Hanoi 13-14, 17-19 March 2010 Getting back to Hanoi has been one of the main aims of the whole trip and our memories of this wonderful city have not disappointed us. Many people do not see the beauty in Hanoi, finding the narrow, dirty and horribly crowded streets of the Old...

Day 16 – 18 Hoi An 9-11 March 2010 We used a hotel transfer from Danang to Hoi An, approximately 30kms South. Danang seemed like just another Asian City, whereas everyone raves about Hoi An and says it is a “must see”. It proved to be so for us. The love affair with the old-world charm...

Day 13 Ho Chi Minh City 6 March 2010 Arrival at Ho Chi Minh was on time and we cleared immigration without a fuss. I’m not sure that the man even looked at the passport or visa properly. He seemed to be half asleep anyway. Once outside, we prepared for the onslaught of taxi touts. To my...

Day 9 Langkawi to Koh Phi Phi 2 March 2010 We were picked up by a young man as promised at 8am to be taken to the pier for a fast speedboat to Koh Lipe. The transport was a real eye opener, an ancient van with more rust than metal, decaying seats and a gear box that resembled an old tool box...

Day 7 Penang to Langkawi 28 Feb 2010 We got up early to pack, ready for the driver who was coming to take us to the ferry terminal. The driver had cost us RM5 more than a regular taxi but we ended up being very glad that we had spent the money. On arrival at the terminal, the driver found that...

Day 4 – KL to Penang 25 Feb 2010 With the prospect of a 5 hour bus trip to Penang we faced the day with some trepidation. Long bus trips are never great but this one was to prove the exception. We breakfasted early in the hotel and packed the bags. We thought about backpacking the 1.6km to...

Day 1 – Perth to Kuala Lumpur 22 Feb 2010 We left Perth on an Air Asia flight at 6:30am following a 3am start. The flight was around 85% full but there were enough spare seats to quickly secure a bit of extra room to stretch out. Some movies on the iPhone, reading and working on the computer...

Well, we are back in sunny Derby for a four week working stint at Derby District High School. We seem to keep gravitating back to this part of the World. This time around, we are not teaching as much as doing IT related work. We love the staff at Derby and always feel welcome and...

With the school holidays over, we made a quick trip South of Derby to Wulungurra, a small Independent Aboriginal School on Milidjidee Station. This small community is some 50kms South of Noonkabah Station and on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, nestled alongside the St George Range. It was...

With the school holidays on us, Christine and I joined with our good friends Chris and Carol, their two kids Dean and Pippa, a young friend Wesley and their two dogs to travel across the Gibb River Road from Derby to Mt Elizabeth Station. From there, we planned to travel the 230km long Munja...