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After enjoying the break on Con Dao, we decided to venture into Cambodia for a few days due to our expiring visa for Vietnam. However, our spontaneous approach taught us the importance of better planning yet again. Heading to Con Tho along the Mekong River seemed like a familiar route, but our sole purpose wasContinue reading “To plan or not to plan, that is the question?”

Hanoi Well, after being spoilt with the warm sunny days in Hong Kong it was a bit of a shock to arrive in a very wet and slightly cold Hanoi. I seem to have started a habit of booking accommodation in the wrong location when we arrive somewhere, and Hanoi’s, although a great little studioContinue reading “Vietnam: Hanoi to Hoi An…”

Neither myself or a Richard have been to Hong Kong before, although I did fly into its famous city airport many years ago — before they moved it out of the city after its closure over 25 years ago. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A0bxgcJZrro The landing strip has now been turned into a garden walk-way and port for cruiseContinue reading “Hong Kong”

Australia is the country I have visited the most times over the years. I first arrived in Sydney in 1987 and other than a 7 year ban on entry to the country after being deported in 1992 (that’s a whole other story!) I have been back at least 10-15 times, so many I’ve lost count.Continue reading “Australia”

Singapore Well we have done a complete circle, back in Singapore where we started in October. There wasn’t a plan to come back here at this time but that’s how this trip has evolved. When we were in Borneo someone at the hostel we were staying at said ‘why aren’t you going to Sumatra, it’sContinue reading “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…”

Medan Well the rains have really caught up with us! We knew the last few weeks in Asia were a risk and they haven’t disappointed. The rainy season is well and truly underway. But as good English men we both packed an umbrella! We landed in the northern city of Medan. The city was anContinue reading “Sumatra”

Borneo is one of those countries that you have heard of, but know nothing about, well it was for me. On arrival you could tell you’d left Indonesia (even though most of Borneo is Indonesian territory), there was instantly a more western presence, the usual Mc Donald’s and Starbucks lighting up the night sky.  WeContinue reading “Borneo”

Yogyakarta Yogyakarta was our last stop before heading to the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, to catch our flight to Borneo. There are 2 sets of temples in the region, and again we were back on the bike to go visit them. We arrived in Yogyakarta on the Sunday and discovered that on Monday’s all theContinue reading “Post cards from Java…Part 3”

PROBOLINGGO Probolinggo wasn’t on our semi-planned route across Java. However, the lack of train availability resulted in us ended up in this busy costal town. In the region was a set of water falls and Mt Bromo, another active volcano. Java doesn’t have the tourist presence at the same level as Bali, and it hasContinue reading “Post cards from Java…Part 2”

Mount Ijen After our journey from Bali it was about 3pm before we had checked into our accommodation for our first night in Java. I’m blaming island life for our complete lack of planning, but we hadn’t even looked at a guide site for Java, only googled the top ten things to see! It transpiredContinue reading “Post cards from Java…Part 1”