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On Saturday I roused myself at about 8am (still legal in Australia) and got ready for the drive back down south. I had 1200km to drive in total before flying from Brisbane to Hong Kong on Thursday. I had no…

After the Lady C lift encounter I got chatting to a couple in the bar from Australia who asked me about the crowd that had assembled to see the celebs go off for their party. It turned out that they…

Sydney is a very nice city especially where I'm staying in circular quay near to The Rocks. My room has a great view of the cruise terminal and the harbour bridge and I'm staying at the InterContinental (think of the…

I left Melbourne on Thursday morning and headed for the airport to pick up the car to be greeted by an enormous queue which was quite divine. I've ended up with a Rav 4 and I declined the satnav for…

The flight from Bangkok to Melbourne was only 8:40 despite the itinerary saying 10 hours and there were 100 empty seats at the back so I was glad business was full because I would have resented paying an extra grand…

Thailand has a population of around 70 million and its total area is a little over twice the size of the UK. 93% Buddhist - China has more Buddhists at 20% of the population but it must be second in…

Wednesday Krabi was one of the locations used in The Man With The Golden Gun - Scaramanga's private island and they have tours to "Bond island". I thought I was going to miss out on this place after spending an…

Monday - I left the hotel in Penang and headed for the ferry terminal hoping it wouldn't be but first sight of  the boat made me apprehensive. Long, thin and low slung and not the most seaworthy of specimens but in for…

Penang is split into two parts: a section on the mainland and Penang Island off the west coast of Malaysia and the other side of the island is a body of water called the strait of Malacca which sounds terribly…

Wow! What a place. Staying at the Mandarin Oriental and my room overlooks the Petronas Towers - well I say overlooks but in reality it's the other way round. The staff here are fabulous and they all call me Mr…