One night in Singapore (well ok two)

On our way out of Oz and into Bali we had a stopover in Singapore. We had originally planned to just stay in the airport as we had heard it was pretty cool but on arrival decided otherwise and headed into the city to explore.

During our 24 hours (combined) we managed to take in a few sights.

Our favourites included a nighttime stroll around the stunning harbour and exploring the all encompassing shopping malls - jeez these people like to shop!

I'm the king of the swingers ...

So from Australia we headed north to the island of Borneo, via a layover at Singapore (more on that later).

Now ever since I first watched The Jungle Book, I have wanted to see an Orang-utan (Man of the Forest) in the wild... and lets be honest with his monkey obsession Mike was unlikely to object, so there was one reason and one reason only we chose to visit Borneo.

Uluru

For those who have never been to Ayers Rock or Uluru as the indigenous call it, it is definitely worth a visit. It is expensive though so we decided to do an organised tour from Ayers Rock to Alice Springs which took in Uluru, the Olgas and Kings Canyon.

Rather than write too much about the trip I will let the photos speak for themselves. What I will say is that the trip ended up being the highlight of our time in Australia, where we felt most inspired. Of course we got to meet some great people too including Hannah and Ellie from the Uk who deserve a mention not solely because they shared their beer and and cider with us.

We may not have enjoyed a glass of champagne as the sunset behind the rock like my Mum and Dad did but thanks to Hannah and Ellie we did get to have a 'tinnie'.

Rain rain go away ...

After dropping Ian off we headed further up the coast to Airlie Beach with a plan of heading out on a sail boat for a few days to the Whitsunday Islands.

All booked up, the day of departure came and low and behold so did the rain. Trust us to pick the wrong weekend for it. With only a few hours of sunshine each day we battled with the wind, waves and Mike throwing up over board for the next two days.

It wasn't bad though. We got to sail again which was fun and stopped off at different sites to snorkel where we saw stingrays, turtles and the biggest fish you have ever seen.