We got up and packed our stuff up to head back to the airport again. We left the hotel quite early and didn’t have to push through the market because they weren’t open yet. We took the local train a few stops and got off to look for the Air Asia shuttle bus, after asking someone we eventually found it and were on our way to the airport. When we checked in and were told that our luggage weighed too much, it was 15kg each but we were at around 20kg each so we had to pay extra for excess baggage. After a short flight we arrived in Phuket, to similar hot and humid conditions which we encountered in Kuala Lumpur. When we passed imergration into Phuket we once again had taxi drivers waiting for us ... read more

We woke up to the sound of pouring rain, it was a terrible day today. We still had our hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus tickets so we planned to do the other route which we hadn’t been on as yet. We packed up our stuff and checked out of the hotel, we left most of our luggage there for the day and headed out. We got on the sightseeing bus and drove around the other route, down Orchid Road. It was so dark and the rain was pouring down we couldn’t really do too much today. We got off at Raffle’s Hotel to have another look around the shops and to see inside the Hotel lobby then decided to head for the airport, it was just too wet to do anything. The sightseeing bus stopped for a ... read more

We slept in a little because we were so tired but we left the hotel around 11AM for a day to explore Singapore. We headed down to the river and bought some breakfast of the way. It wasn’t long before we reached Raffle’s Hotel, we had a bit of a look around but most of it seemed closed so we continued down towards the Singapore River. We took some photos of the impressive Singapore skyline then decided to check out Sentosa Island which was a theme park style place with various attractions. We found the nearest subway station and headed to the office building where the cable cars left to Sentosa Island. Shortly after we crossed to Sentosa Island in a glass bottom cable car then decided to have a look around. We headed for Palawan ... read more

The first few days after trek were quite unusual. We had all gotten so used to getting up early and packing our bags that to finally have our own time was surreal. It was strange not having to get in the van and being told where we were going today, instead we woke up and had nothing to do. Hannah left on the first day to go meet a friend and travel to San Francisco so I was pretty down. Dave, Sara and I headed out to explore the city of Los Angeles since we didn’t get a chance before we left for the tour. We headed down to Venice Beach which took ages, two buses and a long walk. But Venice Beach was great, exactly how you see it on television and in movies. We ... read more

We woke up early today and ready for a day in San Diego. First we headed down to the famous San Diego SeaWorld but after hanging around not really sure what to do we ended up deciding against it. Most of the shows we wanted to see weren’t till much later on and a few of the attractions were closed, that and the fact it was incredibly expensive entrance price. Instead we drove into San Diego and found a spot big enough to park the van. We headed down the road to find somewhere for breakfast, some of the girls gave up and went to Starbucks but as soon as they did we decided on the restaurant across the road. Breakfast was good, it was a Mexican themed restaurant and seemed mainly to do Mexican food ... read more