With only three days of planning (without a guide book) we headed off to the Philippines, quite unprepared for what lay ahead. To date travelling around South East Asia has been so easy, we figured the Philippines would be no different but we couldn't have been more wrong.Our adventure began when we left Kuala Lumpur to catch an overnight bus to Singapore. Little did we know that this was the beginning of a thirty-six hour journey involving trains, planes and well, side cars of motorbikes! Singapore was so easy to get around, even at four a.m. and after two short train [View Full Entry]

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After several weeks of writers block we are back! We left Thailand many weeks ago in the direction of the Malaysian island Langkawi. Booking through a travel agent had, up to this, always proved to be the cheapest way to travel, however on this occasion the forty eight euro being asked of us seemed a bit steep so we decided to make our own way down using any means of simple transportation available to us. Although we may not have had the luxury of an air con minivan and hassle free pick ups, the savings more than made up for that, [View Full Entry]

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En route to the Andaman Coast, we made a brief stop in Krabi for the town festival party before travelling to Ao Nang where we hopped on a boat for a tour of it's surrounding islands. Once again we were in awe of the country's beauty. We snorkelled in the turquoise-green waters and relaxed on various white sandy beaches. One beach in particular stood out from the rest, Railay Beach, where the playful monkeys jumped between the branches of the trees that lined the sand. Although Railay isn't an island, it's only accessible by boat so it's nice and quiet and [View Full Entry]

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After 30 hours of traveling we arrived to Ko Phangnan along with thousands of others, in search of accommodation, for the full moon party. We headed straight to the most popular beach, Hat Rin, where there are rows of basic bungalows and colourfully painted beach bars. We soon found a room right in the middle of town. The night life is huge here, and for the two nights preceding the biggest beach party in the world 'warm-up' parties are held! During the day however we headed away from the packed beaches to explore the more remote, isolated parts of the island. [View Full Entry]

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We arrived into Bangkok at half past midnight onto a bustling Khao San Road. The sound from the car horns along with the music being pumped out from the bars blasted in our ears. The smells were overwhelming, the sewer stink, the smell of chili smoke from the street stall woks and Paulo's favourite smell of barbecued chicken filled the air. It was a real feast for the senses. The bright lights lit up the street as if it were still day time, with it, injecting us with new burst of energy. Once we found a half decent place to stay, [View Full Entry]

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After 3 days of travelling we arrived safely in Chiang Mai, a fantastic city full of lots of fun opportunities. Our first adventure arose from a simple conversation with a lovely guy who told us about a 700 Km circular route starting and finishing in Chiang Mai, traveling through the mountains of Northern Thailand close to the Burmese border. He said it was well worth doing if we had the time, so we set off. There was very little local traffic, no endless lines of coaches to overtake, no hassles, just an opportunity to ride the bike all day long on [View Full Entry]

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We didn't really know what was ahead of us heading into Laos. We'd heard that it was an amazing place but nobody could have prepared us for how beautiful this country is or how much fun we'd have here. We started off in the the south of Laos and Paulo found his perfect paradise island. We arrived on Don Det in a small boat, suitable for no more than 5 people but in true Asian fashion, it was loaded with twice has many. There were no roads here, just small dirt paths with water buffalo, cows, chickens, roosters, dogs and cats [View Full Entry]

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When will we ever learn - they will tell us whatever we want to hear in order to get our money!!!!!! We were leaving Sihanoukville for Siem Reap on another night bus. The journey was to take 10 hours so we wanted to make sure we were on a sleeper bus. We asked, they said yes. We asked for photos, written confirmation, price comparisons to the regular buses; it was a sure thing this was a sleeper bus! Arrived to the bus station in town and guess what, no sleeper bus. It was the most uncomfortable 10 hour journey we have [View Full Entry]

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We decided to take our time getting to Cambodia and opted for the 3 day tour up the Mekong Delta from Vietnam. The weather was gorgeous and chilling out on a boat, taking in the fabulous scenery sure beats a long bus ride! The journey was broken up by little stops along the way, rowing down small canals under the shade of coconut trees, a visit to crocodile farm and going to see the floating markets where the trading is crazy busy from six o'clock in the morning! Past the floating markets, we went into some of the locals floating houses. [View Full Entry]

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Since our last blog entry, we have been relaxing on beaches, lying in hammocks, eating like kings and soaking up the rays. Life is great! We met a lovely Danish couple in Hoi An and have been travelling with them since. Deciding to head off to a little secluded resort for some chill out time, we found the perfect location - Jungle Beach! Although the taxi ride there was a little terrifying, down dirt roads that were barely passable and through some of the poorest villages we've come across, we landed in what can only be described as paradise. Our own [View Full Entry]

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