With every muscle in our body aching from the wake boarding in Singapore, we got our bags and headed off to our last Asian country, Indonesia. We arrived into Jakarta late in the evening and found a rustic little hostel to spend the night in. Our first impressions of the city weren't the best, it all seemed a little too rough and a bit dangerous, but the people that we met and spoke to were so friendly and helpful that we couldn´t but enjoy our experience. With not too much time to spend in Indonesia, we took an early train to [View Full Entry]

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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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Singapore is like nowhere else we've visited in South East Asia. The zero tolerance to crime results in a country that is extremely safe and super clean and with English being one of the four national languages (along with Chinese, Indian and Malay) communication rarely caused a problem which was a welcome change. The pace of life here is definitely faster, with the busy subways and malls resembling a western society more so than an Asian one. In saying that, a visit to Chinatown or Little India, where the streets are lined with food stalls, Bollywood music blasts out from tiny [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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