Monday 21 December - Thursday 24 December 2009 Cambodia in 4 days..... Phnom Penh We flew in to Phnom Penh from Laos as we figured it would make sense to cross the Thai border from Siem Reap, so Phnom Penh sounded like a good starting point. Phnom Penh was sweltering when we got there and you'd think we'd be used to the hot weather by now - no-no-no! After checking into our guest house where our room was located on the top floor yet again, we headed straight for the Tuol Sleng Museum (Museum of Genocide) in the city. The museum [View Full Entry]

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Sai-ba-dee!!! I've had the best time and experience whilst visiting Laos - it's been amazing! Such a beautiful and lush country with such friendly people, you just can't go wrong! On arrival at Luang Prabang airport at nightime (from Hanoi) it felt a little odd. I guess new places always seem a little different at night time. Well, on arrival the airport was tiny and when exiting it felt deserted. However, after the shortest journey from the airport to the town (which was like 5 minutes) we arrived at our Guest House greeted by its owner. I swear we're completely fluking [View Full Entry]

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3rd - 13th December 2009 (10 days in Vietnam) Rather than boring everybody with details about mine and Narj's 10 days in Vietnam, I figured I'd attempt to summarise some of our highlights during our time here. We flew into Hoi Chi Minh City (which was known as Saigon and kinda still is) then our route consisted of catching a daytime bus to Dallat, then a day bus to Nha Trang, then an overnight bus to Hoi An then finally a plane to Hanoi. I feel like we have done quite a lot of travelling up the country but it hasn't [View Full Entry]

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Hello again! Gosh I've got loads to catch up on since Japan - it's been crazy as we are already in Vietnam at the moment. Will try and summarise.... After catching a hydrafoil boat from Hakata (Japan) to Pusan (South Korea) we made our way by train to Seoul. Lots of transportation changes but it actually wasnt so bad, quite easy actually. To be fair, on arrival at our accommodation in Seoul (which was right next to the airport) we were pleasantly surprised with our top class accommodation which had its own kitchen worktop hidden behind sliding doors! Washing machine, cooker, [View Full Entry]

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Konnichiwa All! After Hong Kong we flew to Japan on 19th Nov 2009 (and as I am already in Bangkok at the moment I thought I better update my blog about beautiful Japan). I absolutely LOVE Japan! It is such a beautiful country with loads of beautiful hidden temples, shrines and gardens. The Japanese people are so friendly and extremely helpful (always going out of their way to assist in any way possible - which was much appreciated on our first day there when we couldnt find our hotel late at night). And it was so easy to get around especially [View Full Entry]

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Sunday 15 November 2009 (Narj's Birthday) we arrive by overnight sleeper train into the small town of Yangshuo. What an eventful journey on the sleeper train (and such a shame for Narj to wake up on the morning of her birthday after an unpleasant journey to unpleasant weather). So the sleeper train - well, where shall I start. The bed had already been slept in. There were crumbs everywhere - Narj even found chewing gum in her bed. The carriage was really smokey - so we had to open all the windows which meant it was freezing cold. It was probably [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Hong Kong today and we're departing tomorrow for Japan. So we're only spent hours in HK really - yet I feel me, Narj and Sav got quite a lot done consider I felt a little under the weather today too. Hong Kong seems amazing! So vibrant and so very different in parts when you venture out of the hustle and bustle. Our first stop today was to the Big Buddha which was on the outskirts of the city on LanTau Island. The journey up was really scenic and we drove past some beaches and villas which was really [View Full Entry]

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Ni Hao Everyone! So.....now I can properly update you all on my time in Xi'an which was very interesting. Its really weird because up to now every city/town we have visited in China has been so different from each other - its quite exciting exploring each new town/city in the same country. Xi'an definitely has more character about it as it seems less modern/developed than the other places we have visited so far. Being the 6th largest city in China there was quite a lot to explore. Xi'an is known for the Drum and Bell Towers which are located in the [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone! So mine and Narj's first stop was in Beijing, China. Having packed my backpack expecting warm gorgeous weather (considering I checked the weather forecast only a week and a half before we left and it was meant to be 20c and sunny) we landed in snow and temperature of 0c!!!! Gosh it was freezing - ended up wearing all my layers just to keep warm on the first day. Beijing was much more built up and modern than I had anticipated. Everything was so commericalised along the main roads. I don't think we really got to see much of [View Full Entry]

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Right, so after weeks of 'thinking' about packing my rucksack and not actually doing anything about it, I decided to take the challenge of packing it on Friday night after work - which turned out a disaster because I couldn't squeeze everything in! After a bit of debating and taking out things and repacking, it eventually got done today - see photos for the end result (noting my grin being pleased of myself). Yay! :) It's 1am now and I thought I'd give my blog a go (mainly to test it beforehand) and probably because I feel I'll probably get no [View Full Entry]

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