Robbie and Suezy Cointreau

When it was time to leave Vietnam, we were a little sad to be leaving. The people had been so kind to us, and we'd been ballroom dancing with a local lady, as well as to a birthday party with the family we were staying with. We were quit excited though about what would be round the next corner, and Singapore was completely different to anywhere we'd been! When we first arrived, we felt as though we'd been transported years into the future There were signs everywhere telling people what to do and what not to do. It was like the film, “Demolition Man”. On our first night we went o a few galleries and took a ride on the Singapore Flyer, which is the tallest observation wheel in the world and gave us amazing views ... read more

Saigon City was a really hectic city, and in many ways it was how we'd both imagined it would be. It seemed a contrasting mix of old and new, ladies in traditional Vietnamese hats selling things on bikes, and ultra modern glass buildings. We found at first the people to be less friendly than Cambodia, but still in most cases extremely polite. We had to work really hard in oder to get conversations going to local people, but it was worth it when we did! We decided to take a tour of the Cu Chi Tunnels, which is where villagers and the Viet Cong hid underground and fought the American GI's during the war. It was quite an eerie place to be as so many horrific things have happened there. When we went into the tunnels, ... read more

Since arriving in Cambodia, we'd felt really touched and overwhelmed by everyone we'd met, and as such decided that we wanted to really get involved with something while we were here. We stumbled across a flyer for Cambodia Orphan Fund in a restaurant, checked them out on the Internet, and decided that we should volunteer with them. On our first day, we met up with the other volunteers and they were all really sound, as well as the children who who super cute. The 34 children who live there all go to Khmer school in the morning, and then over 100 children from the local area come in learn English. As Robbie is an artist, Nick, the founder of COF, decided that he should do a mural on the wall as you enter the gate. By ... read more

After taking Suzie back to Bangkok to catch her flight, I met up with Robbie and Justin at Ko Pha-Ngan. We decided to go to a Full Moon Party while we were there as it would have been rude not to! It was pretty crazy, the beach was full of people partying and it was a good thing to see. The tunes were a bit ropey, but the atmosphere was good, and all of the people that we met were pretty cool. We met a man called Nick who had a picture of his own face drawn on his chest, which was a bit weird! He was cool though and became Rob's best friend for the evening. He did remind me of a young Jim Morrison a bit as well. After a few days at Haad ... read more

As soon as we arrived in the airport, we ran into the two Australian girls, Megan and Tiffany who we'd been in the Bollywood film with in Mumbai. As far as coincidences go, to be getting the same flight was pretty amazing and we were all really buzzing off it. Megan and Tif were also telling us about there experiences in Sri Lanka, and the stories that they'd heard from people about the aftermath of the Tsunami, and it was really heart wrenching to hear. Me and Robbie did have the best day ever in Kuala Lumper. The flight was really short, and we headed straight for the Menara Tower, which gave us amazing views over the impressive city. It is supposed to be the forth highest telecommunications tower in the world. We were really impressed ... read more