We left Bikaner at 4am for a local bus to Agra. It took 14 hours with barely a stop. When we got off to go a toilet the bus started to leave and we had to jump back on a moving bus making it just in time. When we arrived in Agra we met Moushmi and was introduced to her whole family. We were then introduced to Poona and her family who we were staying with for the week. The first couple of days in Agra we visited the sites with Moushmi. We visited Agra Fort which had beautiful views of [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Jaipur late that evening. We took an auto rickshaw to our hotel and suprisingly managed to fit all 3 of us in plus our luggage!! We were holding on trying not to fall out. The following day we went for a walking tour around the Old City (Pink) and see some great city views from the roof top. It was crazy, there was so much noise and so much traffic, bikes, cars and even cows! The following day we hired an auto rickshaw to take us to all the local sights. We visited Hawal Mahal, City Palace, Royal [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Delhi the early hours of the morning and as soon as we stepped off the plane we noticed the climate change and it was freezing!!! Samarth picked us up from the airport and took us to our guesthouse in Janpath / Connaught Place. We checked in and went straight to bed making our arrangements for the day ahead. Samarth picked us up at midday with his friend Vicky and we went for lunch at a street restaurant. We was then taken to see some of Delhi sights including India Gate and Rashrapati Bhavan. They were both beautiful. India [View Full Entry]

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We were sad to leave Thailand but excited to move on to Malaysia. As we entered Malaysia we noticed the difference straight away, everything appeared 'normal' but it had a chracter all of its own. We headed straight for Penang Island and from Georgetown took the local bus to Teluk Bahang. Straight away we noticed how friendly everyone was. On the bus people offered theirs seats to us and helped us with all our luggage. The bus driver even drove us to another bus to take us back the way we came when we missed out stop!! We stayed in a [View Full Entry]

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After a long bus ride we finally arrived at the port to catch the boat over to Koh Tao Island. It was the worst boat journey we have ever been on, the three of us were all violently sick for 3 hours and once we had arrived because we were so ill and disorientated we were taken advantage of by one of the taxi drivers and ripped off. After finally feeling better we went to have a look around the Island. Koh Tao is a very beautiful place and is excellent for scuba diving. One night we went to the Lotus [View Full Entry]

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We left the border crossing for Chiang Mai with two Swiss guys, hiring our own mini-bus so we could have some more comfort. We arrived in Chiang Mai being dropped at the night market where we were told there was lots of accomodation but suprise, suprise, we couldn't find anything! We ended up hiring a tuk-tuk being taken to the old town where we finally found a room at the Chiang Mai Whitehouse, the people were really friendly and we felt like we were at home. Just down the road from our hotel there was an english run restaurant called the [View Full Entry]

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We entered Laos and once again they charged us a small amount for entering. We got a boat in Laos over to Don Det one of the four thousand islands. The boats were small and low and felt like they were going to sink. We stepped off the boat at Don Det and for a change no-one approached us, it was peaceful and very relaxing. We stayed in a small bungalow on stilts with hammocks outside our door and had a nice walk around the island, it was very beautiful. The island only had electricity for a few hours in the [View Full Entry]

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As we entered Cambodia it was much the same craziness, if not more. It struck us how poor this country was compared to Vietnam. From the moment we set foot off the bus beggars approached us and it was hard to be tough with them. Whilst in Phnom Penh we needed to arrange our Laos Visa so we hired a tuk tuk driver for the day to do this and we visited The Killing Fields, Tuol Sleng Museum and the russian market. Visiting the Killing Fields and the museum was a real eye opener. It was heartbreaking to see the horrors [View Full Entry]

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Hoi An - Nha Trang - Mui Ne - Saigon We left Hue for Hoi An, we were only supposed to stay for a couple of days but stayed longer. Hoi An is the place to get tailor made clothes made. Naturally after so long with no shopping we made the most of it. We bought suits, dresses, shoes and bags all made to measure and in any design we wanted. It took time with the fittings and alterations and for the first few days we didn't even make it past the end of our road. Hoi An was an old [View Full Entry]

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Hanoi - Halong Bay - Hue We walked across the border to Vietnam and compared to China it was backwards the way we had to fill in paperwork and go back and forth between different people. As soon as we entered Vietnam we were ripped off starting with the taxi driver. Despite asking him to take us to the bus station he took us to his friends minibus to take us to Hanoi. He tried to charge us 4 times the amount and we disagreed with him. We tried walking to the bus station and along the way someone offered us [View Full Entry]

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