This weekend has been so fun! On Thursday morning, I took a ferry off of Kho Pha Ngan and then took a bus to the nearest train station in Surat Thani. The train to Bangkok was supposed to leave at 7pm but was delayed by an accident (!?) for 3 hrs so I waited at the train station forever. I should stop expecting things to ever leave on time! Delays are the name of the game I guess. Anyway, the train finally came and I was off. It was the first time I had taken an overnight train and it was great! I loved it! You get your own bunk that you can fully stretch out in. I had the best sleep in a long time and was happy to wake up in Bangkok the ... read more

After a long day, night and day of travelling (crossing the border into Thailand after a night on the bus), we arrived in Krabi town in Southern Thailand. The town of Krabi was pretty - it had a nice walkway along the water and had the best night market for food. There are stalls and stalls of different foods including fruit and desserts. Most of the time, we'd use the old point and hope for the best and ate some really delicious meals as well as new discoveries: mango, sticky rice & coconut milk or timbit-like almond covered chocolate balls. YUM! The main highlight of this area are it's beautiful islands. To visit them, we did a day boat trip along w/ every other tourist in Thailand. There is a reason that everyone wants to come ... read more

Hello all. The past 2.5 days have been expensive but jam packed with interesting stuff! We have been doing a lot of exploring around the city of Singapore and I have learnt so much just in the past couple of days about this country. So how can I describe this city?! First of all - the national passion is shopping. There are shopping malls EVERYWHERE. I've never seen anything quite like it. I don't understand how ppl can shop so continuously and passionately! The shops are always chock full of ppl buying up a storm! Secondly, it's an hodgepodge of cultures, religions, ethnicities and architecture. There are three main peoples of the Lion's City - Malays, Chinese and Indians. Like all cities, there are ethnic areas where there are certain shops and food. Similarly in Singapore, ... read more

Hello, hello! I'm going to try to set up a travel blog instead of emailing everyone. I will try to keep this to the point and not too long since, as always, the clock is ticking :) So, we've been in Indonesia fo for about 12 days now - we started on the island of Bali where we first spent a few days in the surfing Mecca of Kuta. It was chock full of hot Australian surfers and tourists galore. It was a very busy and lit up place with McDonalds, Pizza Hut, etc. While we were there Tory & I spent a day learning to surf which was so fun! I really loved it and hope we'll have the opportunity to go again. We then took a bus inland to a town called Ubud (famous ... read more