We arrived to the Tioman Islands and Air Batang a small village about halfway up the island. Headed straight for My Friends Place and checked into our Bungalow-home for the next 3 days. We quickly sunk back in the vegetative mode that comes with living on an island for any amount of time. We met our neighbours from the UK and spent the day chatting, napping and relaxing. Our time on the Tioman islands went quickly and was a mixture of taking dips in the ocean, reading our latest books and checking out the town of Air Batang (which is basically a few guesthouses, shops and a single- deathly slow- computer connected by a sidewalk). After 3 short days we headed back to the mainland by ferry before catching our bus to Melaka. The journey took ... read more

Our last day on Koh Phi Phi consisted of relaxing by the pool, eating a massive dinner at the French restaurant by the pier and preparing ourselves for our speedboat journey to Koh Mook the next day. We awoke the next morning brimming with excitement to board the boat and get on the way. It arrived at 9:30am (Thai time 9am) and we climbed aboard... that's when we realized that the sky in front of us was dark with rain and the ride would not be a smooth one. We sped away from Phi Phi and into the dark clouds. Ev had the front seat and a great view of the terror approaching. We cruised for about 20 minutes before we hit the rain. At first I felt quite smart sitting behind the driver and staying ... read more

Sunday Morning- Happy 26th Birthday to me! Woke up to a birthday card written on toliet paper from Ev (how sweet! and a very good representative of our lifestyle at the moment) a few cards and gifts from Mom and Ev and a plan for the day. For a birthday treat we decided to go out and see a movie - in English! We scoped out the theatres and decided Hancock was the best choice. So headed down to the Airport Plaza Shopping Centre and bought our tickets for the honeymoon seats! Big (which is important in SE Asia as everyone is so small here), reclining, leather, heavenly seats. Had a healthy breakie of KFC and headed up to watch our movie in style. The film was entertaining and the first I have seen in 6 ... read more

We arrived in Singapore on the 10th July into the most beautiful airport we have seen in months! As we drove into town we appreciated the small things in life such as lines on the unbroken road, brand new Mercedes Benz taxis, toliet paper in the airport loos and Western fast food on every corner. Not that these things matter to us but it feels awhile since we have been in "civilization". Singapore is lovely and was quoted by mom today to be "the Asian country to visit if you aren't the kind of traveller that can handle real, poverty stricken, squat toliet Asia!" We took a bus into town to Hotel 81, a modern but overpriced hotel where we checked into our room with no windows and the shower head practically over the toliet seat. ... read more

After a very long 24 hour journey from Cape Town, 3 flight changes and 7 hours in Abu Dhabi airport (very small) we arrived in Kathmandu Nepal. Relieved from being off the smelliest planes of our lives (evidently some cultures don't know how to flush airplane toliets) we headed through immigration. Got our visas on arrival which beats standing in the line at the Nepalese Embassy before we came. Headed outside to catch our transfer to the Kathmandu Guest House and were told by our pickup that "today is a very expensive day in Nepal" after which he asked us for 900 Rupees for the trip. After a bit of debating and calling the hotel we finally got our lift into the city. What a hassle. Lately there have been strikes in Nepal over everything from ... read more