Today we did a day trip leaving our hostel in Bangkok, we began with a trip to the floating market, which was amazing, although more for the tourists than the locals I think, there was so many people down there, but there was many bargains to be found if you wanted them, although taking children is not the greatest idea, as the stall holders really play on the emotions of your children, when looking for buyers, at the end of it we were even offered these unique plates with our photographs on them at the market. Following on from the market we travelled in our mini van to Kanchanaburi where we visit the war cemetary, which was quite moving, especially seeing the ages of many of these young me, before continuing on to walk the famous ... read more

We arrived at our resort accomodation mid afternoon, our two days of relaxation and luxury, before we reach Bangkok. The Island was beautiful, with that real tropical holiday atmosphere. We were staying in a luxury resort in Batu Ferringhi, the main tourist stretch of beech, the gardens and pool area, overlooking the most exquisite scenery and beeches, although with a lot of jelly fish the safer option was definetely the abundance of pools at the resort. And whilst the streets during the day were relatively layed back, at night it become awake with the excitement of the night markets which just seemed to appear from no-where. They were almost straight out our door, and there was definetely bargains to be found, especially if you were willing to bater with them, although I have probably bought too ... read more

Well I went to Singapore with the thought of a semi glamorous beginning to our SE Asian experience, after all Singapore is supposed to be the pearl of the orient, and is poised as the Paris, London or Milan of SE Asia, so there was my first shock. We arrived in Singapore in the morning, having left Australia quite late on a cold night we were still dressed in our winter clothes, which as you can imagine was quite a shock to the system when we walked outside the airport to be greeted by the most intense humidity I have ever experienced. First impressions of Singapore were that the city was very sterile, and too over controlled, I am suprised you are even allowed to walk on the streets in case you get dirt on them. ... read more