Bali 1 29/12 We had a nice lie in today, and got up to check out of our hotel at 12 o clock. We didn't exactly have much packing to do after only 1 night. The hotel called us a taxi to take us to our next hotel...well, guest house! The taxi driver refused to use his meter as it was 'too busy' and charged us a whopping 150,000 rupiah for the trip. I think he needed extra money for a new hat, which was literally a peak and just a couple of strips of material left holding it together! The driver didn't know where the guest house was, he had to keep stopping to ask people if they knew of the road and phoned the guest house to ask for directions. We finally arrived at ... read more

Lets get festive....!!! 21/12 We got up and had our free breakfast (in Koh Pagnan!) and checked out. We booked our taxi plus ferry ticket to Koh Samui, and transfer in samui from our hotel. It cost us 550 baht for all three which was a good deal, as the ferry ticket alone would have been 450 baht. Our taxi driver to the ferry port was none other than Charlie the barman! We jumped in the back of his pick up with our cases and headed to the ferry port. We got our sticker for the ferry, with our hotel name written on and boarded the ferry. It only took half an hour to get to Samui, but was a bit of a rocky ride at the front of the Lomproyah catamaran. We got on our ... read more

Well hello!! Sorry for the lack of blog entries, the wifi in Australia is very rarely free! So let's journey back 2 and a half months when it was still 2012 and before Christmas! 12/12 We woke up (in Bangkok) and checked out of our hotel at 12 o clock. We headed to the hotel pool as our flight was not until later on. We spent a few hours relaxing there and sunbathing. It was very hot. When it was time to leave we attempted to get a taxi from the hotel but there was a massive traffic jam so there were no taxis coming past. The security guard tried to get us a tuk tuk, but there wasn't even any of these around! We realised we would have to walk to the skytrain with all ... read more

Firstly, sorry it has taken me so long to publish this blog- we haven't had great wifi connections, so it has been difficult to write and keep on top of! Hope you still enjoy reading it though even though it was so long ago! 25/11 We got up and had some toast for our wonderful free breakfast at the Holiday Inn. We checked out of the hotel and headed to the railway station and onto the metro. We decided to take the Maglev line to the airport- the fastest train in the world! It took a whole 8 minutes from the centre of Shanghai to the airport, with a top speed of 431kph, it was pretty speedy! We got to the airport and checked in for our flight. Stamped out of China! Woohoo! Had some lunch ... read more

14/11 So, we finally made it to Chengdu after our 16 hour train journey! We hopped straight in a taxi at Chengdu station and headed to our hotel. The traffic was pretty bad near the station so it took a little while to get there, and cost a whopping ¥40! (£4) We got to our Holiday Inn express in Wuhou, Chengdu (woohoooo!!) Managed to check in around an hour early and headed to our room. An extremely comfy bed, it was very tempting to lie down and have a snooze but we decided to go down to the hotel restaurant for some lunch. Had some tasty pork with peppers, noodles and rice. After lunch we had a much needed scrub down and then headed out to explore our local area. There wasn't much about- It was ... read more