We flew in Kuala Lumpur on 1 July. We stayed in a hostel for the first time in several months, for three nights. It was evening when we arrived. We ended up just going out for a pizza. The city is absolutely massive and really busy. We saw the Petronas Towers, they were quite near our hostel. They looked pretty good all lit up at night. That evening we watched Wimbledon in the hostel before getting an early night, as we needed to get up early in the morning to go...

We stayed in Railay for six nights in total. Railay is in mainland Thailand, although it is only accessible by boat, so it does have an island feel about it. It is a lot quieter than Ko Phi Phi, and there were less annoying posh kids around which was a nice change. There are a couple of really nice beaches and cliffs. It is a popular destination for climbing. We had a relaxing time there. For the first three nights we stayed in a standard (for us) cheap and slig...

We took the boat from Krabi to Phi Phi in the early afternoon, which took about 2 hours. It was a really nice sunny day, and we went past a lot of small empty islands, but the water was a little choppy, so Amy spent much of the trip feeling sick. We managed to entertain ourselves along the way by looking out for flying fish that jumped out in the boats wake. When we arrived and got off the boat we couldn't believe how clear the water was. When we looked over the...

We planned to leave Hanoi early evening on an airport shuttle bus scheduled for 6pm, which left plenty of time before our flight. It's just as well we did as the driver wouldn't leave until the minibus was full, and we set off nearer 7pm. The flight was under 2 hours, and half empty, yet for some reason we were seated at either side of the aisle. It wasn't really a problem though as we just spent the time reading our books. When we landed at about 11pm, a sma...

We flew into Hanoi on 6th June. The flight only took an hour and was a nice change from all the long bus trips We got a mini bus into the town centre. When we got off we neoticiated a good price for a room and a man drove us and our bags to his guest house on two mopeds. Airconditioning and TV again! Its cheap in Vietnam. We explored the city over the next couple of days. It was extremely hectic and there are mopeds everywhere. People sit out on the pavements al...