Yesterday morning I felt much better and managed a proper breakfast. We had to move hostels, which was very hard work for us both lugging bags in the stuffy heat. Panting a great deal, we were warmly welcomed and shown to a large but pleasantly cool dorm which will be home for the next few days. The sheets seemed clean (always a good thing) and the people are friendly although the Wi-Fi is rubbish so posts might be a bit more sporadic. We walked to the undergr...

First of all...Happy Birthday Dad!!!!! Hope you have a great day! I am feeling significantly better than yesterday! Got what would pass as a night of sleep and last night we both got out for some dinner (more pork broth and rice) and had a delicious lemon/lime ice tea. I think I'll be trying more iced teas; they aren't as sweet as the other drinks here. A lot of the foods are quite sweet; the bread (which definitely wouldn't go with marmite) and the jam which ...

I can't write the word that describes how I've felt today as I know Grandma will be reading this (hi Grandma). I just about managed to get up for some breakfast but since then I've been lying in my bunk with the universally patient and caring Josh trying to eat and drink and feeling as if I've got E coli and been run over by a train (I haven't). The most exciting thing I've done is played a few games of Rummy with Josh (he won all of them!) and watch the many blu...

Insomniac blog no.2 Today has been a little challenging since neither of us got much sleep the first night. We wondered into Little India which was pretty inspiring to say the least. We found the Sri Veerakaliammen (spelling?!) temple with its elaborate Hindu statues and perfumed incense. Slipping off our shoes to wonder into the dark interior I had a moment of thinking 'ooh this is very textbook backpacker'. We carried on down the road past stalls mostly sel...

I'm writing this first blog on the road from the top bunk of a Singapore dorm at 2am. My body currently thinks its 6pm and so has forgotten why sleep is more favourable than blogging at this time (I'm certain it will remember tomorrow!). Our journey here was a little more hectic than planned; a delayed flight out of Manchester (something about snow?) meant a 'Usain Bolt' across Heathrow airport to catch our flight. Reclining into our Marc-Newson-designed airbu...