Kuching - Borneo - Malaysia April 25th - 28th, 2016 Our first stop in SE Asia, Kuching seems a city trying to catch up with itself. Although the people have all the modern day gadgets, smartphones, tablets etc, it seems stuck in an era where sanitation and hygiene are secondary to making a living. There are fantastic, almost futuristic buildings built for government use, and yet people still ply their wares along the streets which are filled with potholes a...

Arrive home

New York again JetBlue turned out to be a much superior company to spirit, their plane actually left for a start and somewhere near on time as well!! The flight to New York took just over 5 hours and we were even offered a drink and snack. Arriving at JFK at 10:30 we proceeded through American security for the 4th time this trip although this airport seemed to be far more organised with almost no queues this time. After collecting our bags we went into the mai...

Flight Failure!! Today was leaving day so after getting up and finally being able to have a shower as the water was on we finished our final bits of packing and waited for the taxi we had arranged the previous day to arrive (or not as we were half expecting!). We were pleasantly surprised when at about 10.40 a red taxi pulled up and the guy we had spoken to yesterday said he was ready whenever we were. We double checked the room for items we may have forgotte...

La Mella We finally dragged ourselves out of bed at 11 and went out for breakfast/lunch at a small cafe on the corner of Calle El Conde. Alexis had told about a couple of local dishes we should try and since we hadn't really tried anything local so far we thought it a good idea. Mae ordered a plate of Mangu, which is a sort of salted plantain mash with onions. It was served with 2 fried eggs as a breakfast dish. I on the other hand ordered a Chimi which is a f...