HONG KONG: I'm now on my last two days in Hong Kong and what I have learnt is transport is ridiculously cheap, compared to England - where else can you upgrade your boat journey for 5p?! - and their national sport should be shopping. The place is full of opportunities to spend some money from the markets in Wan Chai and Stanley to the numerous office block each equipped with atleast a Louis Vuitton, Armani, Dior and designer jewellry and watch shop. I have be...

My first entry in the blog since setting out for Singapore!! I have now been in Singapore for a few days, and am still adapting to the heat and humidity here; it is so humid that it usually has to rain a little each day and there is the strange feeling of entering an ice box each time you walk into a building but it's actually quite nice and refreshing. My stay in Singapore has not been a typical 'backpacer experience'; from my arrival at the airport I was pers...

ITINERARY Wednesday 19 March: Set off for my first leg around the world. First flight leaves for Singapore Mar 19, 2008 - Leave London Heathrow for Singapore Mar 20, 2008 - Arrive Singapore (pm). Stay the night in a Penthouse Apartment! (don't worry accomodation does get rougher later on...) Mar 22, 2008 - Family arrive in Singapore and we move to Sentosa Island resort. Mar 27, 2008 - Leave Singapore for Hong Kong Mar ...

Welcome to My trip Journal! In advance of jetting off I have set up this page so that you can follow my trip, look at any pictures, make recommendations and get in touch whilst following what I am upto in an easy way. I have recently been doing a fair bit of preparation for going away; getting all the necessary vaccines and buying kit such as a backpack, sleeping bag, sleeping bag liner, waterbottle, medicine...the list seems to go on and on! Right now I will be ...