After almost two days travelling we spend a relaxing day at the Green Garden Hotel and Spa in Tuban, as we await the arrival of Chem later that evening. Here we spend a couple of days enjoying tropical gardens and spa facilities on offer at this tranquil oasis (massage facilities provided free of charge at breakfast!) Before heading off along the beach to the bustling resort of Kuta. At this point Chem become very excited at the sight of the surf and are soon s...

Parents hi-jack travellers journal! OK I know the photo is Kuala Lumpur but the library didn't contain an image of Singapore. After 15 hours on the plane we spend an unexpected day in Singapore where we meet up with Emma and Chris. Spend a few hours enjoying the facilities of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where Chem spent two nights, a surprise treat from family. Amazing views of the Singapore skyline and harbour. We enjoyed spending time catching up on their ...

What to say about Phuket (the Patong part of it that is)... Large, old, red-faced Engrish guys & young Thai "laydeez". Nuff said. We stayed one night & had a few drinks, and a bloody good laugh.The best part of it was the flight to KL, which cost all of 5 quid each & came with a half empty plane & leather seats!!

Yet again we were on our way back to a beach. Having sat for an hour or two in the KL bus station, sweating profusely, our bus driver thought we were in need of some pretty strong air conditioning & turned it up full blast for entire night time journey. We tried to get some sleep wearing our kags towels & just about everything we were able to find in our little bags... didn't really work very well! We got there in the end though & it was worth it...

we arrived in kl after a really cheap flight from phuket. we took the skytrain monorail thingy to our hotel which was in the central business district. The hotel was pretty nice considering it was surrounded by giant 5 star places like the mandarin oriental, and the crown plaza. (little did we know we would be living the high life ourselves pretty soon...). We took a trip up the Petronas towers, amazing views and you're only allowed half way! Still pretty hig...