I'm in Shanghai!!! It's a place I've always dreamt of travelling to, perhaps the very first place that I wanted to go. I don't really know why. At one point I wanted to live here. Whilst I don't have plans to move here anymore, it was still really exciting to come here, the jewel in China's crown. My arrival was a little rough - having to do my fingerprints twice because I dropped the confirmation slip. Luckily my border guard was very friendly and I got my ba...

It's a long travel day today. Bizarrely I've entered Malaysia and left it again just a few hours later. Most of my time seems to have been spent battling K; Airport's wifi and zoning in and out. Hopefully will get some sleep on the plane to China!

Today has been relatively relaxing. Me and Chloe spent a large chunk of it at Singapore Zoo, one of the world's best zoos. I spent most of the time trying to get inspiration for my course assignment presentation, having arranged a meeting for my course assignment essay before leaving. It feels so weird how quickly 2019 has gone and getting important Uni stuff done just makes the whole thing feel so fast. Still, at least understanding what the hell to do with the ...

I awoke early. Too early. Way too early. Did not need to leave 2 hours for KK airport, with its 2 shops in the international departures... Flight was relatively fun though with a nice bit of turbulence and all passing by quite quickly. After a faff with a taxi app I got a quite expensive taxi from Changi Airport to Chloe's house here in Bukit Timah, a wealthy residential area of Singapore. It's a verrrrry snazzzzy house. There's even maids. In fact I'd barely m...

Kota Kinabalu is a strange city. It's a very bland and boring place mostly notable for it's large rats. I spent most of the afternoon talking to a Chemistry graduate from Portsmouth travelling around Southeast Asia, and napping. Then about 10/11 of us went to see the sunset and then dinner at Pizza Hut. It was nice to see everyone off, most people are heading back to London via Kuala Lumpur though some are travelling more around Malaysia, to Kinabalu National Pa...