gili islands We arrived in Bali and went direct to kuta, which is the main touristy area in Bali which is often described as not a very night place unless you like the nightlife, busy traffic and being hassled. We arrived into Bali late at night so with Kuta being the closest and central area we planned pre booked a discounted new hotel for 2 nights and then planned to move from kuta right after. After a long queue through customs we finally get out the airport...

Flying to Thailand I think has to be the quickest flight we've ever done, not because of the length of the flight but because we slept from practically the moment we took off until about 10 minutes before we landed! Perfect! This did however mean we missed the information about filling in landing cards so after a wait in the passport control queue we arrive at the front of the queue to be turned around! Luckily the queue had gone by the time we arrived back to pa...

We left Singapore by train, an 8 hour train to Kuala Lumpur. The metro station and train station were both called Woodlands. With our western hats on, we imagined Woodlands to be like a much smaller Paddington in London and have the tube and train station in one location but, we MUST remember not to assume; we're not in a Western country! Even though they are called the same name the train station wasn't by the metro and wasn't within walking distance. It was a...

Next stop, Singapore.... we arrive and take a long train journey to Chinatown, where we have booked a hostel for 2 nights.The train is pretty packed so a bit of a mission with our bags, plus at first we didn't know how long the journey was, so we kept our bags on our backs... bad mistake as the journey ended up being long and then we found it hard to get bags off as it was packed!! Luckily the hostel was easy to find and the owner helpful and friendly. We're sta...

So, our adventure finally begins! We've been planning for so long, I'm not quite sure it's sinking in that we've finally started our trip. Our emirates flight was great, we both watched 3 films each which we thoroughly enjoyed and the food was pretty much okay! We walk through customs etc and I ask James "where's Katie meeting us?" James replies with "oh... Ummm I dunno, I didn't ask!" Great I think! But luckily we walk through arrivals and within minutes meet ...