So we check into The Grande Ville Hotel near China Town which is where we were meeting our group... lovely hotel! The next morning we had breakfast early and went exploring..we had a few things to pick up before starting our month tour...including malaria tablets, rucksacks as there was no way we were carrying our huge ones on and off tiny asian boats! and appropriate clothing! So the whole day was spent shopping and we came back just in time for a quick nap befo...

As we got through immigration thank god there was an Accomodation desk as we hadnt booked anywhere to stay?! oops... anyway within 10 mins we had booked, paid and were in a mini-bus on the way to our bunglow... We were staying at O.P Bunglows in Chaweng Beach.. We have our own bunglow with bathroom, minibar and porch.. nice chnage from the dorms. Dumped our stuff and went out to explore but we didnt get very far as Lisa heard Martin Brundle's voice coming from a ...

We finally arrive in KL as we said at 2am and headed straight for a cab..when we got to 'Haven Guesthouse' the taxi driver didn't have change so we made our way inside to get some from the reception... (ENTER HUGE MALAYSIAN MAN) he was half asleep as his shift was supposed to be over until us 2 annoying English girls turn up 4 hrs after last check-in, he really reminded us of someone.?! (Got it...its Hagrid from Harry Potter - you know the huge beast of a man tha...

We arrived in Singapore late and made our way to Hang-out hotel, checked in and met a girl from our dorm called Ashleigh.. she is from Stevenage and works at Nandos.. (Get In - good networking girls!)...she is really lovely and has just spent 3 weeks in asia and this is her last stop before heading to OZ.. Got up early the next day for Breakfast (poshest hostel bfast ever!) as there was actually a choice! ...the day was spent sorting out post, going to apply fo...

It was the morning after the night before (the clipper afterparty)... there were many sore heads and we had arranged to take our very last Greyhound ride up to Cairns at 9am!!! nice organisation girls! So our last time 'riding the dog'...and we had th nicest driver in the world! Now on the Greyhound a) it is part of the job role for the driver to be rude, arrogant and obnoxious b) they are not there as a tour guide they drop you off safely and that is their job (...