A bit touristy and slightly out of budget, but what better way to celebrate the end of an awesome 4 months in Asia, than sipping a Singapore Sling cocktail in the Long Bar at the famous Raffles Hotel! The city, island and country of Singapore is just a short bus ride over the no mans land bridge from the southern point of Malaysia and a comfortable (luxury in comparison to Cambodian) 5 hour bus ride south of Kuala Lumpur. The island only measures 30 miles wide ...

Still buzzing from our wild Orang-Utan encounter the day before we arrived in the riverside village of Sukau, excited at the prospect of what lay ahead... 'Will we see any crocs' I asked our guide Jo. 'I don't think so' Jo replied 'Frankie (the local croc) will be sleeping for a week' 'Why is that?' we asked 'He ate a dog 2 days ago' Jo quipped joyfully back at us in his best English. It materialised that Jo had heard a noise nearby the lodge jetty. He rushe...

It certainly makes you realise how much of western culture is based around alcohol when you walk through a city centre and see no bars or off licences. What then, if like me you do enjoy the very occasional steady half- how do you survive in a dry country? Due to it's small size Brunei is not far from the border in any direction and sensing this obvious market, Malaysia is very accommodating! It gives a whole new meaning to a booze cruise as this isn't just a ...

We have already been lucky enough to see some of the great wonders of the world, stunning architecture and fascinating cultures but Malaysian Borneo was always going to be about wildlife and in particular, the legendary Orang-utan. Orang-utan literally translates as 'man of the forest' and possessing 96.4% of the same genes is the 3rd closest relative to human beings. Native only to the forests of Borneo and Sumatra, although far from guaranteed, our goal was sim...

I have to admit when my friend Ian (Keker) told me he was moving with his family to Brunei, I assumed it was a barren desert like country in the middle East. It took a look at the map to realise I was several thousand miles and a whole continent out. Indeed, as the undercarriage lowered on our approach to the small airport in the country's capital of Bandar Seri Begowan (Bandar or BSB for short), my initial expectation of dry desert country couldn't have been fur...