We spent 4 days in Melaka in Malaysia, staying at Tony's Guesthouse, which was a bit basic but Tony was very helpful with travelling advice; in fact, he even persuaded us to make a visit to Bali... Melaka is a very quaint town, with lots of temples, art galleries, and British and Dutch history. It also has some nice pubs :) We spent most of our time relaxing, wandering around and enjoying the many fantastic juices from our favourite cafe, as well as planning t...

Hi all, we've been pretty busy since the last entry, having wandered around the botanical gardens, which were pretty amazing, and spending some time in the orchid gardens, which were stunning. We also went to the zoo, where the animals roam freely around, which was fab. We saw everything from penguins and polar bears to kangaroos and tigers, and of course, one or two elephants. Spent the last evening in the Long Bar of the Raffles Hotel, home of the Singapore S...

Hi all, just to let you know we had a fantastic day yesterday taking in all the sights of Singapore, including cathedrals, parliament square, a few museums and many, many shops. We spent some time in the CBD (quite similar to Canary Wharf), as well as having a nice meal in China Town for about 3 pounds (even though we did see a cockroach entering the restaurant half way through the meal). The food can be interesting though; we did see chickens feet, and various...

hello all! Just wanted to let you know that we arrived safely yesterday in Singapore after a very long flight and an evening in Dubai. It is 32 degrees and sunny here so taking a while to get used to it! :) Managed to have a wander to boat quay yesterday and sample some fine food and beer and settled in to our very dodgy hostel! We are just heading out to the colonial district to do some sight seeing and then off to little India to the markets and to pick u...