Our final port of call for Asia was Singapore, by the the most expensive city/country on our Asia itinerary. With this in mind we prepared ourselves for a 'boring' four days before boarding our flight to Aus, but it was quite the opposite. We lived like Kings! Luckily one of Liam's old colleagues, John, who is now a Singapore expat, kindly invited us to stay with him and his girlfriend for a couple of nights. It was a rare, but welcome reversal to spend our fi...

Malaysia seemed always to be the one country in South East Asia that we didnt know too much about. Other than a few nights in Singapore, it was always our last 'lengthy' stop before flying to Australia and not many of the travellers we'd met seemed to venture there. For that reason we perhaps didn't give it as much time, or research it as much as our previous destinations. With George Town already done and dusted, it was time to head to Kuala Lumpur (KL). Othe...

With only three stops left in Asia and just £500 left in our Asia budget we knew Malaysia was going to be cheap and it's actually been relatively easy. Mind you our diet over the last few days has mainly consisted of Asian pot noodles and Crunchie bars. We've also saved money by chilling in our hostel quite a lot, so much so that in 24 hours we've both managed to complete the iPhone game Jet Pack Joyrider - if you haven't got it, download it now its amazingly ad...

Island Life Wow lying on a beach day in day out really takes it out of you. We've literally spent the last 16 days soaking up the blazing Thailand island sun and it's been glorious. We're pleased to announce that Liam now officially has a tan. It's taken a few months, he's worked hard and it's paid off - keeping it is now his main concern! After Koh Tao we island hopped for 9 hours across to Krabi - a mainland holiday spot where we based ourselves for next 7 d...

Island life begins! We weren't particularly looking forward to our Bangkok reunion, the combination of heat and street smell were not going to be welcomed with open arms! However on return it was hot, but we could handle it and the smell, well everywhere in Asia smelt like that so my sense of smell must have become accustomed! It actually felt good to be back. For the first time we walked into a country and we knew our way around, no maps required! We booked ...