Our next destination after Melbourne was Bali and I was excited as hell to meet some of my friends who were joining us there and the thought of staying in one place for 10 days was heavenly. One of my besties (nell, for those of you who know her) however had a mishap in Hong Kong and broke her ankle. I was gutted for her and she spent most of her holiday in a hospital in HK :( The others made it nonetheless and we stayed in Seminyak. One of the highlights were B...

 A 6 hour bus journey from saigon to phnom penh was not the ideal way that I would have chosen to spend my birthday but needs must. What was not entertaining in the least was arriving at our hotel after said journey and them having no room despite our reservation. Not impressed. Nor were we impressed by the receptionists attitude at having to return our deposit and lack of apology. So off we go on a tuc tuc trying to find decent accommodation that doesn't belong...

Yes it's about that time for your fresh Gilliver's Travels installment, and this time it's about our time in wonderful Vietnam! Be prepared for a long read, cos we've been here for 2 weeks.  So we hopped on a flight from sunny Vientiane to what we thought would be sunny Hanoi- oh how wrong we were. As soon as we got off the plane the cold hit us like a slap in the face. Now when I say cold, obviously its nothing compared to how cold it is in the UK right now, b...

The next day was a well deserved lie in and exploration of the quaint town of Luang Prabang where the Mekong and Nam Khan rivers converge at a peninsula. Gorgeous. Headed out in the evening to the master Hive Bar of which the other one in Pak Beng was a small sister concern. We were quite happy for the 11.30pm Luang Prabang curfew this time as the trip had been quite tiring so far. That was before we met some Aussie girls who convinced us to whisper the magic wor...

Let's get Laos'd! Right folks, here we are for the next installment. Spent the last week in Laos and so we will greet you with a Sabai Dee. Where to start? Spent 3 hours at Laos "bored"er control queuing for a visa. Was about as much fun as a hole in the head. Got onto the slow boat in time to sale down the Mekong river for the two day trip to Luang Prabang and what an eventful trip that was. First boat was crowding people in like sardines when we saw ...