In bad timing typical of Hayley and Mike we managed to fly into Hong Kong the evening of the Rugby 7's Final, so not only did we miss all of the action but we also discovered that there was limited accommodation however learning from past experiences we had booked ahead at the no thrills 'Ann Black Youth Hostel'. Our first day in HK was mostly spent queuing with a few hundred other foreigners all trying to get Visa's for access into China. After spending 4 hou...

Hello, Sorry again for yet another delayed blog entry!! We're just too busy and the internet facilities in Indonesia were pretty much non existent! Anyway, so we booked our hotel for Bali whilst in Auckland and to say we were pleasantly surprised is an understatement! It was simply perfect, exactly what we wanted (needed), quiet and really chilled. Michael and Bhrama were the perfect hosts. We originally only booked in for 3 nights but ended up staying for the...

Hello Guys, Sorry it's been a while... We are now in a rainy Malaysia however before this we were sunning it up on the south islands of Thailand. Our first taste of the island life was Krabi although our journey there wasn't too great. After a 14hour sleeper train and 2 buses we arrived in the middle of no where only to be told that we had to pay again for transport to our accommodation, however Hayley stood her ground and had a Mexican standoff with the o...

22nd November Hello! Day 3 in Chiang Mai consisted of another early start and a trip to the Golden Triangle, Laos and The Hill Tribes. First stop was a visit to the hot springs although to be honest they were a little unexciting just a couple of pools of hot water which stank of sulpher and another tourist market ( we have seen soooo many!) Next it was off to see the temples of Chiang Rai, it wasn't as impressive as others we have seen as to us it just lo...

Monday 19th - 21st November Hi All, We last left you as we were leaving Bangkok and heading to Chiang Mai and wow has a lot has happened since! Our journey started at Bangkok train staion where we boarded our first sleeper train to Chiang Mai. It was long trip lasting 14 hours!! Although it wasn't actuallu as bad as we had anticipated as we were given real beds and clean sheets. We arrived in Chiang Mai fresh faced and ready for our next chapter to begin! A...