Kuala Lumpur What we learned in KL: Humidity is a friend to no-one!! Laura can turn from white to lobster red within 2 hours. It was so nice to be able to converse with people in English. You have never experienced true darkness until you have ate at a fine in the dark restaurant. Day 1 Following a pretty sleepless night flight we decided that yet again we would need to go and have a nap (a regular occurrence on this trip) after checking in to our hotel. A...

Day 1 After leaving our hotel at midday in Kuala Lumpur we finally arrived in Bali at 8pm. A full bag search later and we were on our way to our hotel. You can imagine our surprise and delight as we pulled up that Elaine was there waiting for us!!! We were so excited to see her!! We checked in to find that Laura had somehow managed to book the honeymoon suite, not that either of us were complaining given how beautiful the room was! A quick shower and change la...

Xian - Brief summary - In Xian hardly anyone speaks English - Harriet has not been sold any oil paintings for a couple of days - Laura would make a fantastic talk show guest - No babies were given to us to cuddle Overnight Train After an amazing few days in Beijing we were sad to be leaving but also extremely excited to be heading to our next and final stop in China - Xian. After making our way to our train through what must have been the hottest station ...

Beijing - 'Let the walking commence' 10 things we learned in Beijing 1. Nobody, and I mean nobody, speaks English! 2. Harriet's feet are so big compared to the Chinese, we had to wait 10 minutes in a market for them to find a shoe her size. 3. There are no such things as queues. 4. Squatting over a hole isn't that bad when you've been waiting to go to the toilet for over an hour. 5. The Great Wall of China has to be the greatest thing ever built by man. 6...

The flight over to Dubai was incredible! Their was Wifi on the plane, 4000 films to choose from and they also stream the football and other sporting events as well as offering loads of t.v series and documentaries. We had a game of chess with our games consoles which of course Harriet won! Pow pow pow! Couldn't imagine what it must vbe like in business class! Final flight from Dubai to Beijing felt really long mainly as we were trying to get some sleep. 45 mins ...