Hey - one of the last blogs now! I only had a token 5 days in Bali, but i fell in love with Ubud - such a gorgeous village surrounded by green rice paddies, artist studios & handicraft markets. Spent a fabulous day buying silk scarves in the market for the family & got convinced by some cheeky, but cute indonesians to buy a 3 piece set of clay dishes covered in turquoise glass. They are seriously gorgeous, but weigh about 5 kg, so my hand luggage has se...

Hola! Wow! I love Borneo - or more precisely, Sabah, Malayasian Borneo! Spent a fabulous 4 days diving in and around sipadan, one of the top 10 dive sites in the world. Stayed on Mabul, a gorgeous tropical island and met loads of brilliant people, along with the french girl i met in halong bay, vietnam - i love how small this world is! Barracuda point in Sipadan was such an amazing dive site - we swam though about 500 barracuda, turtles wherever you looked &...

Hey, Time for the Cambodia instalment! Where do i begin - i crossed over by boat from the mekong delta in vietnam & arrived in phnom penh in blazing sunshine. brit and i missioned across the city centre in a bid to avoid the annoying tuk tuk drivers & rocked up at an awesome hostel called nomads with lovely airy dorms right next to the river. We also found out it was the last night of the annual water festival, the celebration is held on the day in the...

Hey hey! Last vietnamese instalment as promised! After Hue i headed down south to Hoi An, which is a charming little tailors town where you can get anything you want made or copied! I got a 4-piece suit designed in a wool-cashmere mix which is seriously cute if i do say so myself! i just hope it reaches england before i start work in january! Unfortunately it was typhoon/flood season in central vietnam when i was there - so continuous rain for 3 days, which is ...

Hey hey! Long time no entry - Vietnam Vietnam! Arrived in Hanoi after a 26 hour bus journey in which i was subjected to some truly horrific asian music - think the asian versions of celine dion & aerosmith played continuously and randomly throughout the night! It took about 3 hours to get across the border since it was so disorganised, everyone kept queue jumping & the vietnamese borders officials were on power trips, extorting money, which i was soon t...