Hong Kong Thursday 16th December - Monday 20th December We arrived in Hong Kong, our third country in a week, to an entirely new culture and an entirely new climate. All eyes were on us as we queued for passport control but for once it had nothing to do with the fact that we were foreigners with huge backpacks. We were the only idiots in the airport wearing flip-flops and shorts amongst a crowd of people clearly dressed for weather at least 20 degrees colder...

Singapore - Saturday 11th December - Thursday 16th December After a pretty straightforward journey south and through the Malaysia-Singapore border we departed our coach on Singapore's famous Beach Road and made our way to our new home for the next 4 days - a plush apartment on 19th floor of the Park Royal hotel courtesy of a legendary ex colleague of mine. We got some understandably strange looks from the receptionist when we arrived, looking every bit the fil...

Kuala Lumpur 7-11 December We booked our bus south to KL and were impressed when it turned out to be a super-flash executive job with seats that are about 5-feet wide and massage you as you travel the 6 or so hours south, all for about £7 each. Arriving at the bus station, somewhat out of town, we boarded a local bus to Chinatown, again the hub of Backpacker digs. As we drove along the highway, we were both scanning the skyline for a glimpse of the Petronas ...

London - Bangkok 17-21 NovemberSo after 5 weeks back home, after multiple hospital and doctors visits, we re-started our adventure, viewing the past month as a 'pit-stop'. After waving goodbye to the parents at a Heathrow Travelodge, we boarded an A380 to Bangkok.Our second experience of Bangkok was not unlike the first - busy, noisy, smelly. This time we were only staying for a few nights and decided to visit Chatuchak Market, a labyrinth of 15,000 stalls sellin...

Georgetown, Penang 5-7 December Our journey south to Malaysia was, surprise surprise, about 2 hours longer than advertised and involved 2 ferry's, 3 mini-vans, a short stop in Hat Yai for some fuel (McDonalds) and a long border crossing, due mainly to the fact that the Thai idea of efficiency is adding more queue's for the same desk. The words 'piss-up' and 'brewery' come to mind. As soon as you cross the border into Malaysia, you notice the difference from ...