Still in Hong Kong but we haven't been able to adapt to the time difference. Not being able to sleep until 3 or 4 am is a real pain when you've not got much money, it's really hot and you have a crazy roommate! Yesterday we managed to leave the hostel by 2pm and went to HK island, having a look around and saw a temple. The main part of the day was spent at the Peak, which we got the tram up to. There are some really nice views up there but I think it looks much ...

So, we've been here for 4 days now and been awake for 2! On Tuesday we found our hostel surprisingly easily. Considering the terrible reviews of all the hostels in Hong Kong, I was quite happy with our room. It's a tiny box but relatively clean and we're not sharing with any 6 (or 8) legged creatures. We dropped our bags and went for a walk around the area, after an hour or so, we were both knackered (having not really slept on the flight) and went back to the h...

So, we finally got on an aeroplane. There were a couple of relaxed days followed by a slightly stressful Monday morning when I ran around town buying things I should have bought earlier, packed and then panicked as my bag didn't feel heavy enough! we boarded at Heathrow and had a relatively comfortable 12 hour flight on which I slept surprisingly little and watched 2 full films- very uncharacteristic of me! We also took full advantage of the free food and drink ...

Morg! We have left Munich and are now in Cologne. I like Germany, their transport system is really efficient and the train staff are really helpful. So, Munich, the home of beer! Our original plan of 2 nights was quickly extended to 3 after finding some awesome beer halls on our first night. At first it was a bit hard to figure out how to get a drink- there's no bar and it's waiter service. We had our first 1 litre beers and sat on long wooden tables whilst bei...

Hallo! Our last day in Venice was just spent walking about- I bought the cape and mask. We finally had a decent meal in Venice too, italians do pizza better than pasta. The night train to Salzburg was relatively uneventful, we had the carraige to ourselves for the last few hours so managed to get a bit of sleep! Our hostel was more of a family place than what we're used to. The kind of place you'd stay in on a school trip. As we were there so early we got a fai...