Unfortunately, due to the times of our flights, we only had 20 hours to sample Singapore. After arriving at the very plush Changi Airport, we got the MRT (singapore's under/overground train) to Clark Quay - one of the most central and stylish parts of Singapore. Our hostel was based on the fourth floor of a tall building housing various businesses. We paid £30 each for a bunk bed and free breakfast. This was the cheapest we could find in Singapore! We headed out...

Koh Tao is much smaller than Koh Phangnan and is famed for it's exquisite diving. We stayed on the main stretch of beach, Sairee, in a pretty community of beach huts named 'Blue Wind' that also housed and onsite bakery/café and yoga classes. The beach at Sairee is beautiful. The crystalline waters are so shallow that you can't swim and they get warmer than you'd usually run your bath! The sunsets here are the best I've seen and the great selection of restauran...

Two of my favourite friends, Kate and Sacha, arrived in Bangkok on 21st May to spend two weeks with me. For the first couple of days of their holiday, they explored Bangkok whilst I was in bed with severe diarrhea! On their third day, thanks to a course of antibiotics, I was feeling slightly better and we got an overnight train down to one of southern Thailand's ports - Surat Thani. The train was fantastic - luxury compared to India. Our beds were made up with ...

After our tubing trip, we were eager to move on from Vang Vieng so we left early the next morning on another minibus journey, this time for 4 hours, to the Laos capital - Vientiane. This is the country's business capital so is limited in terms of what it can offer tourists. When we arrived, everything was still closed for new year and the locals were on their final, fifth day of partying and water fights. The city had turned into a noisy, wet mess and we really...

Vang Vieng is a small town situated on the Nam Song river, south of Luang Prabang. The 7 hour trip was uncomfortable due to the dangerous driving, winding roads and locals on our bus vomiting from travel sickness. When we arrived in Vang Vieng, we were not impressed. The town is a like the rough part of Benidorm. The reason most people come is to take part in a phenomenom called Tubing. This is where you hire the inner tube of a tractor tyre for the day, get dr...