The final blof for today Another dam scarey minibus journey got us here to a town called Kuala Tahan not before several near collisions, change of minibus 3 times and other stops at needless places. Kuala Tahan is a small village opposite (across a river crossing) from the National Park of Taman Negara. We are staying at Yellow Guesthouse, one of the more popular due to its reputation for not been as bed-bug infested as many others. A few minutes behind the gu...

Hey everyone, its Nic Wow what a few weeks, internet is scarce here so getting the blog done regularly is difficult so we have split them up and doing a few at once. We left the Cameron Highlands for the Perhentian's on a minibus for 11 people and it was full so was very cramped to say the least, the only other English travellers were the ones that whinged and moaned the whole journey, rather annoying but we got to the jetty eventually. Though I did wonder if ...

Things we have learnt on our travels 1. When reading a menu Chicken can also mean Fish 2. Never trust a sign with the distance to destination when trekking. How can a sign say 2.5kms to destination then after walking for 30mins the next sign read 2.6kms to destination. 3. Dutch people are the most friendly travellers 4. We have now moved house over 25 times 5. VIP bus means that you will stop at more restaurants (Friends of the driver) 6. Beer is very scar...

sorry its been a few days here is our latest update, During breakfast the next day a very talkative tu-tuk driver was intent on telling us all the things there is to do in Battambang, we werent keen on his approach but decided to give him a chance and what a good decision it turned out to be. On Sept 6th we spent the day with the driver, first off he took us to watch the monks eating while the locals looked on and prayed to them, next up was the amazing bamboo ...

Good evening blog readers, Had a tasty Indian meal last night and woke up bright n early the next day for our flight from Luang Prabang to Siem Reap (Cambodia). We arrived mid afternoon found a hotel and went for a walk to the aptly named "Pub Street" You would think that 6000miles from home it would be unlikely you would bump into someone you know from home, well funny that as from the crowd shouts a voice saying Nicola! It was only Estelle a girl tha...