HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Since our last blog we have celebrated Christmas in Phuket, travelled east to Koh Phangan and then made our way to Thailand’s capital to see in the New Year. Our time in Phuket was very relaxed. We met up with Nic & Si once more and enjoyed a few days of sunbathing, Thai massages and cocktails in a beautiful resort in Kamala Bay. Although very different to a traditional Christmas back home it was great fun and we developed a taste for Pina...

Krabi, Thailand Sorry this is a bit of a long one as its been a week! We landed in Johor Bahru in the south off Malaysia early on Thursday morning and immediately got a transfer to the bus terminal to board a bus that would take us north up the east coast of the country. 6 hours later we arrived in Kuantan, a town with little going on but that serves as a stop over town for people travelling north. After a pretty unsuccessful walk around in search of accommodati...

Borneo After a 45 minute delay we got our Air Asia flight from KL to Sandakan on the east coast of Malaysian Borneo. We checked in at the Mayfair Hotel which sounds a lot grander than it actually was. However for 50 ringgit (about 9 pounds) we had a clean room with air-con, our own bathroom, free Wi-Fi, a 32 inch flat screen TV and DVD player with free loan of up to 5 DVDs a night from a collection that puts Blockbusters to shame! All of this came courtesy of o...

Kuala Lumpur So we’ve done quite a bit since the last entry! Where to start? We left Singapore last Tuesday and got a bus for Melaka on the west coast of Malaysia. It actually turned out to be quite a nice bus which made the 5 hour journey more pleasant and only cost us around £10 each. We arrived in Melaka mid afternoon and got a taxi to a guesthouse. However after a quick look in we decided to find somewhere else as it was a bit dark and dingy. Anyway we fo...

Singapore We had a pretty good flight over from Christchurch, the Skycam on the plane kept us both entertained for a while as did the excellent selection of games and movies. On arrival we met up with Nic and Simon our friends from Exeter who were to be our guides and hosts for our time in the city. After some quick and delicious food in Chinatown we headed back to their apartment for a much needed sleep. On Saturday morning we had a walk around Singapore and m...