The first full day in any new place can be tricky as you need to figure a few things out. Such as: Are we staying in the correct part of the island or are we missing out? What is the best/cheapest way to get around the place? Where can we afford to eat? Is there plenty of stuff to do here to occupy us? What is the beach like? But today we had to figure out something new, something we had never done before. What is actually illegal? This has never occurred to...

Hips in tatters, we were unable to escape the icy blast of the airport air conditioning and both woke up at 4am shivering uncontrollably. We were boarding our flight to Langkawi at 8.10am so we still had a bit of a wait. The only means of getting warm was to drink Starbucks. The short flight to Langkawi was over in no time but then a problem arose. We didn't know how to get to our accommodation and neither did any of the taxi drivers on the island. It was s...

Last night a new addition to the snoring saga appeared. We could hear him through the walls at a volume that was making it hard to sleep. So yet again another rough night and we have vowed never ever to stay in a dorm again!! This was the last straw. No matter how high the price of a double room, it doesn't matter. Today is being used to check off some of the must sees of Singapore at a rushed speed, we could have spent much longer here. Highlights - C...

Until 3.30am, and the other guy in our room about 4am. This was when the loudest snoring exhibition started between these two old, plump Malaysian guys laid on their backs, in this 6ft x 9ft box. We spent hours listening to the roars of the beasts till it was a reasonable time to go out. We kindly asserted to the humorous hostel owners that if we couldn't change rooms or upgrade to a private double we would be swiftly making our exit. It is a really hard situat...

Complete jet setter mode was engaged today as we caught two flights before 2pm. Sandakan - Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu - Singapore We arrived in Singapore early evening and met the two funniest hostel owners yet. At the Lotus hostel, just passed Chinatown, we were subjected to two more nights in dorm rooms due to the high prices of the city. It was clean, tidy and friendly. Within 20 mins we had understood the transport network from our hostel and he...