Now I'm in Hong Kong, the last stretch of this amazing year long trip! On my last day in NZ I went with Pania and Co. to a Samoan/Tongan market which was good fun, esp the t-shirt stall that sold t-shirts that were highly amusing in the Samoan environment but at home would either cause outrage or go down like a lead balloon! Such as "A kind word gets you somewhere, but a kind word and a machette gets you everywhere!" Then I flew out at some ridi...

Hey everyone! I am now in Singapore staying with Paula & Mark (Pat's son & daughter-in-law). I have had a lovely coupled of days here in this super efficient country! Everything is clean and trains and buses come all the time so its easy to get about! All they seem to do is shop here though so thats what I did yesterday! I also went to the night safari which was pretty good, very touristy though but we saw loads of animals including hyenas, ant eaters, ...

Ok so after a couple of days wandering around China town, visiting the towers and the huge shopping malls I left KL for Melaka, a smaller more historic town two hours South of KL. (I have to confess though I ended up going to the cinema and having hot chocolate in Starbucks in KL, not true traveller style I know but it was a much needed pick me up!!) To be honest I wasn't that sad to say bye to the big KL, but it had been an experience! I got on another trul...

...So...the next morning I said a sad bye to all my new friends from the dive centre and to Phi Phi (although I reckon I will be back!!) and headed to catch the ferry to Krabi. I caught a bus to Penang with no one else who spoke English until the border, where a South African guy, Jason, who was on the visa run from Phi Phi joined us...at last some company! We got dropped off at 8pm in Penang and managed to find a grotty but cheap (less than $4 a room) guest...

Hey! So here I am in the centre of KL trying to catch up on emailing and photos! The past few weeks in Thailand have been amazing and I was really sad to say bye to it for the last time (well on this trip anyway!!) After Phuket I went back to Phi Phi for a few more days and as you all know went diving at Hin Daeng & Hin Muaeng where I saw a whale shark! It was awesome, they are beautiful creatures. It was a shame we didnt see any Mantas, they are also a...