Wow, the last 10 days in Borneo have been fun packed with doing things rather than just looking at old stuff! We landed in Sandekan and headed to the hostel we had booked, when we got there the guy laughed and said there was nothing to do and we would literally be sat on ours bums all day waiting for the next day to come! He suggested we went to see the Orangutans that afternoon then head to Sandakan to stay there. So 2 hours later we were at the sanctuary, it wa...

Hi all, Well we are on our final leg of Asia with lots of travelling involved, but plenty to see and lots to do which should all make it worthwhile! Next stop Kuala Lumpur: So we flew into Kuala Lumpur on the 21st and caught a bus into the city. The place is huge with lots of high risers, not really the ideal place Lauren and I like. When we arrived at our place I can only say that it was horrendous...a small room with no window, right next to a communal loung...

Greetings from Cambodia. We arrived into Phnom Phen on Tuesday after yet again taking the slowest boat in East Asia, though up the Mekong this time from the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Although the surroundings were beautiful, there is only so much brown water and green foliage you can take after 8 hours on a small boat! Anyway, arrived at Phnom Phen and had a nightmare finding anywhere to stay and was hounded by bloody Tuk Tuks! Was quite a shock to the system ...

Welcome back to Rich and Loll's magical mystery tour of Vietnam! We are now drawing to the end of our visit in this country and will be embarking on the last stage of our journey before heading to Cambodia by boat to the Mekong Delta. Saigon was a really pleasant surprise, even pulling in in the dark we could see that it was nothing like Hanoi which was a good start! It is a much cleaner, open space with much more of a Western influence. Although hectic the b...

We have had the most relaxing 2 days so far i think jut what we need before the madness of Saigon! travelled on the bus for 12 hours to Nha trang checked in and had a wander. decided to go to the hot springs and mud bath. it was fantastic you ghot in a sandstone tub with a few others and soaked in mud kind of syrup for 45 min then you sit in the sun for 10 to let it set then have the tas of showering it off (it gets everywhere!) next you go in a hot spring for 45...