We are coming up to our second week in New Zealand, so I realise it is very lapse that we are only now updating the blog. So apologies to all those who do read this regularly (Mum). So, I believe I last wrote from the Cameron Highlands in Peninsular Malaysai. We left the cool breeze of the highlands to the somewhat steamier Teman Negara rainforest - the oldest rainforest in the world. We stayed in a small village in the midst of the rainforest, which invol...

It has been some time since writing this blog, so whilst I am indeed writing from the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia, I have a lot of filling in to do on our Cambodia and second Thai experience. My last blog reported from Vietnam. Following that relaxing island week, we took a less relaxing journey across the border to Cambodia. This consisted of a hydrofoil across to the mainland, whereby Matt and I were surrounded by people being sick. The strangest thing ab...

I'm currently writing in a state of relaxed bliss after 5 extremely chilled out days in Phu Quoc. Phu Quoc is a small island off the south coast of Vietnam in the gulf of Thailand. I think it is actually closer to Cambodian mainland than Vietnamese, but its part of Vietnam. Phu Quoc was a last minute decision to visit, and I'm really pleased we did as it has been amazing. The island has some of the best beaches I have seen. Soft white sand, and gently lappin...

A sleeper bus took us from Hoi An to Nha Trang. I feel like I write a lot about transport in this blog, but I guess I just find it all strangely interesting. The sleeper bus definately falls into the more comfortable transport category for me (not sure Matt would agree with me on this). The coach is split into 3 lines of seats, of two layers. The seats recline almost fully providing a bed. I find I can sleep on these pretty well. So, we left traditional Hoi ...

We are in Hoi An currently, passing the time before we get on a sleeper bus to Nha Trang. I last wrote from Hanoi, at which point we were becoming really frazzled by the motorbike madness of the city. Halong Bay did prove a quieter experience, although we were surrounded by tourists in a way we never expereienced in Laos. Our first night in Halong Bay was spent on a junk at sea. The boat was pretty luxurious, considering the trip cost relatively little. We ka...