We arrived in Krabi and made our way to the guesthouse Jono had found - Chan Cha Lay - our cheapest yet at 9 pounds a night but so nice! We went out for a cocktail and some curry to celebrate our first night in the South! On Tuesday we hired motorbikes for the day (only 3 pounds for a day!!) and headed off to explore Krabi. We stopped off at one of the beaches for a swim in the beautiful blue clear water. It was great to see the island with the independence of s...

We spent our first day in Chang Mai exploring the surrounding area and visiting the flower markets and food markets...another interesting experience with fried frogs on sale! We also visited the night market where we had our first taste of street food and it was delicious...phad thai at a real Thai Mama's stall - for less than 50p. We stocked up on necessities for our 5 day trek and got an early night in anticipation for an action packed 5 days. We were collec...

After a week at Kenyir Lake we drove to Mareng, where we got a boat across to Gem Island. We had decided to treat ourselves to 2 days of island time in Malaysia. As monsoon season was upon them, we were the last 2 guests on the island for 2007....and we even attended the staff end of year dinner!! We were a bit disappointed though, as many of the facilities had already been shut down. Matt was able to do some fishing though! We spent our final night in Malaysia n...

We arrived into Kuala Lumpur at 10pm, after a great flight (Malaysian Airlines are highly recommended!) and got a taxi straight to our hotel. Things here are pretty cheap and we stayed in a lovely hotel in the city centre for the price of a motel in the States! Our first few days were spent organising our 2 weeks in Malaysia - and enjoying the luxuries of our hotel! We managed to change our flights to Bangkok for no charge (another reason why we love Malaysi...