We're now just coming to the end of our 6 days in Phuket. Its been quite a nice change to be somewhere so touristy as you don't have to think about everything so much! We've spent a couple of days on the beach which is lovely, although a little crowded. We went to Dino Land, a crazy golf course, modelled on the dinosaurs and the Flintstones. It was the best course we've played on as they'd put in a lot of effort with the landscape and the mo...

We flew back from Borneo with the intention of going to Melacca by bus. After being accosted by about 10 men as soon as we stepped out of the taxi, and some confusion later, we ended up on a bus to Kuala Lumpur instead! We had missed the last bus that day for Malacca. Found our way (no thanks to map from tourist information) to an ok hostel for one night and then onto the Green Hut hostel which we had booked previously. First evening we went and found the Petrona...

We've just spent 2 days in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo. Hostel is amazing, all the staff are really friendly and helpful and its decorated in typical Sarawak style, lots of wood carvings and baskets. Donald, the owner has been great, he's told us where to go and how to get to all the places we wanted to go. Put it this way the Hilton is on the otherside of the road and we'd rather stay here.Yesterday we had a quiet day as we ha...

We've just spent 2 days in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo. Hostel is amazing, all the staff are really friendly and helpful and its decorated in typical Sarawak style, lots of wood carvings and baskets. Donald, the owner has been great, he's told us where to go and how to get to all the places we wanted to go. Put it this way the Hilton is on the otherside of the road and we'd rather stay here. Yesterday we had a quiet day as we ...

We've just spent 2 days in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo. Hostel is amazing, all the staff are really friendly and helpful and its decorated in typical Sarawak style, lots of wood carvings and baskets. Donald, the owner has been great, he's told us where to go and how to get to all the places we wanted to go. Put it this way the Hilton is on the otherside of the road and we'd rather stay here. Yesterday we had a quiet day as we ...