We're on our last day of our short visit to Singpore, this the 3rd day and flying to Malaysian Borneo tonight. The hostel we stayed at was nice, much more what we thought a hostel would be like. We stayed in bunk beds in 12 bed dorm so the ear plugs and eye masks came in very useful! We were lucky in that we were tucked away in a corner so atleast we did have some sort of privacy. Most of the time in the hostel was spent in the "common area" with e...

Exploring Kowloon isnt the easiest thing to do in the world. There are soooo many people and you get stopped every 100 yards by an indian guy asking if you want a taylored suit or fake watches or handbags. After the 100th time of politely saying "no thanks" we started to get annoyed and just ignored them. Every available piece of space is used for advertising, there are signs everywhere which can make navigation a little hard at times. But anytime we go...

Arrived at our hostel on Lantau Island in really thick fog (a real pea souper!) and rain. Hostel was half way up a mountain making it a lot colder than we thought. Had to spend the first two nights sleeping with all our clothes on and 2 blankets. Hostel was basic to say the least, but for 3 pounds a night you can't really complain!! First day we went to see the Bronze Bhudda and went on the Sky Rail down into the main town on the island. Found out how easy ...

Just waiting to leave really. Flying out tomorrow evening and can't wait! We've both worked and saved for a year and now just want to get going.