A few days in Cairns turned in to a few weeks at our hostel - The Asylum. The place does strange things to your head (we weren't sure if some odd 'inmates' had come thinking it was an actual Asylum) and no one ever wants to leave. There was always alot to report from Asia especially over two weeks but in Cairns we managed to do very little but have the most fun. We met a great bunch of people from the Asylum and we travelled with Simon from Liverpool and Ian f...

We arrived in Singapore at 3.30 in the morning (with about 3hrs sleep on the bus) and having not booked a hostel we knew we were unlikely to get a room until at least 7am. We knew the hostel we wanted to go to (but didn't know it's address) so we caught a taxi there - after driving around aimlessly with the driver asking us if every hostel we went past was the one we wanted to go to we quickly realised he didn't have a clue. So out we jumped paying half fare as h...

Well the journey from Thailand to Malaysia was a mission to say the least. It goes something like this..... Ben and myself decided we would get a bus to Hat Yai in Thailand (which is the main transport hub) so we could try and get a direct bus from there to the Cameron Highlands as the Cameron highlands are half way to Kuala Lumpur. We left early and were in Hat Yai by the afternoon, so we set off in search of a Bus operators office. After wandering around f...

After a week of relaxation it was time for three days of intensive activities. Arriving at Khao Sok National Park in the evening we ventured down a dark mud path with the aid of a torch to find our hostel. Arriving at the hostel we grabbed some dinner whilst deciding which activities to do. We discovered we could fit in elephant trekking, canoeing on khao Sok river and a night safari all in one day. Meaning we could move on the next day to Krabi. Just as we ...

After a journey that lasted 18hours we arrived on the much awaited island. On the boat over we had agreed to go to see one of the hostels run by a guy on the boat. After seeing it however we decided the area looked dead and the beach was mediocre (for thai beaches) so we decided on plan B to hit Haad Rin - the main packers area. First we had to walk to the main road to try and hail a passing "taxi" - a van with room in the back to carry 8 people. Much to our del...