Singapore is muc like i thought it would be: very clean, organised & new. It's an easy city to get around being so cosmopolitan and with English being pretty much the first language. Although it doesn't offer much in the way of heritage or old culture, it does have an interesting mix of cultures and areas. Spent 3 quite relaxed days in the city winding down from the tour. Did a lot of walking covering Chinatown, Clarke Quay, Arab St, Esplanade, day trip to Se...

Leaving Krabi and Thailand behind we headed down over the Malaysian border to Penang. Our first full day here we got up early and caught a bus to the National Park for a morning of jungle trekking which once again ended in a sweaty, muddy mess! From here we went to Penang Hill and got a jeep to the top for fantastic views of the island Penang and the mainland. On way to find the jeeps we walked past a Hindu centre where the brother called us in & fed us all d...

Met up with new tour group in Bangkok where we have a day before heading South. As I'd already done the sightseeing I went to Khao San Rd again for some last minute shopping "essentials" & spent the afternoon by the pool with some of the group that had also already done Bangkok. It's a really mixed bunch of ages and nationalities this time which makes it interesting, ranges from 18 - 45 yrs with English, Irish, Scottish, German & Italian! After...

Found basic but nice bungalows to stay in Koh Phangan on the beach with swimming pool & hammocks swinging from the palm trees. Had dinner at great seafood restaurant by Baan Tai pier, couldnt decide what to order as everything looked so good & seeing as each dish was only couple quid we ended up having a feast of 2 starters, 3 main courses, 2 puddings and cocktails. Food was gorgeous and had brilliant evening, spending hours chatting & eating sat on a...

Bangkok is a new experience second time around, having been in SE Asia for a month and gotten used to the customs and people I feel a lot more confident than when i first arrived & find the mad bustling city with it's strange sounds ands smells more exciting than daunting. Met Steve at the airport & went back to the hotel looking forward to showing him around and seeing more of the tourist sights myself. We went for dinner at Cabbages and Condoms - a res...