We are in the Philippines now and absolutely love it. We almost missed our flight to Manila because the airline wouldn't let us board without a print out of our flight out of the Philippines. One massive argument later we landed in Manila. We arrived at our hotel, which was hidden behind a massive metal gate and were welcomed by security guards with guns. The next day, we only made it a few blocks before finding a shopping mall and spending most of the day in t...

After leaving Semporna, we got on the bus to Sandakan, 8 hours away. It is never that simple though and 2 hours into the journey the bus completely broke down, so we had yet another fun wait by the roadside for a replacement.Finally, we arrived in Sandakan and the taxi dropped us off at our hotel, which looked like a hospital. We are clearly not the first people to ask about the history of the building as when Paul asked the owner he responded with "it used to be...

We spent the first 4 days in Borneo volunteering for a tropical research and coral conservation project on a tiny island called Pom Pom! The island itself is the definition of paradise - blinding white sand and crystal clear water and very little development. We stayed in tents just next to the beach and showered in the jungle, which surprisingly, we both really liked. It was possible to walk around the entire island in about 40 minutes! The reefs around Pom P...

Whilst in Mui Ne we did a trip up to the sand dunes, which was really fun apart from the locals constantly trying to scam us and my camera breaking. However, we did manage to get some pretty cool photos beforehand. We also found an amazing curry house, which I must say, served up one of the best curries I've ever had! After three days in Mui Ne we jumped onto a sleeper bus and headed up to Hoi An. This is one of our favourite places we've been on the whole tri...

We left Bangkok for Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and were really surprised by how developed it is. We really liked it here, we had some really good food and there is so much to see and do. It has been around 33 degrees most days with humidity levels of 97% so walking around all day has been exhausting. We had one massive storm and we saw a few motorbike accidents from the torrential rain. It doesn't seem to stop the Vietnamese piling 5 people onto a bike though! Ou...