Our travels from Langkawi in Malaysia to Koh Samui in Thailand served as a reminder that long multi-change journeys in south east Asia are rarely straight forward. The 29 hour trip we booked included 10 separate modes of transport. Leaving Langkawi was easy- a quick taxi and ferry to Thailand....but it was there that the fun began. Getting to the bus station involved a quick jeep ride followed by a local bus which travelled at around 15kph and stopped every 50 m...

We arrived in Penang to a nice chilled hostel (apart from an angry bald American man who referred to us as 'the drunk brits' and a dog sized rat!). The first night we went to another food market, which was actually pretty rubbish. The weather was a bit hit and miss but we did manage to get the sky train up to Penang Hill, which has amazing views over the island. Penang is probably our least favourite place we've been as there's not a lot to do. We have however g...

Only a small update as we have spent our time doing absolutely NOTHING! We made our way up to the Perhentians from Melaka on a freezing cold night bus and arrived at the port of Kuala Besut just in time for breakfast - raw pancakes (however this was explained by the chef who told us she was 'new to cooking'). We then got on a speed boat across to Perhentian Kecil where we spent our time lazing around on the beach and snorkelling with turtles and reef sharks. Th...

We arrived in Singapore to meet Shona and Joe on the day of the F1 grand prix. Although we arrived too late to watch it, we got to walk the track the following day which was awesome! Next stop was Tioman Island where we relaxed on a secluded beach for 4 days. One of the days we did a jungle trek to Monkey Beach where a monkey pounced and stole our coconut while we were sunning ourselves! From there we caught a bus to Melaka on the west coast where we have jus...

We arrived in Phnom Penh after 34 hours of travelling and immediately got stuck into the amazing food and $0.50 beer!! We did a fair bit of sightseeing around the city and a visit to the killing fields and S21 prison which was very difficult to take in! We've spent the last 3 days in Siem Reap either chilling at our amazing (and very very cheap) hotel or exploring Angkor Wat. We got to Angkor Wat around 5am to see the sunrise, which was incredible! Cambodia is...