Langkawi, a beach island, SUPER HOT and best of all pretty damn quiet. After a three hour boat journey from Penang (watching the 'Ahem' masterful 'Step Up 3') we took a taxi to the backpackers area and found the cheapest and nearest hotel we could find. To be honest, it could have cost and arm and a leg as when you're carrying (almost) 20kg backpacks in 35◦C heat, you lose the will to live. Its peak season so we were a little nervous but found a beach bungal...

Penang, the 'Pearl of the Orient', UNESCO Heritage site and food capital of Malaysia. They forgot to mention it's full of dirty men that stare at your 'assets' at every opportunity. Chinatown, it had pretty lanterns but no people. It was like a ghost town. The restaurants are only open for three hours (12-3). There are a lot of cute old people scattered around who may drop dead at any moment but they always have a smile on their face except when it's wide open ...

Koh Phi Phi, Paradise ;) After a 90 minute journey in a freezer, I mean boat, we arrived at the pier and where greeted with the usual Hotel heckles. Princess Hotel, it looked like someone had thrown up in our room and wiped it all on the walls then gave birth on top of it but it was on the beach so we could live with that. So it was straight in the swimwear and on the beach to melt away or in Lana's case get even more red. In the evening we headed out to a Mexi...

Go Go dancers, poles and ping pongs. What more is there to Phuket? Well. A little bit more, but not much. Let's start off with the journey. We left our hotel at 6.30am. We were supposed to arrive in Phuket at 3.30pm. Did we? Hell no!! We get there at 9pm. At least we were lucky enough to get a seat on the coach. Some poor souls had to stand in the aisle. We eventually arrive in Phuket Town and manage to find ourselves a hotel for the night. We haven't eaten all...

In order for one to really appreciate New Year one must be prepared. First step Half Moon party. A tuk tuk drive into the darkness of the jungle and we are wondering 'where the hell are we' but off in the distance we can hear the bass kicking in and neon lights lighting up the sky. After paying an inflated entrance ticket price, the entrance is lined with neon stalls and body painting artists. The centre is filled with UV lights and artwork, visual projectors a...