Laos - definitely my favourite Asian country. It is totally different from the other 3 we went to - none of the hecticness (is that a word?) of Thailand and Vietnam, and with a seemingly much better infrastructure than Cambodia. It has such a relaxed feel to it and is as yet unspoilt by tourism although I'm sure that will change soon enough unfortunately. We spent most of our time there just kicking back our heels in the relaxing towns. Since we left Hoi An ...

Our journey from Cambodia to Vietnam was quite symbolic of the difference between the two countries - we left Phnom Penh in Cambodia in a knackered, dirty old school bus which broke down after an hour or so and crawled the rest of the way at 20 mph with smoke billowing out of the engine and someone throwing water on it from time to time to cool it down.. At the border we crossed on foot into Vietnam where we were picked up by a spanking new, airconditioned minbus...

We have just had 2 brilliant weeks in Cambodia which is such an amazing country. Sam arrived to meet us in Phnom Penh (the capital) on the morning of 19th as Julia & I were making our way there from the Phi Phi Islands - not a journey I would repeat in a hurry as we actually had to set off earlier than he did from England to get there on the same day! The final stretch of the journey from the Cambodian border to Phnom Penh introduced us to the infamous Cambodian ...

Julia and I had a very excitable reunion in Bangkok airport on 4th Sept and barely drew breath for the first 48 hours as we caught up on all the gossip from home and the trip. Thankfully we are now more or less up to date and can spend minutes at a time not talking! We had a couple of days in Bangkok which is quite a crazy place. It is that much more touristy than Central America and the area we were staying was very hectic. Lots of you have probably been to...

I have just arrived in Singapore and am currently in between travel partners! Sarah has now gone to Melbourne and I am meeting Julia in Bangkok in a couple of days. It feels very odd not to have Sarah with me as we have spent every minute in each others company for the last 3 months!! We have had quite a relaxed time since Guatemala. We spent a week in Belize where we went straight to the Cayes - islands off the mainland surrounded by reef. Belize is so differe...