After crossing the border by bus and doing the normal border formalities I jumped on another bus from the Malaysian border going to the capital Kuala Lumpa. 5 hours later I had arrived at the capitals bus station and jumped in a taxi to my backpackers. I was staying in the city centre and explored the city by foot. Kuala Lumpa is a pretty modern city with everything you really need. The city has a number of large shopping malls and good rail connection so getti...

After flying in from Fiji I landed in at Singapore airport and caught a few tube trains to my backpackers the Inn Crowd in little India. I spent 2 days in Singapore wandering around and taking in the sights. Singapore is a very modern city and has everything you need, although there is not much to see in terms of attractions there is enough to keep you occupied for 2 days or so. Along with the shops there is a nice harbour boat tour that I did that took me ar...

Whilst working in Fiji I had to go and work for a month in Tonga to look after some volunteers as Madventurer had projects there as well. When I was leaving to go to Tonga I flew from Suva airport rather than Nadi which was nice as it was just a short 20 mins drive. When I arrived at the airport I checked in and after I checked in and got my ticket I soon realised that I had picked up the wrong passport. I picked up Mandy my co workers passport. Mandy had long ...

My first time working overseas within the voluntary sector was when I went to work in Fiji for Madventurer. I landed in Nadi and was picked up by my college Mandy who took me to the volunteer house in Suva which is the capital of Fiji and was on the other side of the island. The trip is only 3 hours by mini bus but was a really beautiful trip along the coast of Fiji, I did the trip many times in my 4 months in Fiji . The volunteer house we had was situated in...

During my year in the states I went to Boston a couple of times first time was with my parents and sisters and the second time was when Matt came to visit me. We went to stay at Boston College with my friend Melissa who I worked with at the country club, she was a student at the university. We were staying in the college halls of residence at her boyfriends flat which was really nice and modern. During our time in Boston we headed out to a few college parties...