After two weeks of luxury it was time to be backpackers again!! This proved a little difficult, as after arriving in Kuta airport we dropped off our bags and headed straight to the nearest Italian! This was followed by hiring surf boards and hitting the beach! It didn't end there, we treated ourselves to a drink at a really cool bar overlooking the sea and pie and chips on the way home! Although after two nights it was off to Ubud to work, for free accommodation!...

So it's the 26th July, and we have landed in Kuala Lumpur. We opted for one night in the city before heading north to the island of Penang, although after checking into a hostel, up there with the worst of the trip we kind of wished we hadn't. It's surprising, how well we dealt with sleeping in such squalor. It was the kind of night where I wrap myself in a sleeping bag, not to touch the sheets and politely skip breakfast which looked vile. We checked out China t...

Blog 8 Cambodia It's the 1st of July and we have arrived in Cambodia, first stop the capital city phenom penh. The bus journey from Ho Chi Min took 6 hours with a lengthy stop in immigration to be granted a visa into the country. Despite being an adjacent country to Vietnam within the first half hour we could see the differences. It was the end of the working day and hundreds of locals were heading into the city piling into the open back trucks, it was quite a...

It's the 31st May and we have arrived in Ho Chi Min City aka HCMC. Immigration was interesting and lengthy, which resulted in our backpacks being abandoned in the airport. After a local bus ride and avoiding the tuk tuk Mafia we decided to walk to our hotel. 5 minutes in melting from the heat we stopped at the first hotel we found, ditching the one as planned. A good bit of negotiation got a great price for a luxury room (luxury in the eyes of a backpacker mind)....

North Thailand - Bangkok, Chiang Mai & Pai So it's the 3rd of May and are heading to Thailand. First stop, Bangkok! First words learnt, sawad dee krap (hello). Feeling organised we pre-booked our accommodation. Wow jumped into a taxi and headed into the city. The 'taxi' driver had no idea where the hostel was therefore james became lead scout! Map in hand he got us there in one piece. Being 7.30am having not slept all night we were pretty tired. We were gre...