A rocking Christmas and start to the New Year in Bali!!!! We celebrated Christmas staying at the Hard Rock Hotel, situated in Kuta. The hotel had everything to make it an extra special festive period. (Big thanks for our parents for arranging the hotel for Christmas) We arrived in Bali on the 23rd of Dec and spent five days at the resort. It was the first time we had both been away from home over Christmas, so we made sure we kept ourselves busy so we didn't...

The trip to Singapore lasted 3 days, which was enough to get a feel for the place. We enjoyed our stay, the city is very well presented, tough governing of this city state has kept the prostitutes of the streets and the rubbish in the bins!! the city is filled with shopping malls and food outlets, which was cool as it was christmas time and the food was so so good. We stayed in Little India in an awesome hostel which had just opened two months prior. 1...

The certificate reads 'Andrew Brides/Walton has successfully joined our adventure package into Taman Negara, the world's oldest rainforest 125 million years old located in the state of Pahang Dural Makmur of Peninsular Malaysia on the 16th to 18th Dec 2005. ' Thats the second certificate i have been given so far on my travels. My talents are getting awarded all over the place. 1st for my scuba skills and 2nd for my ability to sign up for package deals....

The Krabi Provence is where its all at! The following takes into account our journey through Ao Nang, Phuket, Railey, Ko Phi Phi and Ko Lang. Krabi Town We set off to Krabi Town from Ko Samui. The bus trip was crazy. Somehow they had managed to overfill the bus, so Brides and I had to sit in the isle. So for around 3-4 hours we had to sit on these terrible plastic chairs that killed our ass and offered no comfort whatsoever. To make matters worse my I...

Ko Samui We arrived on Ko Samui island via boat, 1 hour from Ko Phangan. It was pouring down with rain and the seas were a bit wild, leading me to be sick all the way. Embarrasing but we made it. We arrived at the Big Budda pier and checked in at the Shambala hostel for the night. It wasnt a very busy area, but the weather was still bad so we didnt mind just chilling in their relaxing area. The next we set out to a more lively part of the island. ...