Hello! We have been in Borneo for the last 10 days or so and have had a very full time! After a couple of days in Kota Kinabalu by ourselves we met up with our tour group on the 31st dec. That night we all got to know each other over several beers at a bar and celebrated new years eve together. The next morning was a bit of struggle when our alarm failed to wake us and we had less than 5minutes to pack the bag and be on the bus, whilst supporting bad headaches!O...

Hello! Merry Christmas!! We are currently in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo. The past couple of weeks have been a very different festive period to what we are used to... After leaving Ko Lipe in Thailand, we island hopped into Malaysia and spent our first two nights in Georgetown. Although the town itself was pretty grotty and awash with transvestite prostitutes, we had a great time with the locals who owned our hotel. Our last night there involved Malaysian ...

Hello! We are sadly coming to the end of our short time in Thailand but we have had an excellent time here. We flew into Phuket from Ho Chi Minh City and stayed in Phuket Town for a day before heading to Ko Phi Phi. Whilst in Phuket we were delighted to come accross a Blue Elephant Restaurant, the London equivilent being Simon's favourite place to eat in England. Despite being on a budget, we felt unable to resist splurging on the supurb food there for an eveni...

Hello! We are in Ho chi Minh City at the airport waiting for our flight to Thailand. We have spent a very exciting and enjoyable 2 weeks in Vietnam. After seeing Cat Ba Island and Ha Long Bay we flew south to Hue where we visited the Citadel which still had many ruined buildings which have not been repaired from the war. We also visited the market in the city which was the biggest market either of us had ever seen. From Hue we went to Hoi An down the coast. The w...

Hello! We have had a very adventurous last couple of days staying on Cat Ba Island, the largest island in the magical Ha Long Bay. Our trip here from Hanoi was relatively easy. We took two buses and a boat and arrived just after sunset, checking into a little family run hotel opposite the pier for $8 a night. On our first full day we rented a scooter and set about exploring the island. The roads, for the most part, were surprisingly smooth and only once did we h...