We arrived in Hong Kong, and it was a bit of a weather change for us. Going from mid-30’s for the last 3 months or so, to 12 degrees, is not nice! Anyway, we took a bus from the airport to our hotel location. Being Chinese New Year, many of the hotels were double the price, so we ended up paying a lot more. The first night hotel was one of the worst and smallest of the whole trip, but also one of the most expensive. However, a big thanks to Mr and Mrs McCu...

After a day of travelling that involved a taxi, train, plane, taxi, tuk-tuk, ferry and long-tail boat, we finally arrived on Railay Beach, where we arranged to meet up with Mike and Elese again (Tony’s mates who live in Perth). They were in Thailand for a wedding and had a few more days holiday before heading home. Railay beach was an a beautiful setting, although like a lot of the islands, it has been ruined a bit with tourism. Just too many people for a s...

We flew from Bangkok to Hoh Chi Min City (HCMC), in southern Vietnam. It is the second largest city of Vietnam, Hanoi, the capital in the north, being the biggest. I had visions in my mind of just a load of bikes and traffic, and I was not disappointed. It surpassed Bangkok in terms of crazy motorbike riding, the sheer number of them needs to be seen to be believed! It’s amazing that there aren’t more accidents, especially as there are no real traffic law...

We arrived in Bangkok from Phuket. We only had one night booked as we had to get a train at 6am the following day for Cambodia. The one night we did have though, we headed for the famous Khao San road. It’s a bustling street where all the backpackers head for. There are the usual market stalls selling all the usual t-shirts / souvenirs / fake driving licenses etc. We had a quick wander round, a bite to eat and an early night. The journey to Cambodia consi...

We arrived in Phuket by plane from Panang on 23rd December. Unfortunately, Sabina was hit with another 24 hour food bug, and suffered on the flight a little. We were booked into a hotel in the middle of Patong, which is the busiest and biggest resort on the island. The hotel was newly refurbished and a little bit of luxury for us for Christmas. Christmas (and my birthday) was very different to the usual. It was spent on the beach in mid-30 degree heat. The b...