28th May 2007 Forgot to write that yesterday when we had a drink, we had a toast to Grandma as it would have been her 90th birthday yesterday if she were still here. :( Today we slobbed by the pool. Yes, our hostel has a pool! Result! The temperature was baking so a cool swim was lovely! Then this afternoon we came back and had a shower and fully after-sunned as we both had stingy parts of us! Not to mention I got bitten 3 times on the same leg last night! So v...

27th May 2007 Got up, well woken up by a massive storm at about 4am although didnt get much sleep last night. So wasn't in the greatest of moods having to get up at 4.45am, when it was still dark! Having to lug our rucksacks to the bus stop in the rain that was hammering down! Flight on time, arrived in Bangkok local time of 10.30am. Got a taxi to Khao San Road (the main travellers hangout) which cost 450 Baht - around 6 pound and took around an hour. Booked in...

23rd May 2007Arrived in Hong Kong around 3pm and got on the city bus to Causeway Bay which took just over an hour. We drove over the longest suspension bridge in the world which joins Hong Kong island to the mainland. Very hot and humid, and much more English friendly than Japan was. Got dropped off by the bus at our stop and struggled to find our hostel. Luckily a young couple asked us if we needed any help, so he phoned the hostel and took us right there which ...

22nd May 2007 Last night we spent AGES looking for something for tea, wandering about trying to look for Japanese cuisine, that A) looked appetising, B) was cheap enough and C) we knew what it was! But we found nothing of the sort, it all looked revolting and sloppy, which wasnt doing my hunger pangs a favour! So we headed back to Bar 23 where we knew did some Japanese dishes, and we both ordered this noodle dish which had carrot, sweetcorn, ginger, some string...

21st May 2007 After i got off the internet last night, we went down to Bar 23 and got our free drink, and so i thought i'd be brave and try a 'Sake' - the typical Japanese liquor. I think its made with rice, its a bit bizarre but not too bad, have definitely tried worse things! It came in like a little square box and was bigger than a shot - id say a small tumbler in size. Today we got up earlyish for a busy day and lots of walking. We headed down to the subway...