We camped on the road between Te Anu and Milford Sound and got up early to continue with the drive and beat the buses of tourists. The drive was sp…

Since Christchurch wasn't delivering the van or the sun that we were promised we decided to visit a small "charming French town" just South of Chri…

We arrived in Christchurch very late and discovered to our misery that all the accomodation was fully booked and so we joined around 20 other backp…

We got an overnight greyhound bus to melbourne and so pulled in to the city ridiculously early, feeling ridiculously tired and had a whole day of s…

Back on the road of our original plan and we were unstoppable at seeing the sights. We walked around the botanical gardens, harbour and bridge. Saw…

Back in Kuala Lumpar and we revisited the Petronas Towers in the evening to see them all lit up, pritty swish. We were also there at the launch of …

Hat Yai is part of the southern states of thailand that are included in the governments 'Places NOT to go' list. This is because these states have …

Arriving from Phuket to the sleepy and unpronouncable town of Phang nga was a good choice all round. We booked ourselves on a tour of the mangrove …

We were told that Phuket was awful, however nobody tols us how awful. We couldn't afford to stay on Patong Beach, the main beach and so ended up st…

We spent New Years Eve in the company of our neighbours in the hostel and decided to have an aussie BBQ. There are free bbq points along the beach …

A Christmas with sun !! Well it was always going to be a strange day and luckily we made the most of it, we spent the morning openning presents the…

We went snorkelling, wait for it.... on THE GREAT BARRIER REEF!! It was like there was some kind of underwater disco going on, the coral was a vari…

So my travelling companion sneaked in a whole tub of "Extra Chewing Gum" and then told security about it and then got warned that really she should…

The Cameron Highlands sit between 4000 and 5000 ft and are cold and drizzly, it's like being back in Blighty!! We visited a strawberry farm, a hone…

After the awfulness of the full moon party and the terror of Kao Sok it was a welcome return to be back on Ko Lanta, and nice to see familiar faces…

We arrived in Kao Sok as the two tiredest people in the world after a recent burst of constant travelling involving two overnight ferries, where th…

We took an overnight boat from Surat Thanni to Ko Phangnan, arriving the morning of the full moon party. After being on an island paradise full of …

We only meant to stay in Koh Lanta for two nights but because of the sun,the perfect beaches and the amazingly friendly family who ran our guesthou…

So we arrived on Ko Phi Phi by boat from Krabi to a deluge of monsoon rain, we also found that accomodation is EXPENSIVE and much saught aftr but w…

It took a 12 hour bus ride to Vientienne, the capital of Laos. A bus which we were assured was 'VIP' and was worth paying extra for, a bus with no …

Well we ended up staying in Luang Prabang for about a week because it is so beautiful and pritty chilled out. On our first night we climbed up to t…

We arrived in Chaing Khong, the thai border town on the mekong after a 10 hour bus trip on the most uncomfortable bus in the world. it actually had…

Well yesterday saw us visiting Doi Suthep, a temple on top of a mounrtain overlooking Chiang Mai. We got in a songthaew, (a kind of truck with a ro…

This morning we were woken up earlyearlyearly by our tour guide, it was absolutely monsooning it down and we had a quiet breakfast looking out into…

So spent the last two days trekking, absolutely amazing!! We woke up early and joined a french couple from our hostel and were taken to see the lon…

So after a day of sickness possibly from too much chang beer, possibly from taking our malaria tablets we decided that today was the day to hire a …

Sukhothai is very similar to Ayutthaya but a little more lively and without the wierd guesthouse, although this one comes with lots of big bloody r…

SO we got a bus to Ayutthaya, an old Thailand capital, 2 hours north of bangkok and got a tuktuk to a hostel that was a little wierd but cheapcheap…

So Today we went around the grand palace and saw our first Wat (temple) and we hadn't realised it but it was the one with the reclining buddha in, …

Firstly... it's so hot i think i might die !! But other than that thailand has so far been amazing. Have been eating the most amazing food from str…

Leaving Heathrow for Bangkok