Category: South East Asia

Singapore

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  Part 1: We flew to Singapore with Jetstar, a really good budget airline in Asia. On arrival we were instantly happy – it was organised, cosmopolitan and very friendly! We took the subway to our hostel, found it no problem and checked into our dorm. Singapore is a complete mix of cultures and ethnicities which appealed to us instantly. After sorting through our stuff we headed downstairs and were basically forced to drink beer by the hostel owner to celebrate the upcoming National Day! We met a nice couple from Italy who gave us loads of tips for Tioman Continue Reading →

Malaysia

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  Kuala Lumpur We arrived at KL Sentral Station and then got totally confused by their transport systems. They have subway, monorial, komuter trains and others – of course the sign posting was pretty useless – so it took us a while to locate the line we needed. We found our hostel straight away and checked in. It was quite a nice place with unlimited supply of coffee and toast which is a nice touch when you’re skint like us!

Cambodia

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  Siem Reap Laura: We awoke at 6 am to catch the bus to Siem Reap in Cambodia, an 18 hour journey with border crossings. In typical fashion the bus failed to depart on time and the driver wasted a further hour by stopping for gas, buying bbq chicken and getting his wind screen washed! Buses in South East Asia are good quality, all air conditioned and pretty cheap HOWEVER, they are completely disorganised which surprised us a lot considering the amount of tourists who come here. After about 3 hours we arrived at the 4000 islands to collect the Continue Reading →

Laos

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  Luang Prabang Ahmad: After heading back to Kunming, we spent a couple of days relaxing, doing a little shopping (no H&M in Laos or Cambodia) and generally building ourselves up to deal with some bargaining again (I didn’t enjoy it in India, and I don’t enjoy it now). We had booked a sleeper bus from Kunming, China to Luang Prabang, Laos, a 28 hour journey, though it did have sleeper beds. After speaking to the hostel (who arranged our bus tickets) we got onto a local bus to the bus station, the hostel told us to get off at Continue Reading →