Our three months backpacking around Asia were a whirlwind of crazy experiences, fantastic food, mesmerising views, mindblowing sunsets, magnificent temples, beautiful beaches and chaotic cities. It’s hard to narrow it down to five highlights, because there was hardly anywhere that I didn’t love; much less disliked. But there were certain highlights, so here are a …
This weekend marks six months since we left the UK – it’s crazy to think about, but it’s made me look back on some of the amazing experiences we’ve had on this trip already. As our Australia trip so far has only been working rather than travelling, I thought I’d do a post focusing on …
We arrived in Australia with a plan. We would wind down in Surfers Paradise for a week while looking for jobs in Brisbane, then in December we’d road trip down to Sydney for Christmas on the beach and New Year at the harbour, before going down further south to Melbourne to work and save up …
And so we were onto our final stop of our incredible travels around South East Asia: the tiny country of Singapore. It was getting real now – we could count down to Australia on one hand and that was exciting. Yet on the other hand, we didn’t want to think about it because we were …
Malaysia is one of the few places on our trip that I didn’t really know a lot about. I didn’t know what to expect from Malaysian food, I hadn’t researched much on what to do in our first stop, Penang, and I had no idea what the prices would be like compared to the super …
Our six weeks in Thailand were full of little surprises that quickly became part of our every day lives. Here are 10 things I learned – both trivial and important. 1. There are 7-Elevens EVERYWHERE Sometimes several in one small street. This is Thailand’s main convenience store and you can do absolutely anything there – a …
Our final two days in Thailand involved a lot of travelling, much to Ash’s annoyance. The reason behind this was that a friend of mine from school is teaching in Thailand, and it seemed silly not to visit him. We had ended up arranging to meet at a beach party he was going to in …
On to one of our final destinations in Thailand: Krabi. Though there isn’t a whole lot to do in the town itself, it’s surrounded by some of the most beautiful places in Thailand and I couldn’t wait to visit. We were sad to leave Koh Lanta for several reasons: our hostel family were so incredibly …
I had been looking forward to Koh Lanta for a long time. It was one of the first places in Thailand to go on our itinerary after reading rave reviews on other blogs, and I was excited to get over to the Andaman coast for the brochure views of Thailand that we hadn’t seen yet. …
We knew we’d love Koh Tao. Before arriving in Asia, it was somewhere we had barely heard of and not really considered visiting, apart from the fact a couple of friends had recommended it. But those friends had recommended it for diving; something I’m not particularly interested in as I have a mild fear of …
