Bangkok is a hot stuffy city at the best of times so the first thing to do when we arrived at the hostel was to have a shower and change into shorts... quickly. Incidently, We stayed at what I imagine to be the best hostel in Bangkok and maybe the whole of Thailand. Situated in Soi 1 and run by a cool American, named Dave, who hasn't really grown out of his 20's (but is 48 i believe) it is close to any club or bar you may wish to go to and a short tuk tuk drive a...

Hong Kong is a massive, over-populated city with too much to do in two weeks. We tried our best to fit everything in but as we were staying with people we knew (Lisa's family), there was even more they wanted us to do. One of the first things we did was visit Lamma Island, This is nice place to walk around with good views and a relativly nice beach would you believe. Also my first taste of some food to come... tip of the iceberg. On reflection coming here was ...

Osaka - Much like Tokyo but smaller. We had an awesome nights karaoke, the Japanese love a bit of karaoke (pronounced kah rah oh kay, otherwise they don't understand). Other than that we visited a few markets went to more of those hectic disgustingly loud amusements then left for Kyoto.Kyoto - Lovely city, more touristy than Tokyo and Osaka. Visited a lot of temples, the Golden Temple is very impressive, although just as long was spent looking at the carp in the ...

On Arrival - We quickly picked up on things that are important in everyday Japanese life; Firstly, bottles of drink that look like refreshing apple juice are actually something more disgusting and not at all refreshing. Aviod. Secondly, if you bow at someone, they are more than likely going to bow back at you, starting a fierce bowing fued. Much fun is still to be had.Asakusa - The district of Tokyo in which we stayed. Some nice temples just around the corner fro...