Day 1 We have made it to Australia and the first stop Melbourne. Considered to be the cultural capital of Australia, Melbourne can be best described as a vibrant, modern and stylish city. It is one of the most popular destinations for tourists. I was looking forward to seeing Lindsay, Campbell and Ollie for 5 days and getting back to a civilised way of life!! Lindsay was able to pick us up from the airport when we arrived and took us to her work were we could ...

Next stop on the Bali tour was Nusa Dua, which is known for the nice resorts. Brandon had treated us to 4 nights in the St Regis hotel to celebrate Bobbi and Brandon's 21st birthday in style. We were definitely looked after! They even had an unpacking service - they would have needed some help with my backpack. We had an amazing 4 days enjoying the lagoon pool and delicious morning pancakes and I even managed to ensure Bobbi and Brandon had cake for breakfast, lu...

We arrived to our last stop in Asia, Bali, with transport arranged to pick us up from the airport it was nice and easy finding our villa that would be our home In Ubud for four nights. I used Airbnb and the place was exactly what we needed even if it was a long walk from Ubud centre. Day 1 We spent the morning relaxing and reading up on everything we planned on doing over the next couple of weeks in Bali. In the afternoon we visited the Sacred Monkey Forest. W...

Singapore is a cosmopolitan city and is now one of the world’s leading economic centers in shipping and banking – Singapore is expensive by Southeast Asian standards, with everything costing about double what it does elsewhere in the region. I love this city and think it deserves longer than a couple of days and I hope to return again in the future not on a travellers budget! There’s a lot to do here, some great parks and incredible Chinese and Indian food ...

After being stuck in Hanoi airport for 16hours after our flight to Penang via Kuala Lumpur was delayed we had to cancel our planned trip to Penang. If we made the available connecting flight at 9am the next morning it would have given us less then 24 hours there before making our return journey to meet Bobbi's twin Brandon in Kuala Lumpur on the 20th. Bobbi and I arrived very tired to our hostel in the early hours and slept on their floor until our room was read...