16 July 2009, 4:15pm local time. At Pacific Coffee Company cafe in Singapore using the free internet to get back at them for charging me S$5 for a tea?! Hello and goodbye (tear, tear, sniff, sniff…) from Singapore! We're currently in Singapore, and there are only a few hours left to go before we fly back to London (then to Madrid, and finally to Toronto), and begin to brace ourselves for our return to the "real world". Where the heck have 3....

5 July 2009, 7:30 pm local time. At an internet cafe in Koh Phangan (island off the East coast of Thailand), and I'm covered in red hand marks from slapping myself silly to keep the flies off! They don't seem to be getting the message… grrr! Sawatdee Kaa from me, and Sawatdee Khrab from Daniel! (Yes, 'hello' in Thai has a sex!) Since our last update (which feels like ages ago), we've been in Cambodia, and from there have made our way back to the b...

18 June 2009, 10 pm local time. After two power outages at our hotel, I'm finally able to log back on to the computer and start writing! What's impressive is that the pianist at the hotel bar continued to play undisturbed in the darkness! Salam! A warm and sunny hello from Bali! First things first... HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! This blog is especially dedicated to you, papa bear, so hope you enjoy our tales from Bali! Two weeks in Bali have come and gone in the blink ...

7 June 2009, 7:00 pm local time. All showered after a day on the beach in Bali, and ready to head out for dinner! Salam! Helloooo from Bali! While in Bangkok, Daniel and I decided it was time for a little R&R from our trek! Indonesia wasn't part of the original route, but that's the beauty of planning day-to-day. Everyone we met along the way said Bali was an absolute must for sun and sea worshippers... so we checked ourselves into a lovely hotel in the Nus...

1 June 2009, 8:00 pm local time. In the hotel lobby in Bangkok (just arrived from Beijing), and internet is frustratingly expensive. Luckily we managed to negotiate our way into paying a flat rate for unlimited usage! Lesson of the day: ALWAYS ask the question... you've got a 50% chance of getting a YES! Greetings from swelteringly humid Bangkok! What a day! We were up at 5am this morning to catch our first flight of the day at 7:45am, which was from Beij...