On the morning of the 16th we landed in Darwin and transferred to Cairns via Australian Immigration who confiscated the packed lunch we'd cleverly decided to bring from Asia. 2 bags of fresh fruit, yoghurts and sandwiches all gone! Fortunately they didn't find our drugs or firearms so it wasn't all bad news. The weather was incredible when we arrived in Cairns so we headed for the beach. For the entire summer the sea here is full of deadly box jellyfish and s...

Another early morning train took us to Singapore on the 13th. This was the cleanest and most orderly city we have seen - especially strange as it was still in Asia!!! Our hostel was brand new and everything was immaculate - a welcome bit of luxury. After checking in it was time to get some food. As we were staying in the Little India area of the city we found a restaurant serving a typical British dish...Tikka Masala. We hadn't quite realised how much we'd m...

After the Phi Phi tour we spent a couple of pretty low key days in Krabi, mainly due to the weather. On the 9th we left on an early morning bus to Hat Yai where we boarded the sleeper train to Kuala Lumpur. It was quite a strange experience as we both had top bunks and spent the entuire journey lying against the roof of the train! We arrived in KL at 5am and after a quick monorail ride found our hostel. The reception wasn't due to open until 8:30 so we spent ...

We arrived in Phuket on a beautiful, warm and sunny evening.This was much appreciated after the rain in Samui!We were staying in Karon Café, which was surprisingly nice considering how cheap it was.We even got a fridge which we filled with cans of Singha on the first night! Unfortunately on the second day the rain found us again so we went across to a bigger resort affiliated to our hotel to make use of their rooftop pool and sunloungers…in the rain.This wa...

Our first couple of days on Samui were spent negotiating our way past street sellers (and beach sellers) who were offering an endless array of tat. Considering the number of shops it was strange to see the lack of choice available, with every row of three shops a carbon copy of the next. We booked on to an island tour to visit all 6 of Samui's attractions. The first stop was Plai Laem Temple - a tacky Samui shrine that looked more like a crazy golf course than...