Sunday 3rd October The day was mainly spent getting ready to leave Singapore. We booked our flights, hotel and spent most of the day sat in the launderette watching our clothes spin round and round. We ventured after to sample some of the local dim sum which was very good but not a bit vegetarian. Luckily they managed to rustle up TJ some egg fried rice after lots of pointing and hand gestures... Not everyone in Singapore speaks English! That evening we'd plann...

Wednesday 29th September We were woken by Lin on the phone telling us to get ready as she and her mum were taking us to her health club for a swim and chillax in the jacuzzi. We had planned to see Lin but not until the evening, it was party day, Wednesday night was cheese night in Singapore... We were going to make the most of it! It was a wonderful surprise to head out early and was great to meet Lin's Mum who was lovely just as you'd expect. Again it was a fin...

Tuesday 28th September Lin picked us up early in the afternoon for a trip out to Sentosa, an island just off Singapore dedicated to theme parks and plush homes. Again the weather was humid and hot but this time the sun shone brightly and it was a relief to be in Lin's air-conditioned car again. It didn't take long before we were driving over the bridge towards the island and before long we were surrounded by million dollar houses that looked like they had been l...

Monday 27th September Another late, late morning... Well more afternoon. We decided to hit the recommended Orchard Road, think Oxford Street but much wider, nicer and less chavey. The weather was still stifling but the skies were full of grey clouds and not long after we had left the hotel it had begun raining. Once stepping off the tube we were immediately greeted by the cool air-conditioning of the attached malls with many a Singaporean shopping the day away....

Wow we are behind in the blog, around one month has passed since we were in Singapore and seems like yesterday since we were there but when I think about everything we have done... I really must get writing! Anyway for those of you wondering where we are right now we are currently on an overnight train heading from Hanoi in Vietnam to Guilin in China. Yes we are four countries behind but we have been seeing and doing far too much to be writing... That and Asia ha...