After two nights of staying in Melbourne, I know nothing of my lower bunk sharer other than he sounds like a Dyson at night. I have never before felt such exasperation towards an unknown man. I am once again employing the trick of stuffing my earphones in and drowning out the incessant snoring with quite loud soothing music. Happy bloody Christmas... So I arrived in Melbourne surprisingly late in the afternoon having been on Perth time in the morning. Christmas ...

I could have stayed in Singapore for another day in a hotel, with an extra 400 dollars in my hand, but I was by no means fully awake when this offer was presented to me on check in at 7am. This was after waking up at 5am, whilst another bloke woke two new girls in my dorm with the harsh main light. We were both headed to the airport. I apologised and disappeared as he was clearly taking his time... In my haste of the past few days, I hadn't actually contacted Da...

If there was one city on my trip where everything was a bit of a blur, it'd probably be KL. I was in and out like a shot, it seemed. Having said that, I actually spent a fair amount of time there... I arrived by coach in early afternoon and found the hostel fairly quickly. I then pored over some travel docs to get inspiration and unloaded my dirty laundry at the hostel reception. Went immediately to a bus station to book tickets to Singapore and the only one ava...

Penang is one of those cities that starts out rather unimpressively, but as you stay, you realise there's a lot more life and soul in the place that you took for granted. There is a strange mix of old colonial buildings, mosques, modern shopping centres, run-down townhouses and other buildings of different cultural flavours. It's impressive just to look up at the streets and see all the different architectures that make up the terraces. My trip to Penang started...

Today I can reveal to you how Thailand's transport system works, or in this case, how it doesn't work. I got myself a lovely pancake breakfast and noted that Beebee was still around. I was then given a lift with my bags via motorbike to Pattaya Beach via Sunset Beach, which was exactly what I needed with a still very sunburnt back! The speedboat had me back in Pak Bara by 10:30am, then I waited for hours for a minibus to Hat Yai. Eventually I left on the back of...