A holiday in Taiwan The reason we decided to venture to Taiwan was that Gary worked there for a year; in 2007 he completed his industrial placement year for a company called SHL (Scandinavian Heath Limited). He had previously contacted the SHL and they offered us free accommodation. Our stay in Hong Kong was the same as our last encounter expensive, dirty and claustrophobic accommodation. During the morning we left HK We had to change our remaining flights dat...

The year I discovered the Chinese I arrived in Lijiang in Yunnan province in south east China in the late evening. Although Lijiang, the old town is a world heritage site and often referred to as a travelers Mecca most of it has now been built specifically for tourists and thus for me, it lacked authenticity. However, I stay with a traditional Naxi family one of China's 55 minority ethnic groups who are native to the area. Mamma Naxi was very pleasant she sort...

Going Solo in China There is not much to tell about HK. there are double yellow lines on the roads and you can buy a normal pint sized beer and everybody can talk English. For me it was the first built up city with hundreds of sky scrapers. We did see the, famous Hong Kong Skyline Light Show, viewed from across Hong Kong harbor. The skyscrapers are lit with different colours of lights that are synchronized with the music. They do this every night in the name ...

20 days In Vietnam We started Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon), what really fascinates me here is the local attire, I can only describe as what we would call pajamas and they are all patterned in outrageously loud designs. The war remnants museum was very interesting it really shed light of some of the war crimes the Americans committed, especially with the use of 'agent orange', the chemical they used on the northern territories. We then headed down sout...

A stricken Cambodia We were dropped at the border of Cambodia on the back of motor bikes.Feelingstranded we had no choice but to pay for a private taxi to the next town. There aren't many roads so we went straight to the capital, Phnom Penn. I can only explain this city as an anarchic celebration of insanity and indulgence.Mainly the city is famous for the brutal rule of Pol Pot and the horrific Khmer Rouge regime. In short, between 1976 and 1979 the regime was...