Nusa Islands

A trip to Bali should definitely include a trip to the neighbouring islands of Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Ceningan and Nusa Penida! They offer so much and have quite a different vibe from Bali with incredible cliff drop walks and remote and abandoned beaches. DAY 1 After waiting a little while at Kusamba port, we took a fast boat…

Bali

  In the run-up to our backpacking adventure I’d spoken with a few friends about our plans to travel to these incredible Indonesian islands and they didn’t have one bad thing to say about it! Of course sometimes that can backfire with expectations being too high, but not in this case, my experience of Bali…

Singapore

Our first impression of Singapore wasn’t actually that impressive considering it has the most number of billionaires, about 16. We thought it would be a huge contrast compared to Malaysia but it looked very similar, tired and full of half built buildings. The bus took us towards the city and then dropped everyone off on the…

Malaysia

Our first port of call in Malaysia was the island of Langkawi and coming from the island of Koh Li Pe in Thailand there was immediately a difference and everything felt a lot more westernised. Entry into the country was easy and we took a half hour taxi ride to our hostel called Zackry Guest House which was…

Thailand

We arrived in Bangkok and stayed in the River View Guest House which we had seen online. It was being refurbished and most of the building had been completed renovated apart from one or two rooms of which we had one, which meant that although our room was basic, the rest of the place was…

Cambodia

After a very long and wet journey from Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, we arrived in Phnom Penh. The bus stopped on a huge motorway going straight through the city and we could see on our iPhone map that we weren’t far from the hostels, so we managed to cross the road without being hit or pestered…

Vietnam

Vietnam is one of the best countries to visit in Asia, alongside Cambodia. Our entry into Vietnam was by sleeper bus which I found pretty uncomfortable! Now we had done a few border crossings already but mostly at airports (except for Nepal), but this one felt rather different. There were military personnel everywhere and they didn’t…

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one place in the world that I could live. The island has so much to offer and it is so easy and cheap to take ferries to the neighbouring islands and explore. Liam and I arrived and set up base across the harbour from Hong Kong island in an area called Kowloon. The cheaper,…

China

China is a huge country with a fascinating history and some of the most impressive ancient sites but we found the culture itself very difficult! Having been to India we thought we’d tackled the hardest country but China was a lot tougher! Not only due to the written and spoken language barrier but just in…

Nepal

Nepal is a stunning, relaxing and friendly place and after the craziness of India we were indeed ready for something less intense! Liam and I travelled from India into Nepal at the border in Sonauli where we spent the night in a hotel called Paradise Hotel which it most definitely was not! The room was so vile…

India

Now, a word or warning, my experience of India isn’t the most enlightening in a positive way, I certainly had some good experiences but it was the first country my boyfriend, Liam, and I were going to as part of an 18 month world trip and India was tough. We made a wrong choice which meant that…