My friend had to return to England at that point, so she flew out from Ko Samui and I got the ‘VIP’ 24 hour bus to Bangkok – not exactly [ ... ]
We crossed the border to Thailand at Satun, via an hour-long ferry trip from Langkawi island in Malaysia. I had a spot of trouble at the border as [ ... ]
I crossed the border into Malaysia by bus from Singapore. The first stop was the historic port of Malacca, and whilst it’s not the most exciting place I [ ... ]
I arrived in Singapore feeling refreshed after a very short flight from Bali, it was reassuring to feel like we were back to civilisation again too. I stayed at [ ... ]
Bali marked the half way point for my globetrotting, and my entrance into Asia. After several months of comfort in New Zealand and Australia we flew from Perth to [ ... ]
From Cairns, it was back on a plane to fly across the country to Perth where I had two weeks staying with my friend’s family. As a backpacker in the [ ... ]
I landed in Australia in Sydney, two weeks before Christmas, and spent a few weeks there, enjoying standing still for a while and making the most of the celebrations. [ ... ]
Although not quite of the style we were used to in Fiji, hopping between the islands in New Zealand is very easy. There are regular Interislander ferries throughout the day, [ ... ]
New Zealand was only a short hop from Fiji. We flew into Auckland for a long weekend to book our Stray bus tour around the country. I would have [ ... ]
We decided to kickstart our seven months of backpacking hardship gently, so rather than heading to the chaos of Asia and work our way out, we opted to an island [ ... ]
