Orchid Lodge in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia We intended to stay at a different hostel when we arrived in Tanah Rata in Cameron Highlands: CH Travellers Inn http://chtravellersinn.com/. They do dorms for 25 RM per person and were one of the recommended...
Taman Negara – National Park of Malaysia
After our visit to the Perhentian Islands we decided to do something completely different and visit a forest. This could have been driven by the fact we both got sunburnt on the islands (“I don’t burn, anyway it’s overcast” – Serena...
Perhentian Islands – Diving, Exploring and Chilling
This is our guide to this tropical paradise – The Perhentian Islands Clear skies and warm crystal blue waters. Diving is a must here! The Perhentian Islands (Pulau Perhentian) are situated on the North East coast of Malaysia. Two inhabited...
PADI Open Water Course in Perhentian Islands
PADI Open Water Course in Perhentian Islands, Malaysia. During our time in the Perhentian Islands I have been doing my PADI Open Water Scuba Diving course. We decided to do this at the start of the course so that...
Goodbye England – See You in 7 months!
The time has finally come where we don both our backpacks and begin our adventure. The 1st of April has finally come! We are sat in the airport waiting for our first flight to Kuala Lumpur, The last week has...
Pre-Departure Travel Checklist
To everyone who is going backpacking or travelling for an extended period of time, there is so much to do beforehand: 1. You need backup plans if things go wrong (touch wood!). This involves providing someone at home with...
What’s in my Travel Backpack? My Packing List + VIDEO!
One week left before I venture off to Southeast Asia for 7 months and after 3 repacks, reshuffling and decanting, removing and reducing I have finally packed my backpack!! I am so happy 🙂 I’m a girl so naturally I...
3 Quick Steps to Get Your Travel Vaccinations
This is something I have been thinking about back in December 2014. I wanted to give myself enough time to be organised and get all the travel vaccinations. However there was the looming question of what vaccinations did I...
Help Us Pick Our New Blog Logo
We have been wanting to change our logo for a while now and finally a big shout out to Leanne, Andrew’s friend with helping us come up with some good ideas! We’ve played around with some colours, fonts and various...
Week Minus 5 – Things on My Mind
5 weeks until we jet of on our adventure and it’s all starting to become real. The more I research places I want to visit all I see is pretty pictures, awesome food and scenery left, right and center. It’s even...