Slightly more detailed itinerary...

Dec 14: fly BNE -> Singapore, O/night train to KL, Malaysia
Dec 15 - 18: KL, Malaysia
Dec 18: O/night train to Singapore
Dec 19: Singapore
Dec 20: fly Singapore -> Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Dec 21&22: Vietnam/Ho Chi Minh area
Dec 23 - Jan 12: Cambodia
Jan 13 - Jan 26: Laos
Jan 27 - Feb 7: Vietnam
Feb 7: fly Ho Chi Minh -> Bangkok
Feb 7 - 15: Thailand
Feb 15/16: fly Phuket -> Singapore -> BNE

FYI

This is a **very** rough guide to where we're heading in SE Asia, my scribbling is not at all accurate, but you get the idea.

Starting in Ho Chi Minh City, heading clockwise around Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam before flying to Bangkok and down to Phuket for some R&R before we fly home again.

Prior to Ho Chi Minh City we'll have flown into Singapore, o/night trained up to Kuala Lumpur for a few days, back down to Singapore, and then have flown from Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City.

We're not having a set itinerary, but rather a rough idea of the places we'd like to see along the way so that we're not 'locked in' to staying places we might not necessarily enjoy, and so that we can spend longer in places that we do really enjoy! The only things set in stone are our flights from Brisbane -> Singapore, train from Singapore -> KL & back, flight from Singapore -> Ho Chi Minh City, the flight from Ho Chi Minh City -> Bangkok, and then from Phuket -> Singapore -> Home.

17 days to go!

Yay for Vaccinations!

I've had to get a LOT of vaccines for our upcoming trip to South-East Asia, which I'm not at all happy about considering how much I really really do not like needles (*shudder*). Right now though, after my 2nd Rabies shot yesterday, I've only got 2 more injections to get before we leave!

So far I've had 2/3 of Hep A/B vaccine, 2/3 of Rabies vaccine, a Tetanus vaccine, and a Typhoid vaccine (I liked that one because I got to take it orally, rather than getting jabbed!).

I've also got to take an oral cholera vaccine before I go, and I've got anti-malaria tablets to take with me.

By the time I'm done I'm going to just be one big walking vaccination!!

My 2nd Rabies injection yesterday was really strange! After getting the needle, my arm started 'buzzing'... it felt like it was vibrating... but above the skin.. it's hard to describe the sensation, but it was very, very weird! And when I put my hand over the injection area where it was 'buzzing'... other parts of my arm starting 'buzzing'! WEIRD! Plus I also broke out in red blotches on my chest that faded after a couple of minutes (along with the 'buzzing') but which have since come back off and on since yesterday! The other strange thing about it is that none of this happened with my first dose of the vaccination!

I'm still deciding whether or not to get the Swine Flu vaccine which is free from the local clinic. On one hand, I've been told I probably don't need it for South-East Asia and it also means yet another vaccination (plus maybe I'm paranoid but I really don't like 'new' vaccines)... on the other hand everyone at the clinic thinks I should get it, and I really don't want to get sick overseas... hmm....