Asia best & worst

Favourite country visited so far

Nikki: Vietnam
Mark: Laos

China

Highs: Food, Beijing night market, Qingdao street markets, Beijing aquarium, Xi'an fountain show.
Lows: People, public transport (because of the people), language barrier, lack of hygiene, Yichang - crazy shouting woman

Nikki
Best: Xi'an fountain show, Beijing (arrival), food markets.
Worst: People, rudeness, unpredictable food, dirty

Mark
Best: Olympics, 3 Gorges, hot pot
Worst: Poverty, pollution, lots of tiredness, Yichang shouty woman

Best Accomodation: Sim's Cozy hostel, Chengdu

Best City: Beijing overall, Qingdao for Nikki (because it's next to the sea, I missed the sea...), Chengdu for Mark (because it was cleaner than the average Chinese city and more laid back atmosphere)

Japan

Highs: Train service, Hiroshima & Miyajima, O'torii gate park in Kyoto
Lows: Expense, 22 bed dorm in Kyoto, Shimonoseki, temple fever - excessive temples in Kyoto

Nikki
Best: Birthday day & night, Himeji bike riding
Worst: Expense, noisey, inconciderate people in the 22 bed dorm, the creepy man hotel owner in Shimonoseki

Mark
Best: Okonomiyaki, Climbing Mt. Fuji, Himeji bike riding
Worst: Expense

Best Accomodation: Comfort Inn, Hiroshima

Best City: Hiroshima, for all involved

Hong Kong (& Macau)

Highs: Ferry harbour ride, The Peak, Ngong Ping 360 cable car ride, Bank of China tower 47th floor
Lows: "Buy copy watch" men, Kowloon road, accomodation in Chungking mansions.

Nikki
Best: Everyone speaking English, bookshops, cable car ride to Ngong Ping 360
Worst: Accomodation, "Copy watch/bag/suit" men, bustelling market

Mark
Best: Harbour ferry, dumpling dinner
Worst: Kowloon area, accomodation

Best city: Hong Kong island

Vietnam

Highs: beaches, Hue tour, swimming pools, bus ticket, being a millionaire
Lows: Food, bus journeys, crossing the road in Ho Chi Minh

Nikki
Best: Mui Ne, Cheeky Chappies, monsson downpours, cocktail "bucket"
Worst: Poo food, tourist route, DMZ tour, tailors

Mark
Best: Dragon fruit plantations, coffee, motor bike riding
Worst: Bus to Laos

Best accommodation: Perfume Grass Inn, Nha Trang
Best City: Hoi An

Laos

Highs: Elephants, relaxed atmosphere & people, Vang Vieng, sandwich ladies
Lows: roads, buses

Nikki
Best: Waterfalls & elephant bathing
Worst: COLD showers, end of tubing - losing a flip flop

Mark
Best: Don Det, waterfalls, people
Worst: banks/ATMs, ladyboys in Vientianne

Best accommodation: Vientianne, the posh one
Best City: Luang Prabang

Cambodia

Highs: Wats, Volcanic pool, killing fields
Lows, Time constraints, rushed, tired, red dust

Nikki
Best: Ban Lung - volcanic pool & riding about
Worst: Being tired, twisted ankle

Mark
Best: Ban Lung riding
Worst: Lack of time

Best accommodation: place in Siem Reap
Best city: Ban Lung

Thailand

Highs: Snorkelling, walking on the sand spit in Koh Pha Ngan
Lows: Dodgy people, tourism, 7/11 takeover, sex industry, visa rule change, expensive/crappy accommodation during christmas & new year

Nikki
Best: snorkelling, motorbike riding
Worst: Country felt ruined, high expectations, bag broken into on bus

Mark
Best: Andaman sea
Worst; Pat pong, Mass tourism

Best accommodation: J&J's on Karon beach
Worst accommodation: Loyfa Bungalows
Best city: Thong Sala (food market)
Worst city: Phuket/Surat Thani

Malaysia (& Singapore)

Highs: Scuba diving, East Marine divers, people
Lows: Kuala Lumpur accomodation, expensive Singapore

Nikki
Best: Lion fish spotting, Zul from East Marine Divers
Worst: weight belt excercise underwater, crazy woman at Langkawi accommodation, Kuala Lumpur accommodation

Mark
Best: boxfish spotting, Langkawi coastal road, waterfall sliding
Worst: Kuala Lumpur expectations, time shortage

Best accommodation: Sweet Inn
Best City: Langkawi