Langkawi The heat in Malaysia was almost unbearable and Langkawi wasn't any different. We couldn't wait to put our bags down and go straight to the beach. The beach we stayed in was one of the best so far. It was another peaceful big white sand beach. We spend first two days sunbathing and watching the beautiful sunsets, then we hired a bike and explored the whole island. We went to the main town of Langkawi, called Kuah. Kuah had nothing else much apart from t...

Penang On the island we stayed in the main part called George town. It was a lot different to the rest of Asia we had seen so far. There was a lot of old colonial buildings from the British rule era and the water front reminded me of Plymouth. Further in the town there was a strong Indian minority and so it didn't take us long to sniff out a curry! Ari was persistent in seeing the floating mosque, which after an hours bus ride we got to see, but it wasn't that i...

Kuala Lumpur As soon as we were out the airport you could see the difference. Making our way into the city it seemed so much more organised, tidy and new. The city looked polished with new huge buildings and monorails above. We checked into our hostel which was right in the middle of Chinatown. The first thing we noticed about KL was the amazing street food. Maybe it was partly due to being the month of Ramadan, but there was absolutely loads of delicious food ...