10/12/2009The journey into Singapore was easy and comfortable, as was the border crossing despite it being 3am.We were dropped at a bus stop around 4:30am but reception our hostel didnt open until 8 so we hung around the bus stop chatting with a couple of women we had met on the journey and who were staying at the same hostel. The sun came up and the hours rolled past until we were allowed into the hostel so we all shared a taxi.They let us in and also let us hav...

07/12/2009After a scenic and extremely comfortable coach journey on what turned out to be a first class massage coach, even though it was the cheapest option, we arrived at around 5pm into the manic rush hour of Malaysia's Capital city - Kuala Lumpur. We got dumped off the coach by the side of a main road, not knowing exactly where we were so jumped in a taxi and taken to China Town. After having the taxi driver rip us off, charging us 15RM to take us 5 mins down...

4/12/2009 A fairly comfortable 4 hour ferry journey south and we arrived at the port town of Georgetown. The first thing we could see as we approached were the skyscrapers, showing how this really was Malaysia's second largest city. After consulting our rough guide we headed for the backpacker area on Lebuh Chulia on the border of Little India, insearch of cheap, comfortable accommodation. We found a nice place called Stardust that was set above a nice small ca...

01/12/2009 Finally reaching Malaysia and the Island of Langkawi after a days travelling on buses and boats we docked at the main port and got our passports stamped. It immediately felt different from Thailand, more western. We were greeted by a massive Starbucks and KFC and a calm taxi rank - no screaming tuk tuk drivers insight! We managed to share our taxi with a German girl we met on the boat ride over so that saved us a few pence and headed to the beach reso...

With Koh Lanta being our only escape route out of Phuket we knew we were only going to be here one night due to our tight schedule. Eager to make the most of it we got off the ferry and was attacked but a hord of tuk tuk drivers and hostel owners begging you to go with them. In the end we chose a lady that ran a hostel called home garden right on the beach. Arriving there in what can only be described as a motorbike sidecar we were pleased to see a good swimmin...