About 10 minutes after we were supposed to be collected by our minibus that was heading to the Cameron Highlands, we started asking questions and found out they had forgotten us! Luckily they hadn't got very far and came back! The 5 hour journey was uneventful, until we ascended into the highlands, where we were surrounded by stunning scenery, similar to how I imagine the Alps to be in summer. The Cameron Highlands are supposed to have the closest climate to Engl...

After a long journey and wait to get through immigration, we eventually made it back into rainy Malaysia and to the province of Penang. We took the ferry to Penang Island and stayed in Georgetown for a couple of nights. We spent the day exploring the town, and since it is famed for good Malay, Indian and Chinese food, we looked for a Chinese to satisfy Andrew's craving for one. Somehow we missed Chinatown completely and ended up at a tasty Indian, where you ate e...

We took the ferry from Koh Lanta to Railay Beach near Krabi. The ferry stopped a 100m or so off the beach and we were collected by a long tail and walked the last few metres with our bags held high out the sea! Was definitely a mission to find accomodation in Railay Beach as the £10 for the cheapest accomodation we ended up paying seemed like extortion to us after the rest of our travelles in South East Asia! More beaches before heading of to Krabi for our b...

After the manicness of PhiPhi, Koh Lanta was a pleasant retreat. We found ourselves a beach hut in a small resort of just 12 and enjoyed a few relaxing days on the beach.

The island where "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio was filmed was a 2 hour ferry ride from Phuket Port (a short taxi from our hostel once we found out where it was!). We arrived to a scrum of hostel owners all wanting us to stay with them and despite there being no vehicles on the island it still seemed to be pretty chaotic with people everywhere! We found somewhere to stay and then hit the beach. More idyllic turquoise waters and white sands. We t...