After being dropped off for all we could fathom in the middle of some Singapore suburb by our bus to KL we asked directions to the nearest MRT (Mass Rapid Transit - the tube!) and then followed our directions to our hostel. Many hostels had been booked up by the time we had got round to it so we ended up in a pleasant if slightly crowded 30 bed doom! We spent the first couple of days touring shopping malls and Orchard Road for a replacement camera and iPod and wa...

Our arrival in Kuala Lumpur was a bit of a shock to the system after the laid back attitude and cool temperatures of the Cameron Highlands! We managed to get our directions to our hostel completely wrong, and spent a fair while wandering in circles around it in the heat of the day, with our backpacks weighing us down. We eventually made it, and in no mood for being ripped off we managed to stop the guy on the desk charging us extra! We were staying in the Gold...

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...