Hello everyone, I cannot believe we are into week seven of the trip now- time is flying by. We have spent the past four days back in Kuala Lumpur, before heading to the Cameron Highlands tomorrow. Helen's parents arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday afternoon and as they only really had one day here we devised a whistle stop tour of the city for them. We managed to cram KLCC, the Petronas Towers, Bintang, Chinatown, the Batu Caves, and the Colonial Dis...

Hello everyone, We have spent the last three days in Kuala Lumpur and are planning to get the bus to Melaka on the West Coast tomorrow. On Sunday we got up bright and early to get the bus from Penang to KL (5am to be precise). The coach turned out to be extremely luxurious with foot rests and properly reclining seats so we slept most of the way back. We checked into the Number 8. Guesthouse in Bintang and realised that we had landed on our feet. The ...

Hello everyone, Well we have been very busy since I last wrote. On Thursday afternoon we decided to go to Midvalley, a shopping centre in KL that we'd been told about. Little did we know that it is actually Asia's biggest shopping mall and as it was a bank holiday I would guess that it was Asia's busiest shopping mall. The train there was packed, as was the one home, and Helen lost a shoe down the side of the train onto the tracks in the rush! It was a r...

Hello everyone, Today is a bank holiday in Malaysia - although we didn't find out until yesterday! - as it is their Independence Day to celebrate their independence from Britain. So we have come into Central KL (KLCC) to see all the flags and stalls. The week at the hospital has been going well and we will be sad to leave. Last night we went to the longest night market in KL, which is over 1 km in length and was so busy that you literally couldn't m...

Hello everyone, Well I hope you all enjoyed your bank holiday weekend back home. I've had a lovely weekend here... On Saturday we got the bus from Little India in KL to Orang Asli, a museum about 25km north of KL. I haven't really seen much of little India yet but it was really vibrant with loud Indian music playing out into the street and lots of people dressed in traditional saris and buddhist robes. The bus trip was possibly my favourite part of the ...