We got the biggest comfiest bus ever to Kuala Lumpur. It was definitely the nicest journey yet anyway. Sadly when we arrived in KL finding our hostel was not easy - we seemed to get stuck on one road going round in circles, and when we finally got there it seemed to be shut, until we realized it was up a flight of stairs, phew. We were staying near Petaling street, which is basically Chinatown, which sounds lovely but in reality is a big street with chinese lan...

We finally left Thailand and made our way to Penang, Malaysia, an unexpected stop as all the buses direct to KL were full due to Chinese New Year. Bad timing from us! However it all turned out right in the end as Penang was beautiful and such a relaxed place. We were dropped off at the wrong hostel originally as there are 3 different branches in the city, but Marcel, one of the receptionists at the correct hostel, saved the day and walked over to direct us to t...