OK, it is official, we have been rubbish at doing the blog lately. Infact, I (Lucy) am now writing about Cairns, which we arrived in exactly one month ago, oops. Anyway, after a quick stop in Darwin we arrived in Cairns, and it was pretty strange to suddenly be in Australia after so long in Asia. Our first day was spent organising trips to do and other exciting things such as getting our hair cut (were too scared to do it at the roadside places in Asia). On Thur...

Having arrived in Singapore we decided to check ourselves into a 'posh' hotel for a couple of nights. Having arrived mid afternoon we had a wander around the City and discovered the hundreds of shopping malls that Singapore had to offer (Luce was in heaven) and looked around at some of the food courts. In the evening we headed over to Little India which was brilliant. Every Sunday evening all the men who live in Singapore of Indian descent meet up to eat and drin...

We arrived in Melaka mid morning and checked into our guesthouse for a couple of nights. Having had a quick bite to eat we wandered Muzium Rakyat (People's Museum) which had an interesting display on how different countries have sought to alter their apperance, including head deformation, dental mutilations, tattooing, sacrification and foot-binding. Sounds horrendous, but believe us, it was very interesting, especially when the other display was on kites! The ne...

Having not been in a city for a while, Kuala Lumpur (or KL as it is imaginatively called) was a bit of a surprise, as it's so modern and full of Western sights - Quite exciting to see Topshop again though! We were lucky to get a room in a small guesthouse which was really homely and relaxed. After a spot of shopping (how could we resist the shopping centres after so long?) we had our 5th Indian meal in 6 nights. This may seem like overkill, but somehow no matter ...

We caught the local ferry from Penang and headed to the bus station to catch a local bus to the Cameron Highlands. The journey provided us with a glimpse of the Malaysian landscape which was most spectacular. We stayed at a lovely inn at a place called Tanah Rata. Tanah Rata is the main town in the highlands which was a great place for us to base ourselves for the next few days. The afternoon was spent exploring the town which mainly consisted of a few bars, ...