We have been staying in Bedz KL, in a mixed dorm. The hostel has brilliant and refreshing cleanliness and a really nice social feel to it. There are cosy sofas and a plasma tv to sit and watch. I would definately recommend this hostel although it is fairly expensive at RM28 (roughly just less than 6 pounds a night). The only drawback is that the rooms are very cramped with no windows and when we were trying to rearrange and pack our backpacks I had to drag it int...

Visit to the Petronas Twin Towers and KL Tower We had heard from other travellers that you can gain free access to the twin towers tour if you arrive early in the morning and collect tickets on a first come first served basis. So we planned to get there for 8am but as it happened Mel had forgotton to put her alarm clock forward an hour to account for the time difference. So although I had woken up I couldn't persuade mel that she was an hour late!! We arrived a...

Laos to Malaysia! Yesterday we had made the journey from Luang Prabang back to the capital, Vientiane. We had booked a ticket to go on the 'Special V.I.P' bus in the hope that it would be in better condition than the bus that had brought us to Luang Prabang. This bus had broken down 5 times, extending the journey by about 5-6 hours to 11 hours. Even worse, was the horrendously scary and hair raising experience as we broke down on a section of road that had c...