Ready for the Olympics ? I am at the top of my game, my body is like a fine tuned machine............... Kota Kinabalu, Northern Borneo13-17 June Happy to be finally leaving Malaysia, i landed in the town of Kota Kinabalu in Borneo. It is a lot different to the mainland, it has bars and clubs, and you can actually see what the girls faces look like. I met a guy called Matt from Canada at the airport, and he became my partner in crime for the days to f...

Kuala Lumpur and the Transvestite Datejune 10-13Kuala Lumpur was great in the modern bits, but just the same old dirty rat infested streets everywhere else.I was told that the "Batu caves" were a must see. It has the world's biggest buddha!Odd, nearly everywhere i have been so far has the same claim to fame.Anyway i decided to go, so hopped on the bus to be bitterly dissapointed as usual.Yes it was a big bhudda, but looked about 10 years old and commisi...

Throw momma from the train,Kota Bahrujune 7/8After leaving the Perhentians you have to go to the mainland at a place called Kuala Besut, and then the main town is a place called Kota Bharu which is about 30 minutes north.Transportation is not Malaysia's strongest point. I arrived at the bus station at Kuala Besut which resembled a Huddersfield taxi rank. No one seemed to know when the next bus was, but purely by a coincidence, there were some dodgy looking taxi d...

The idiot who fell off the boat with his camera, Perhentian island Kecil June 2-6th What a horrible time for a bus to leave at midnight. I had had a few beers just before we left, hoping that it might send me to sleep, but the minibus was really bumpy and the seat was not much cop, so i hardly slept a wink. We arrived at Kuala Besut which is where the speed boat leaves from at about half six and the next boat was at 7am, so i had a cuppa and watched t...

Hostel 3 Penang may 30-june 2nd There was a problem with the ferry from Langkawi, so we had to get dropped off at another island and wait for a transfer. I found a can of Tiger beer in my bag, and even though it was warm i decided to drink it. As soon as i got my lips round it, i saw a sign that said that no alcoholic drinks were allowed. So i did my usual and tried to act all nonchalont and innocent...................well, they must have seen me but did not...