Langkawi Island is one of the key holiday destinations for Malaysians and we can see why, with beautiful golden beaches and wonderful green sea that is like swimming in a warm bath. The reason for heading up here was to take a few days rest and relaxation, top up the repaidly disappearing tans and have a few nights out in the beach bars. Pam and Iain, a couple we met in the Cameron Highlands, joined us in our hair-raising bus trip through the winding, trech...

The Cameron Highlands are in the middle of the peninsula of Malaysia and are renowned for their beautiful rainforests and their tea plantations. We stopped by to give our livers a break from the local beer and try the elixir of life in these parts - a nice cup of tea. The tea plantations cover tens of thousands of acres and look like an intricate jigsaw puzzle spread across the rolling lush green hills. In the distance we could see some people meandering bet...

We seem to have got out of Borneo at about the right time! Tension was building up between Malaysia and Indonesia over Borneo when new reserves of oil have been found and there is a dispute over who owns it. A sizeable contingent of both countries warships and F-16 fighterplanes are now stationed just off the Borneo coastline ready to scrap it out, although for now both sides have agreed to hold talks. Add to that, Borneo experienced 10ft waves whilst we were the...

We took a short flight from Singapore to the island of Borneo, which is divided between Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei ownership. We've come to Sabah which is in the Malaysian part in order to climb Mount Kinabalu and visit the rainforest where there is an Orang-utan rehabilitation sanctuary. Our first stop was the Kinabalu National Park, which is home to the highest mountain in South East Asia, with the peak at 4095m/13600ft. In comparison it's higher than ...