It was sad to say goodbye to my bestest bud, but unfortunately this was where we had to go our separate ways. Lizzie was off to Bali for her final two weeks, before returning back to the UK, whilst Chris, Beth, and I were catching a six hour minivan journey to the Cameron Highlands. We managed to fit in a quick curry from a street food stall bustling with locals, purchased a few essential snacks and water from a shop, and climbed into the minivan. The first coup...

Before leaving the UK, Beth had discovered the quickest and surprisingly the cheapest way of getting to the Perhentian Islands from the island of Penang was to fly. At the boarding gate we were all surprised to see the plane didn't have what we are all so used to seeing - jet engines. Instead it had the 'old fashioned' propeller type. The plane was also fairly small, but the one hour journey was quiet, smooth and passed very quickly. At the airport Am...

It was a short one hour flight that took us to the south of Thailand, to Hat Yai. Chris and I had been here before in transit when we were travelling around the south islands. Thanks to Chris' PocketEarth app, we were able to find the cheapest way to take us from the airport to the bus station, via a songthaew. Unfortunately however, this was not the station we needed, there were no minivan’s going to Penang, Malaysia. Looking a little lost, a helpful m...

Flying in Malaysia's evening tropical storms, resulted in a fairly turbulent flight. But hey, you have to take the rough with the smooth - the flight was cheap! We arrived late, so Amelia and I decided to stay in a hotel close to the airport, and then catch the train to KL the next morning.The train station was about fifteen minutes away by taxi. It only cost the both of us 25 Ringgit (£5) to get to the central station in KL, which was about 30 minutes away ...

It was the easiest border crossing we have experienced yet. Just under a two hour boat trip from Ko Lipe over to Langkawi, in Malaysia. Chris and I disembarked at a ferry port, our names were called for us to step forward to collect our passports to be stamped, and that was it, we were in! We got talking to a Swedish couple at the ATM who were headed the same way as us - to the main beach area, Cenang. We shared a taxi, with us jumping out at the cheap backpacker...