After 2 hours on the bus we arrived at Melaka Sentral bus station and jumped in a taxi to our hostel. Our taxi driver was a bit of a nutter, he spent the whole time on the phone having a huge argument it seemed! He would ring someone, shout down the phone at them, then hang up, and then someone would ring him, they'd shout for a while and then it would happen all over again! We were relieved when we arrived at our hostel, needed some peace and quiet after that! O...

We checked out of our hotel in Penang at 10am that morning and started our walk to the bus station (where we got our tickets sorted the day before). The walk was only 15 mins but it was already so hot with a clear blue sky so we struggled enough with the bags! After this trip is over I am going to burn that thing! Yes it is helpful for getting stuff around but it is a nightmare to carry! The bus we were in for our 5 hour journey to KL was probably the most co...

We have now been away from home for 50 days!It's the 22nd of November and we are on the way to Penang in Malaysia, our final Island before heading back to the mainland. We left Langkawi in the morning and jumped on our ferry which was a high speed boat and got us to Penang in around 2 ½ hours.We arrived around 5pm beside 2 large cruise ships and looked for a taxi to take us to our hotel.Didn't quite get a taxi but a rickshaw instead peddled by a man who had to ...

Our first stop in Malaysia was somewhere we hadn't originally planned but decided to go to on a recommendation from Ross and Fran who we had met towards the end of our tour in Vietnam and what a great shout it was!Langkawi is an island off the east coast of Malaysia and after our tuk tuk and ferry ride and about 3 hours we arrived in our 4th country of the trip!We are now 8 hours ahead of the UK! Our first impressions of the island were great - very hot, blue ...