The worst start to an Island visit From Penang we were once again on a coach riding up through Thailand! Crossing the land border was different, we felt like refugees. The officer who stamped our passports shouted at the man infront of us which started to get my blood pumping... luckily when it came to us 'well behaved westerners' he was v.smiley :) With 15 days to explore Thailand let the fun begin!! Our coach journey took us to, 'Hat Yai' South of Thailand. T...

Island City We were on the bus at 8.30am on our way to Penang. Along with us was a guy we had met at our hostel from Southampton. Ketul had pre-booked his accommodation but we decided we would stick to what we usually do and look around at a couple of places when we get there and try and find the best value. Penang was to be our final destination in Malaysia and planned to stay about a week here. Penang is a fairly large island off the North West Malaysian coas...

TEA MANIA!!!! To sum up the Cameron Highlands up in 3 words it would have to be; cool, green, English. The minute we pulled up into the Cameron Higlands area it was like a breath of fresh air litterally. 0% humidity as we were 1,500 feet above sea level so we were in our element and up for a non-sweaty adventure. 1st stop as ever was to find a hostel, the cheapest we found was for 20RM a night for the 2 of us (4pound) an attic room with a window and only a matre...

Trekking and sleeping in the noisy Malay Jungle We took a 3 and a half hour bus ride to 'Jerantut''. We stayed overnight to break up the journey and took a 3 and a half hour boat ride to Teman Negara the next morning. We were in the center of Malaysia in the middle of the jungle with supposed tigers, elephants and small bears! It was 130,000,000 years old, thats pretty old! The boat ride was different, we were placed in a small narrow boat and we were sitting a...

Rats, everywhere rats!!! We decided to leave the sleepy fishing town of Mersing and pay 35 ringgit each (7pounds) to get to the famous city of Kuala LumpUR as everyone kept putting an emphasis on the UR!!! It was a VIP executive suite bus that was fitted with wide leather seats that reclined nearly into a bed! It was backpacker heaven and for 6 hours we were in luxury :) After a great 6 hours of reading, talking and reclining we made it to the hussling bus stop ...