Broken boats, Broken bus, everything is broken. (Bob Dylan) Bearing in mind the boat had broken down a couple of days leaving us stranded between the Perhentian islands and the mainland, this is all I needed! Taking the night bus from Kota Bharu to Kuala Perlis all started off really promising, a nice Indian-Malay guy chatted to me at the stop giving me advice on visa etc was really kind and wished me good luck on my travels (obviously not enough luck!!). T...

Bed Bug Bonanza Next stop was Semporna, from where I would embark on my diving expedition in Sipadan. I arrived in the dark and wasn't sure where the hostel I was planning on staying in was, there was a man with a random red car asking me if I wanted a taxi for 20 ringgit which I knew was a joke because the hostel should really just be down the road, I just didn't really fancy walking around lost in the dark by myself, so I tried to negotiate with this guy as th...

28th Jun- Borneo Bound! Woke up really early and took a variety of different public transports to get myself to the airport, I refuse to take a taxi. I got myself there in good time (for once!) and finally got on the plane. I realised today was the first time I had actually taken transport by myself without another westerner being with me. I had wanted to do it for a while but it's impossible, as there is always someone who talks to you (which is usually welco...

They persuaded me to come with them back to KL a day early so we can hang out and party just before I go to Borneo. We met up with Lars, a Danish guy is also going to be doing the same kindof thing as me in Borneo. And we went drinking in the reggae bar and our rooftop bar in our hostel. I don't usually drink much in Malaysia as it is pretty expensive being a majority Muslim country, with lots of tax added on, but tonight was an exception. We then went for a boog...

The following day, I got the bus to Tanah Rata (Cameron Highlands) for 4 hours 35 ringgit, and this was well worth a visit. I found a great hostel (Kangs travellers lodge AKA Daniels Lodge) for 10 ringgit a night (2 pound) and immediately met a load of people in the dorm all travelling on their own and we all went out for an indian which was great. Really fun people, Ann (Ger), Anneke (Dutch), Julien (the intellectual American), Ryan (another yank), Sabiah (Dut...