Blog Day 115 Mon 29th August 2011 Today we are sadly leaving Kuala Lumpur to head onto Melaka. This is kind of a half-way point between KL and Singapore. The bus journey to Melaka is again a very comfortable one & takes about 5 hours. Once at the main bus terminal we are on our own & have to find a way to our Hostel. Trish has read that the cheapest way to do this is by public bus & it's meant to be pretty easy. So we head round to the public bus t...

Blog Day 111-114 Thurs 25th Sun 28th August 2011 After deciding that Chinatown is a bit of a dump we move to a hotel at the end of Bugis Bintang. The price is a steal on Agoda and seeing as it's nearer to the LRT station & shopping malls the decision is a no brainer. Kuala Lumpur is really such an easy place to get around, you have to prepare yourself for a lot of walking that's for sure but if you want to venture further the LRT system is so easy & re...

Blog Day 110 Wed 24th August 2011 At 8.15 John and Madeline knock at the door. We are nowhere, near ready or awake, so we throw on some clothes brush our teeth and meet them at reception. It is great to see them again, and funny how all the way from Vietnam we have crossed paths a couple of times. They say that last night they walked around the Bukit Bintang area, which is full of bar, restaurant and shopping malls. So that's where we head for breakfast. We fi...

Blog Day 109 Tues 23rd August 2011 Today we head to Kuala Lumpur. The day starts off with a short walk to the tour office where we are to catch our bus. Although this doesn't sound too strenuous the heat and the bags make it hard work. At the booking office we are picked up by a minibus which is to take us to the main bus terminal. We are a little dubious as the guy in the office told us we would be on a coach and we are getting onto a minibus. After 2 months ...

Blog day 106 Sat 20th August 2011 Dan didn't sleep to well last night. Kept tossing and turning thinking that fleas or something were in the bed. He went to the toilet once during the night only to be greeted by another big cockroach in the sink. This didn't help! That morning we were up and packed and out the door in no time. We didn't want to spend any longer in this hotel than we needed to. We made our way to the lifts and stood waiting for our ride to come ...