We spent our last 16RM on a below-par lunch on the way to Kuala Lumpur, confident that my bank card would work when we got there. We were dropped off in china town in the capital and headed straight to the ATM. I was already debating if i should have chicken or duck for dinner when i was told i had insufficient funds in my account. It just so happened that it was a bank holiday back home so could possibly not have any money for another 2 days...d'oh!! Just incase...

We arrived in Malaysia in a bit of a pickle - after the Perinthian Pickpocket got his sticky fingers on my wallet it didn't take us long to figure that we had a grand total of RM300 between us to last the next couple weeks of travel down to Kuala Lumpar. So im writing this now all snug as a bug on the sofa in bondi sipping coffee and eating muffins i yoinked from work, i do think i may have my rose tinted glasses on slightly mainly as im flicking through my diary...

we arrived at the border in the afternoon and after checking out of Thailand we walked over to Malaysia. The border crossing was easy enough and the customs dude checking Joanne's bag seemed more concerned if we were married than if she was carrying any concealed weapons. We took a taxi from the Malaysian border to Kuala Besut, a small fishing town where its possible to get the boat to the Perhentian Islands, our first stop in Malaysia. The taxi ride took a while...