Having left a really modern airport in Singapore we arrived at 1am in Kita Kinabalu (KK) in Borneo to what can best be descibed as a shed in comparison. For some reason David and I both had real concerns that our hostel in KK had not received our booking with hostelworld so we decided to be resourceful and ask the women at the information desk at the airport to ring the hostel and confirm our reservation for us. At first she denied knowledge of our accommodation...

We arrived in Langkawi on the 28th February following a train journey from KL to Butterworth, a ferry to Penang and then another ferry to Langkawi. The original plan was to stop in Penang but after speaking to various people and reading the Lonely Planet we decided to skip this island and head straight to Langkawi. Our initial intention was to have 4 days on Langkawi but we are now on day 15 and will not be leaving until day 18!!! How plans change! For the firs...

As we emerged from the aeroplane to the sight of Kuala Lumpur airport David announced "I could be in Manchester" - it was a fair comment, the weather was grey (at this point I'd like to point out that we were in an air conditioned building so had no idea how hot it actually was out there!) the airport was big, modern and surrounded by trees. It just had an air of familiarity! After so many months travelling in such different cultures arriving in Kuala ...