This morning I wandered down to KL Central to buy a ticket for a train to Butterworth (doesn’t sound very Malaysian does it). The railway system is very efficient, I am not, after 3 different attempts I finally found the correct ticket booth. Ticket bought and with 2 hours to spare, I went into the Mall linked to the station - found a coffee shop and enjoyed the next hour and half people watching. Luckily I gave myself half and hour to get to the platform as it...

Today has been exhausting but great. There have been issues like where to eat lunch and is there time for another G&T but these serious matters were solved by finding a street cafe serving Arabic food and of course there was. The highlight of today for me has been walking to the twin towers, that’s after walking through the Botanical gardens, some Square and Little India. I only knew you could do it by listening to something that had nothing to do with me....

Start well and it can only get better - although it is hard to see how. Yesterday I had strangers using their wifi to ensure I got the right Monorail to the hotel, a french girl (living here) chatting to me and a foot massage to die for. Today started not so well - at least that what I thought at the time - I bought a two day ticket for the hop on hop off open topped bus. Between stop one and two I went to get my glasses out of my bag and you guessed it out cam...

Packed and ready to go - 7kg!! Spent today with all my sisters and mother which was a lovely way of preparing for my next trip. Sadly it was the ruin of my nails as we were spring cleaning. This means one of the first things I will be doing is having a manicure. I have heard many things said about British Rail - well today they have been great. Jean dropped me off at Ebbsfleet, a lovely man sold me a ticket and said platform 5. I found the correct platform and ...