After out 2 bus journeys we caught taxis to the hotel. I was talking to the taxi driver and he looked at me like I was a freak and asked if I could speak proper English...I told him I was from England.Dumped my bag and straight out for a look round the area, saw some of the old town and walked up a big hill....again the historical facts are wasted on me, something about a guy having his arm chopped off. After lunch I went for a little walk with Charlotte & Am...

We arrived in KL around lunch time and went for a quick walk to get our bearings and had lunch at China Town market. My new favourite is noodle soup, I've convinced myself it's healthy so I had spring rolls to even things out. Lots of the buildings here have identical twins, its a bit of a feature here apparently.In the afternoon we had a tour round a few local places with a guide called Stevie, he was very nice but always referred to himself as the third person....

We had a 4 hour drive to the Cameron Highlands, the first 2 hours were pretty uneventful except for the huge rain. When we hit the twisty turny roads - not so much fun. I know I'm a nervous passenger especially abroad so to me the driver was going too fast...but I just kept my head down and read my book, atleast he wasn't texting. We passed an accident, lots of people standing around and a bike on the floor. Then we saw a man, just lying there, he was dead. ...

Our trip from Thailand to Malaysia was long, hot and full of Mosquitos, starting at 5.45am. Our van driver kept answering his phone and reading emails which peeved me, more importantly he had the longest pinky nail I've ever seen...it was truely disgusting. The other van got a flat tyre and was really late to the hotel so we didn't get out for dinner till after 10pm (with lots of grumpy tired faces). I could see the difference as soon as we crossed the border,...