on arrival in malaka it was heaving. there was a great party atmosphere going with hundreds of people and loads of stalls and fireworks going of everywhere. there was also a big stage with people doin karaoke and brakedancing and stuff. it was great fun! on our first full day we went out to explore the town. it was a pretty good place with lots of chinese things all around and lots of colour.after a while we came upod a huge pirate ship and decided togo in and ...

we arrived in Taman Negara after spending a painful amount of time on a boat then a bus then a taxi. however it was well worth it. taman negara was a small town in the middle of the jungle. on the first day we crossed the river (you had to do this everyday to go into the jungle..a man on a boat took you over) and ventured into the jungle. both quite nervous about what would jump us at first but it wasnt long before we got moving. we ended up just going about 30/...

Arriving on langkawi meant that it was beach time again :) Other than the chilling though, we did manage to get about the island a bit. On one of the days we rented a car- it was my turn drive! After being told they no longer had the car we'd booked (we were not impressed), we were given the keys to an automatic car. Having only ever driven manual, I was a bit worried about this, especially seeing as it'd been a while since I'd driven but it all turned out ok, e...

There are no images of Penang on this blog thingy so I've had to put one up of a water village- it has no relevance to Penang though. We stayed in Georgetown which is a world heritage sight. Lots of older travellers rave about this place but we weren't exactly overwhelmed by it, it was nice but nothing special. On the first day there we decided to go and check out Penang Hill which was a good 45minute bus ride away. You have to then take the funicular railway to...

I'm so behind with these blogs so thought it was about time to update you all on Malaysia. We arrived by plane from Siem Reap and managed to navigate our way to Chinatown by bus and the MRT sky train. The sky train is really cheap and easy to use; it costs about 20p to make a journey across the city. Accommodation was expensive which was to be expected in a big city but we found Reggae Guesthouse which was fully air-cond throughout (God send considering how hot...