Our journey to Singapore, also our last journey as a group, was a 4 hour ride on a coach bus. We took off bright and early. When we were nearing immigration lines from Malaysia into Singapore, Willie started to prep us on the process. He was very serious and wanted to make sure we understood how strict the Singapore crossing really is. We could all tell he was nervous. Basically Singapore has a lot of rules and is a lot more modern than most of SE Asia. For...

Our next stop on the journey was to leave the Cameron Highlands and head towards the capital of Malaysia, the bustling city of Kuala Lumpur (KL). In order to get there, unfortunately we had to wind back down the curvy roads we rode up on. As on the way up, on the way down we felt the temperature change. This time from cool to warm to hot again. I had briefly forgotten about Asia's heat but was quickly reminded how strong it is. After the 3ish hour minibus drive...

From Kuala Lumpur, we had one more day left in Malaysia and were off to Melaka, 2 hours south of KL. As I said in my last post, our departure time was 8:00, and we didn't get to bed until after 4am from our night out the night before. My roommate Jodie and I were struggling to move from the bed, and with 20 minutes to spare, forced ourselves up, and packed the tornado of a mess we had created back into our backpacks, and headed down to meet the group. Living o...

The last day and a half we spent in the Cameron Highlands. Getting here was a battle for those of us who get motion sickness. It was about a 5 hour drive from Penang, half of which were curvy roads up the mountains into the highlands. Plus we stopped so many times, a hassle of group vs solo travel (and a manic tour guide). I've never been so glad to get out of a van in my life, and I know a few others would agree due to their upset stomachs. The Cameron Highla...

Getting to Malaysia from the islands of Thailand was quite the journey. Saying goodbye to the islands was sad. We took off from Koh Samui around 5am to the ferry station. We were supposed to catch a 6am ferry, but upon arriving, we were told it was cancelled so we had to wait around for the 7am ferry. Although it was early, I saw the most phenomenal sunrise over the hills and snagged and amazing photo that I'm sure I'll "throw back thursday" at some point. Aft...