WEDNESDAY 14TH MARCH TO FRIDAY 16TH MARCH 2007 Arrived in Khota Baru at 4.30am and managed to share a 40 min taxi with another couple to the ferry port t get a speed boat over to Kecil, the smaller of the two islands. This is where mine and Kyms moods polarised-The waves were manic and the boat was bouncing all over the show much to the amusement of me and a few others onboard.Kym on the other hand "had never felt so sick in her entire life" and looked...

MONDAY 12TH TO TUESDAY 13TH MARCH 2007 Got the bus from the local station to Georgetown in Penang. Asian logic struck again with the telling us its only one bus all the way there and it turned into 3. The bus made up for it tho! instaed of the normal 50+ seats on the bus this one only had 24 padded luxury reclining ones letting us travel in ultimat comfort. When we finaly got there we dumped our stuff at a hostel, had a it of a wander round and then went for a M...

SATURDAY 10TH MARCH 2007 TO SUNDAY 11TH MARCH 2007After getting back from the highlands we got the underground to Chinatown in search of some bargains. The Petaling street market is full of knock off watches, trainers, perfumes, bags etc which we duly bought. After a few hours tho Id had enough of traders prodding you n basically not leaving you alone for 10 seconds. Can't imagine why anyone would ever buy something off a guy who had just poked you!!!! The ma...

THURSDAY 8TH & FRIDAY 9TH MARCH 2007 Set off to the Cameron highlands with Linda & Steve. On the way we stopped at a waterfall which was quite impressive especially after some of the ones we'd been to in Thailand. We stopped at a local stall for coconus and bananas then continued until we reached Tanah Rata. Stopped there and had a wander around the town. It was small & very local & nice for that exact reason - not really overly westernized. ...

TUESDAY 6th & WEDNESDAY 7th MARCH 2007 flew to Kuala Lumpur from Bangkok where Katy's (mate from uni for those uneducated) mum picked us up. For those who are unaware we are staying with Linda & Steve (Katy's parents) while we are in KL. They took us out for a meal of our choice (which ended up bein TGI'S AS Gaz wanted western) - was lovely. Chatted etcetera for most of the night as wll as getting a mini tour round the inner city where Linda ...