Completely covered in mozzie bites we decided to go for more beach relaxation as we knew we would have a hectic schedule ahead. Again not much to say really as we didn't do much. The beaches were very quiet again and were almost perfect. Long wide stretches of white sand for us to choose from, it was great for a few days to sunbathe and go swimming in the sea, although we had to be careful as a few tourist had been stung by jellyfish the week before...i didn't w...

Feeling a little more rested we decided to make our way further North to Penang Island and it's Capital George Town. This is an old colonial town which was the first place the English took as a vital part of their plan to dominate the spice routes. We have got to say we had'nt yet fully recovered from our exsertions of 4 days ago, but we had no choice if we were going to stick to our route and timings. Now we thought we had found a bit of a bargain for accomodat...

Still battered and bruised we managed to carry our backpacks and get to Pangkor Island for some well deserved relaxation. Not much to say about this place apart from the island is nearly the same size as how far we walked the previous 2 days. We found the beach with no difficulty at all, which could'nt be said for other people as it was deserted. Well not quite but this being the low season in Malaysia it was'nt very busy, there were only about 5 couples on the ...

We have started this blog's activity category as walking, but this turned out to be more like climbing as we went through the pain barrier and beyond and all in the name of enjoying yourselve apparently! Matthew was really looking forward to doing a bit of walking and seeing the true Malaysia, i wasn't too sure about how hard the walks would be, so was a bit apprehensive but was looking forward to the scenery. On our first day we decided to do the easiest walk f...

Kuala Lumpur is another spralling metropolis. At least we did'nt get lost finding our room this time, even though we had no idea where we were when we arrived by bus. It is similar in some ways to Singapore in that it has spectacular buildings, but that is where the similarity ended as it was a bit chaotic and the people seemed a bit miserable. Anywhere that has proper zebra crossings but the green man does'nt work, but then in the same breath say that the Petron...