We’ve got a bit of catching up to do on the journals me thinks!!!! Last time we wrote we were in Langkawi, Malaysia and now we’re in Oz?!!! We’re having an absolutely ball. This journal is going to be our last tales from Asia, and we’ll do a separate one for Oz as we’ve done so much since we wrote last. So here goes…. We flew down to Kuala Lumpur from Langkawi and did a bit of shopping, last few bits and bobs to buy for s...

Langkawi has been the last destination, one which we enjoyed immensely. We were there since Friday 13th, unlucky for some – but luckily for us our ferry from Penang didn’t sink! It took us 3 hours to sail north, journey was a bit rough and we both felt a bit sea sick towards the end, but made it in one piece all the same. When we arrived the weather was chucking it down, but it picked up despite a few random down-pours. First night we stayed at the Sa...

In the last journal we said that Penang wasnt the most enjoyable place we have visited so far, but we kind of take that back now as we've had a really good day today and yeasterday afternoon. Yesterday we visited Penang's highest peak, Penang Hill - a 30 minute climb up a cable car, very rickety and very slow! Views were pretty cool apart from the overhanging cloud and rain, its not always bright and shiny out here. Met an Australian Sailor, our very own ...

Arived in Perhentian, on the smaller of the 2 islands (Kecil) last monday by speed boat which took half hour from the mainland, it was bloody quick and very windy (as u can tell by chris' face in the photo!). The island was pretty amazing, white sand and clear turquoise waters. We had to transfer from our speedboat about 100m off the shore into the smaller 'taxi' boats, bit tricky with heavy backpacks. We had an amazing time there, sunning it up on th...

So we've arrived in Cherating an hour north up the east coast by local bus which is an interesting experience to say the least! A shabby old thing with no air conditioning except the open plastic windows rattling as we drove along the street, the bus even stopped for gas. The backs of seats were made from wood and some had fallen off. As we were dropped off on the highway we didnt really know where we were, and luckily an aussie couple were waiting for a bus ...