Well I finally made it down from the Cameron HIghlands, via Pangkor Island. What a disappointment the HIghlands were. ONly thing they have in common with Scotland is the Celtic name and the rain. What must have once been a beautiful place to escape to from the heat and dust of the plains below has been turned into a concrete jungle of multi storey hotels......almost Costa del Cameron. Surrounded by strawberry, cactus, butterfly and bee farms, there is virtu...

Well, if you had bet me last Friday at 6.20am, when I was stranded in a pick up truck in three feet of water, that I wouldn't get off Kho Samui I would probably not have taken you on but.......one tow, two buses, two taxis, two ferries and fifteen hours later I made it into Georgetown harbour. Another surprising place for me with its mixture of Chinese, Indian and Malay but the first thing that struck me was the cleanliness of the streets. The following mo...