Hey All We travelled to Kuala Lumpur by bus from Penang. This was supposed to take about 5 hours which we thought was a long time but not too bad since it was a lot cheaper than flying. Little did we know that it would take about 8 hours in the end, including stopping to pick up more passengers in different bus terminals and getting fuel before we left. We were finally dropped off about 9pm in KL at the side of a road, not as we expected at a bus station! We tri...

Hey All We left Langkawi on a catermaran, very similar to the one that we didn't feel very well on when travelling to Ko Tao. Fortunately the sea was like a mill pond and the 3 hour crossing was very smooth. We arrived at the port in Georgetown, Penang and decided to get a taxi to our hostel since the directions we had were a little vague and it was very hot. We arrived at 'Hutton Lodge' - our base for the next four days exploring. It's a lovely restored colonia...

Hey All Due to recent fighting in the south of Thailand we've opted for the longer, safer route to Malaysia rather than the short, but possibly unsafe route. Home number 19: Night boat from Ko Tao to Surat Thani, Tuesday 2100hrs. Awful. Firstly, the mattresses are tiny - this would be fine if we were on the same "double" mattress, though somehow we'd been allocated separate mattresses both of which were sharing with another man! Pete's new partner (...