Sun 24th Arrival from Kauntan off at TBS bus station, where we bought our onward tickets to the Cameron Highlands despite the efforts of a woman (who'd made a nuisance of herself on the bus earlier) trying to push in. Frank was having none of it. On to the train, then off, and into Mingle hostel to check in where we met a chap called Will (from Syria) who had been living in KL for the last 7 years with his wife. He told us he likes to vaccation at the hostel ev...

Thurs 31st Breakfast and a walk to the Petronas Towers and park. I went up, Frank stayed down. Tremendous views. And what a feat of engineering. They're rather pretty buildings. Light rain on the way back. Had a doze at the hostel. Online banking, gotta be done. Arranged to have dinner with Emy and Athria that evening. Out for money then got caught in a thunderstorm/massive rain storm. It really does come down out here. Streets were rivers, feet were soaked, ...

Mon 28th May We set our alarm so as to not miss our free breakfast. And very nice it was too. Traditional Malay style. Lemak (rice cooked in coconut milk), fried noodles, an assortment of dried fried onions, sambal (anchovies) spiced greens and different sauces. Also boiled eggs, toast, butter, jelly (jam jelly) and a sweet caramel smelling paste. It was in the cafe next door to the hostel, same rustic bare brick walls with instrumental background music. Also, r...

Coming into land I could see that Malaysia is covered in lush green vegetation. It's thick with neatly planted palm trees that make for a real life magic eye puzzle from above. Through Immigration with no problems or questions. No onward travel needed. Ah well. Collected our bags and headed out to find Emy and Athira. A little too-ing and fro-ing in and out of wifi to keep an eye on messages we were eventually picked up by our Malaysian fellow Shanghai hostel f...