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...