Waiting for the bus from KL to Penang was confusing and disorganised. No one explained why we had been herded out of the bus station and into the busy streets where we waited for another hour for the bus. Every time I asked the fat man who seemed like he was in charge when the bus would be here he just murmured and gestured with his hands. We arrived in Penang in the early evening and settled into our hostel a 25ringgit taxi ride away from the bus terminal. A s...

The capital of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Saying goodbye to Lola was hard, we were going to miss everything about her. The journey to the airport was long due to Manila Traffic. Uncle Cesar's car had broken down so we had to use the mini jeepney, my chest felt heavy from all the fumes after the 2 1/2 hour journey to the airport. Our flight to Kuala Lumpur was good as the plane was only half full. We flew in a clear starry night sky which looked amazing from the plan...

Manila Manila is a sparse urban sprawl consisting of large malls and lots of villages. It is busy, polluted and traffic is unbelievable but you can get or do anything you want in Manila. I go there because that's we're my family is now based. I get to stay with my Lola who is the greatest little Filipino. My uncle and aunty look after us incredibly and we have the best time seeing the sights and going to the malls. Going to the cinema for a fraction of the pri...

Subic The journey to subic didn't go as planned as our tyre burst near the beginning and then we got stuck in traffic. Luckily we left early arriving at Aunty Marissa's family home at 11am instead of 9am. Zoobic Safari was our next destination. It was a crazy place. We got to have our picture taken with a real Tiger. I was quite nervous but was pleased we were not posing with the gorgeous huge white tiger in the cage angrily pacing up and down his cage. The ti...

Sagada Caves An early start after a restless night being kept awake by the bloody roosters next door. The road trip to Sagada was scenic and beautiful. Our first stop was an early morning view of the Banaue Rice terraces, they say are 2000 years old and still an effective way of growing rice today. An extraordinary man made wonder. We drove along the edge of the mountains on narrow windy roads that I imagine in rain would be highly dangerous. The mountains se...