We left Melaka quite early as usual on day 23 and I can't say I was sad to go. I was really looking forward to getting to Singapore, although not really to the 5 hour coach ride it took to get there. We got a taxi to Melaka bus station, and it was the crasiest taxi I have evr been in. It was covered in carpet on the inside and teddybear material and lights. If anyone reading this is from Needham, it was like being inside Mr Crisp's car! When one of the girls put ...

We left Kuala Lumpur early on day 22 for Melaka. By this point I was struggling to get up for another early start, but I knew that the coach journey was only short at 2 hours and I could relax once we arrived. Getting to the bus station meant another walk through the market with all our bags but luckily it was a lot quieter as it was still early. It started to rain though which I think was an omen for the day! I couldn't find my waterproof anywhere as it was the ...

We caught another coach from the Cameron Highlands to Kuala Lumpur in the early afternoon, for another 4 hour journey. This time the roads were even worse and winding, but we did have the most comfortable and spacious coach ever so that made up for it. We didn't arrive until the early evening, so after finding the hotel we went straight out for dinner in KL. Most people actually refer to the town as KL, as the full name actually means 'Dirty River.' We stayed ri...

We left Penang early in the morning to drive to the Cameron Highlands. We had to take a minibus to the bus station then caught a coach the rest of the way. The drive was supposed to take about 4 hours, but the bus driver was so crazy that it turned into about 6. When we were stopping at a bus station half way through he decided to disapear for an hour even though he had told us to be back on the coach in fifteen minutes. The road was so winding up to the mountain...

We left Krabi early in the morning after our third night there to travel across the border and into Malaysia for the first time. It was quite a long day of travel, about 8 hours, all by hot minibus. We had to obviously go through customs which took some time and had to get in and out the bus a few times, but once we crossed it took about 3 straight hours to get to Penang. The border crossing went a lot quicker than we had expected so that was good. Penang is act...