Though the Malaysian bus services are really comfortable we still struggled to sleep only getting maybe a few broken hours. We arrived at the main bus terminal (TBS) in KL where they had lockers which we could store out big bags. This was a God sent as a day lugging around those things is likely to harbour suicidal thoughts. Bukit Bintang is the most developed area of KL (all air conditioned buildings), so in the battle to stay dry for another day we got the mo...

Loaded with a map of the city, we set off walking to see some of the Landmarks that KL has to offer. Stop 1 - Central Market. Stop 2 - KL Bird Park (The worlds largest free-flight aviary). After reading that this was a fantastic place for people who love nature, we were sourly disappointed at mistreated the birds seemed to be kept. Our decision to leave came as a child was allowed to chase and hit a peacock. Stop 3 - The National Mosque. On entering...

Today a major decision was made. We are no longer going to India. The decision has come off the back of a nightmare of 2 months of planning and not getting to where we need to be. We have the visa, have booked the flights but a recent change to the train system means that travel is very difficult to book from outside the country. Stranded in India, after the many horror stories we have heard, is not really how we wanted our trip to end. So we have written it of...

Arriving in a new country in daylight is a rare occasion for us but a warm welcomed one. There was one question on our mind, how to get to China Town. Luckily with a well connected city like Kuala Lumpur this task was pretty easy, although we had forgotten what it felt like to carry our big bags around in the sweltering 35 degree heat. Within minutes, we were thrown back into Asia, heat, cars and lots of people. Being in a Muslim country, we decided tha...