When we left the Perhentian Islands we were smelling like 2 sumo wrestlers in a sauna as we had not been able to wash our clothes for a while! So we thought it was only fair to the Malaysian population to stay in Kota Bharu on the main land for a night and get our clothes washed before heading down to Tioman. We got out of Kota Bharu as fast as possible because it was Pants (Rough Guide wrong again!). Then the start of our Logistical nigtmare that would con...

hello people, for those of you who are under the illusion that we're backpacking - we are not! well not until we get to Australia anyway. Decided to spend somemore money and went to a posh resort in the perhentian islands - but it was worth it. The breaky was awesome and we took full advantage of it. We managed to find Nemo - well about 20 of them actually. Even though it was raining we decided to hire a sea kayak, however, as soon as we left land the rain ...

Kuala Lumpur was hot, humid, rainy and expensive! WE did the mandatory petronas towers visit (which are either the worlds tallest buildings or used to be), this is also the venue for worlds strongest man competitions etc etc and well yes they are very big but thats it and i really wouldnt like to have my office up there - id be slightly paranoid (for obvious reasons). Anyway were missing the indian prices that we love so much and the Thailand prices too! We...

Took the bus from Penang to the cameron highlands. We were told it would take 4 hours - 6 hours later we arrived! I think i could have pushed that old bus up the hill faster than its engine managed - talk about snail pace! Found a small backpackers place called the Cameronian Inn which had every backpacker service you could imagine. He even took you out on jungle walks when you woke up! Not a bad idea considering the missing persons list we saw that was posted at...

Been doing touristy stuff here...you can live the high life on very little money in malaysia - We had dinner and drinks at the nicest restaurant in the best shopping mall and went next door to a specialist cake shop and had a slice of gorgeous cheese cake - All for less than 2 pounds each! Also staying in an awesome hotel for peanuts. Yesterday we went to an old british fort, a millionaires mansion and the local museum. Today We went on an extremely steep hill ra...