06/11/07 - 08/11/07 Shirah's Guesthouse 25RM Arrived at Melaka bus station and had two very helpful touts for the town guesthouses tell us where to go and how to get there on the public bus... much cheaper than a taxi!!! Decided to stop at Shirah's as it was fairly cheap and we got a massive room with a balcony... and we couldn't be bothered to walk any further with our backpacks. Melaka was really nice... and so different from the other towns we have visited....

03/11/07 - 06/11/07 We arrived on the bus and decided to take Jimmy's advice on where to stay (it helped that he'd given us discount!). At first we were a bit lost, but luckily the place wasn't far from the bus station and Jimmy had given us some good landmarks to look out for... that'll be Nando's chicken!! I would have liked to visit some other places in Malaysia inbetween... but the main ones I fancied were the Perentian Islands and the Cameron Highlands......

SCARY GEORGETOWN 01/11/07 - 03/11/07 Love Lane Inn 30RM Before we left Cathay Guesthouse we piked up a flyer for Love Lane Inn and as the name amused us we ended up staying there. The journey between Hat Yai and Georgetown was really easy as it was all in the same minivan and the border crossing was really straightforward. The driving... as always, was very scary... at one point we were 4 cars wide on a 2-lane motorway travelling at ridiculous speed and I thi...