Hi all what a fews days we've had!!!! You know we decided on a bit of luxuary and booked into a hotel room right well we though everything was fine - until we went back to the room Darren lying down on the bed - getting ready for a nap and he noticed that the bed was crawling with ants :) Now we have stayed in some dubious places and never had a problem - but when you treat yourself you kinda expect better - anyway housekeeping came up stripped the bed ...

Hi all, Hope everyone is well and enjoying the football :) Sorry we haven't posted for a while - nothing much to talk about - as it's be raining and a few thunder storms pretty much constantly - well apart from yesterday and this morning - but it's pretty wet just now :( Okay so yesterday we rented a car to go check out the rest of the island - Darren was looking forward to getting behind the wheels again - from driving everyday to not driving...

Hey all, Hows it going? Okay for the last two days been taking it kinda easy relaxing - well didn't have much choice - the weather hasn't been the greatest - i think been raining since yesterday - had a thunder storm lst night which blew the electrics!!!! Today we took another bus journey from hell into Gorgetown - plan to go back there when the weather is a bit nicer!!!! right a way back to the hostel. Love to all, catch ...

Hi all, Well here we are. Arrived yetserday at about 5ish - thats after a 5hr bus journey form KL which wasn't too bad, a twenty minute ferry ride and then 1/2 hr on a local bus - which was v. scary. Found where we are staying quite easily - a few seconds from the beach - although this area is like a Malaysian Blackpool - and full of English people on holiday. Got settled into our room and got changed then, went for a wander along the beach....

hey guys, this morning was deciding where to go next - we have decided Penang- we are desperate for a beach to lounge around on all day: ).We went and bought the bus tickets from the bus station -v. noisy and hot and then booked our accomodation. not been up to a lot more than that really - watched a bit of the football - thats about it - right need and early night tonight as we have to get the 11 o'clock bus - recently we've not been getting u...