We left Cameron Highlands and headed by coach to Penang. It took 5 hours which also included a 30 minute ferry journey. We used our Lonely Planet Guide and selected a hotel which sounded alright. How wrong could we be! It was set back from the road and looked as if it was about to fall down. There was loads of gawping men and no other backpackers about. There was a dog that looked like it had rabies or something. We thought we'd give it a go though but las...

We got the bus up from Singapore on Thursday and reached Kuala Lumpar after a six hour bus ride. We were greeted off the bus by a swarm of taxi drivers all wanting to give us a ride. As we didnt have a clue where we was, we jumped in one. We were later to learn that we were only 3 minutes from our hostel and he'd simply drove around the block a few times. He also overcharged us, it was only 4 pounds but we were later to learn it should of cost under a pound. ...