Penang - Food glorious food! Friday 8th October The events of the following day had tired us out a touch so we woke up late, Penang greeted us with glorious sunshine. We decided to take a walk down to the centre of Old Town to get a feel for the city and some food before heading up to the big Buddha to admire the views and visit the impressive temple. We wandered down the quiet streets admiring the old buildings and appreciating the cleanliness, here bore star...

Kuala Lumpur - A grotty introduction to beautiful Malaysia  Tuesday 5th October Our plane had landed in KL at around one in the morning. We had been expecting a plush new airport and lightning quick train service into the city as promised by the Lonely Planet, instead we were ushered through a dirty and disorganized visa entry and eventually found an old rickety bus to take us the hour journey into the city centre... KL was going to be very different to Singap...

Sunday 3rd October The day was mainly spent getting ready to leave Singapore. We booked our flights, hotel and spent most of the day sat in the launderette watching our clothes spin round and round. We ventured after to sample some of the local dim sum which was very good but not a bit vegetarian. Luckily they managed to rustle up TJ some egg fried rice after lots of pointing and hand gestures... Not everyone in Singapore speaks English! That evening we'd plann...

Wednesday 29th September We were woken by Lin on the phone telling us to get ready as she and her mum were taking us to her health club for a swim and chillax in the jacuzzi. We had planned to see Lin but not until the evening, it was party day, Wednesday night was cheese night in Singapore... We were going to make the most of it! It was a wonderful surprise to head out early and was great to meet Lin's Mum who was lovely just as you'd expect. Again it was a fin...

Tuesday 28th September Lin picked us up early in the afternoon for a trip out to Sentosa, an island just off Singapore dedicated to theme parks and plush homes. Again the weather was humid and hot but this time the sun shone brightly and it was a relief to be in Lin's air-conditioned car again. It didn't take long before we were driving over the bridge towards the island and before long we were surrounded by million dollar houses that looked like they had been l...