Hey guys, We are just on yet another bus on our way to Singapore and I just thought we would give you a quick update on our adventures in Melaka. First off, Katie's phone appears to have decided it wants to work again after its brief dip in the ocean, which we are quite happy about (even the precious torch function is working!) So anyway back to the trip; we arrived in Melaka mid-morning after a couple of very long bus journeys and interesting change in KL an...

Hi everyone, Not much to report from the last few days as they've been spent lying on a beach or on a bus!! After we left Penang, we got the night-bus over to a small town on the east coast of Malaysia called Jerteh, from where we got a cab down to the port town of Kuala Besut.A 3 hour wait and a lot of ringgit later we found ourselves on a speedboat, headed for the Perinthian Islands.There are two islands that make up the Perinthians, Kecil and Besar ('smal...

Hello from Penang! After arriving from Hong Kong a very early yesterday morning we've made the best of a very very hot couple of days.To say it's humid here is an understatement - the midday heat here seems to last from dawn til dusk!But one mustn't complain, it could be raining! We started off yesterday morning with the latest favourite meal - roti bread and curry, all for 50p - definitely a winner!We took the boat over to Butterworth on the mainland and sor...

'Does sir want taxi' 'No, thank you' (follows down the street) 'Then would sir like foot massage!' 'No I'm still good' If it isn't a taxi driver/masseuse then it's a shopping centre/theme park, it seems it is all possible in Asia. Hi guys, we have now arrived in Kuala Lumpur for the first part of our travels through Asia. We decided I should write this first blog as Katie has been here before, but it is all new to me. I'm going to run through our adventur...