We took a bus and ferry from Penang to get to Langkawi, happy to be on our way to an island again! Triff had arranged to meet us and take us to the guesthouse he was staying in so we met outside the mall and made our way to the guesthouse. Triff had kindly arranged a discounted room for us and as soon as we had dropped our bags off we headed for the beach and went for a welcome beer at a bar. Triff is great company and we were both very happy to see him again....

After our last night around the campfire in the Cameron Highlands and a few beers we managed to miss our bus to Penang in the morning, not through over sleeping, we just thought the bus was later than it was! Matt came to the rescue and managed to find another bus and after a sprint down the main road with our backpacks we hopped aboard and made our way to Penang. Virgil and Lonneke were already there so we were looking forward to meeting up with them at some po...

To get to the Cameron Highlands we had to take a bus from Melaka to Kuala Lumpur and then another bus from KL to Cameron Highlands. When we arrived at KL the 2.30 bus was cancelled so we had to wait until 5.30. The time went quickly with Gem teaching Matt how to play the card game Uno (which we had bought in Mersing for a pound) and Matt won, beginners luck? We therefore arrived a lot later than expected in Tanah Rata and by the time we found the guesthouse we...

Having woken up on time to catch the ferry we made our way back to Mersing and booked a bus to Melaka. We arrived in the afternoon and were convinced by a local guesthouse owner to get a taxi to his hostel, "Tavellers Planet". The room was nice so we decided to stay for 4 nights. Melaka is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula next to the Straits of Melaka and from 1826 to 1946 Malacca was under the rule of the British. This makes it an histor...

It was an emotional goodbye when Emma dropped us off at the bus station. We'd had such a great time with them. We took our backpacks and walked towards the buses but couldn't find an office. After about 10 minutes a very helpful guy explained that the staion had closed and we needed to go to another bus station to catch the bus to Mersing where the boat goes to Tioman. We were trying to flag down another taxi when a driver waved us over and said he would let ...