21.04.09 - Batu Gajah - The Search for Great Uncle Alfred We get up early to start our journey for Batu Gajah to see the grave of my Great Uncle Alfred Williams, we get a bus and ferry to the train station only to find that the train times online are completely different to the actual train station. The train for Batu Gajah is a night train but we can't wait all day here so decide to go to Kuala Lumpar instead and go from there. We arrive in KL about 4.00pm and ...

19.04.09 - Penang We get the bus into George Town and then onto the snake temple. We get there and walk in, there are a couple of snakes on two elaborate stick things, and we're sceptical as they don't look real. There is a sign saying please don't poke them they are real? One finally moves - they're real. We walk a around a little and then go to the snake exhibition for the bargain price of a pound. We walk in and there are glass cabinets with snakes in, we see...

15/04/09 We rise at 5.30am to get the train for 6.30am, unfortunately the train is delayed and we don't actually end up leaving until 8.30! We get on the train and read a little and then we arrive at the border of Malaysia everyone gets off the Train, I get off the train before Karen and she gives me a shout should we bring the smaller bags with the valuables, 'yeah good idea', so she does. Then we're waiting at passport control and there are a few people with t...

08/04/09 Railay to Ko Lanta We don't set an alarm and have a leisurely morning when we realise we've missed the only boat to Ko Lanta so we get a long tail boat to Ao Nang then a pickup-taxi to Krabi and a minivan to Ko Lanta. We arrive late afternoon and settle into our room. The water is cloudy and the beach is really rocky so not a good start when everyone we've met keeps raving about how beautiful it is here...we plan to move in the morning. 09/04/09 Ko Lan...

02/03/09 Phuket 12am and we're going ok, it's pretty cramped but we're coping, the bus stops and we have some very spicy curry and try to get back to sleep when the air con starts dripping onto me, plus it's bloody freezing now! The driver tells us to move seats but the only free ones are at the very back and one of the seats is broken, Matt upsets the host man who is later really rude to me. We wake up every hour until we finally arrive stiff necked and frozen....