Today we knew we would be leaving Georgetown and heading overnight to Melaka. With hours to spare we planned a lazy morning lounging around, eating another free breakfast and then lounging around some more. We did a little shopping, and more sightseeing. We ate lunch at the new world food court. A modern food centre that provided all styles of Malaysian cuisines. We had duck in plum sauce with rice and hoiken mee, a dark noodle dish. The duck was superb! We ...

The sleep was good and caught up. Breakfast was not bad, it was after all technically free. We hit the historical streets of Georgetown again and headed in the opposite direction of yesterday. We made use of the free bus and treated as a hop on hop off sightseeing bus. We took a look at the town hall, city hall, some mosques and churches and finally the not so historical mall. Air conditioned and full of expensive shops but was a welcomed retreat from the mid...

Last nights sleep was interrupted on numerous ovations as the neighbours were up until the early hours. We checked out and went for a stroll, rucksacks and all, to find a new guesthouse. After a bit of hunting we found Heritage 16. A guesthouse hiding above a cafe in the heart of china town. Japanese inspired decor and free breakfast along with the fact we were the only guests sold it. We used the facilities and headed out for brunch and an explore. We headed...

Today was another one of those long travel days. We left the resort at 8am, managed to grab some food from a road side vendor for breakfast while on the first bus trip. 1 stick of chicken sausage, 2 sticks of quail egg samosas (3 on each stick!), and two bags of crisps. We had to get on two car ferries to get off Ko Lanta and back on to the mainland. By 11am we were in Trang, our first stop and vehicle change. We jumped out of our mini van and into anothe...