17-21 January 2014 Malaysia done (for the time being at least) so time to get to the islands and fly to Phuket. We were staying in Patong so we had to get a minivan for the 45 minute trip from the airport. It didn't take long to realise that the standard of driving is, let's just say, a little more chaotic than in Malaysia. Overtaking on blind bends is the order of the day around here! Patong is a really busy little town with literally thousands of scooters! We...

13-16 January We took another bus to get us to Georgetown in Penang. We were left off at the local bus station and experienced the first real blast of heat of our travels. It was a lot hotter than the foggy Cameron Highlands. We ventured out into the heat to find something to eat and came across a nice looking hotel where we were sure we would find something to eat. With a limited menu we both picked the most normal looking dish. It turned out to be slimy thick...

10-12 January 2014 The next stop on our travels was the Cameron Highlands up in the mountains. To get there we took a 5 hour bus trip and endured the loudest Aircon we have ever heard! It was literally like a motorbike engine over our heads! When we arrived in the rain and checked in to our luxurious 'Resort & Spa' (yeah right!) we ventured out for dinner in the one street town. We found a small Japanese restaurant where we had a good feed. The Japanese own...

7-9 January 2014 We didn't do much on the day we arrived apart from sleep off the jetlag! The next couple of days were spent wondering around Low Yat Plaza where we found floors of Laptops, cameras, phones and tablets. We also went to a few of the shopping centres which were decorated for the Chinese new year. We used the Monorail to get around which was really cheap and close to our hotel. We thought we were being clever deciding to go to the KL tower instead ...