We are on the island of Langkawi, still but only just in Malaysia. We took the train (8 hours) from Kuala Lumpur to a place called Butterworth, then a ferry to Penang. We had been told that Penang was a great place to visit - it's not! We left as soon as we could, there is a direct ferry from Penang to Langkawi but it was full so we took a minibus back to the mainland and north to another ferry terminal and caught "The Ice Boat" (actually called Sea S...

Singapore was great but the bank account took a huge sigh of relief as we left. We took the train north into Malaysia to Kuala Lumpur and have been sight seeing since we arrived. The Petronas Twin Towers dominate the skyline but the best view of the city is from KL Tower. They are almost as crazy for shopping malls here as they are in Singapore, we have just walked through their IT Mall - Eight storeys full of everything, Cameras, Mobile Phones, MP3 Players, Com...