Took a short bus ride from Kuala Lumpur to Melaka, an old port town in the south of Malaysia. It's a great little place just to wander around the small narrow streets and absorb the atmosphere. We stayed in a beautiful little guest house which was an old converted house with a great courtyard to relax in and a lovely owner who was quite happy to just sit and chat to you all afternoon. But after having a lovely traditional lunch of tahli served on a banana le...

So New Year's Eve and onto the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur to see in 2007. Had a journey into the city I'd rather forget with some horrible man sneezing and spluttering next to me, and one who definitely didn't like what he'd had for dinner the night before sat in front of me. It was four hours I'm not too keen to repeat again... But once we arrived things picked up. We stayed in Chinatown, right in the heart of the night market so plen...

The hill station in the Cameron Highlands is one of Malaysia's most famous and is renowned for its tea plantations and strawberry farms. Must be the English influence as it was established by British surveyor William Cameron in 1885... One of the best ways to see all it has to offer in a short space of time is to take a plantation tour, which takes you to a rose garden, complete with peculiar statues of things like Snow White and the old lady who lived in a ...

Interesting journey to reach Penang, we had a maniac driver who thought it was great fun to overtake 11 vehicles in one go, including a truck and a bus! I learnt quite quickly in Asia that when travelling on local transport the best way to go is to either shut your eyes so you can't see it or just watch and laugh otherwise you'd seriously have a nervous breakdown! There don't seem to be any laws other than just get from A to B as quickly as you can an...