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...

The trip to Phi Phi islands was one that I had wanted to do the last time I visited Thailand but just didn't have time. This time I knew I had to fit it in and was so glad that I did. Phi Phi is made up of two islands, Phi Phi Don (where there is accommodation and restaurants etc) and Phi Phi Len (probably the more famous of the two as this was the setting for the famous idyllic beach in the film 'The Beach' - everyone remember Leonardo on the beach!...

So Christmas Day and I woke up to no not snow, not rain, not even cold, but lovely hot sunshine and the prospect on spending my day on the beach - what more could you ask for...Admittedly I had a bit of travelling to do for a few hours in the morning to get to the beach, but then the afternoon was spent making the most of the rays and working hard on the tan!And after such a hard day it was only right that I take some time to relax, so we went to the Last Fisherm...

Khao Sok apparetnly has some of the oldest remaining rainforest in Thailand, some even older then Amazon it's thought. We arrived at a beautiful guest house by the side of a clear water stream on the edge of the tropical jungle. We were warned to keep the doors and windows our our small bungalows locked whenever we weren't there to make sure the monkeys didn't take too much of a liking to any food in our bags though! The first afternoon I just took a...