13 AprilThis morning we met the agents and discussed our options with them, our options was to take the bus from Taman Negara to the Cameron highlands or to the Perhentian Islands for RM 90 pp. In the end we decided to go to the Perhentian Islands, but instead of taking the bus we opted for the jungle train. The bus from Taman Negara to Jerantut and the train to Kota Bharo cost us RM 43 compared to RM 180 with the bus, which the travel agents told us repeatedly w...

12 AprilOur clothes was not even a little bit drier…We gathered the clothes which needed to be washed when we returned to our guesthouse at Taman Negara. The bags were packed and everyone headed down for a breakfast of tee, toast and cookies. We grabbed the bags and continued with the last hour's trek to where our longboat was waiting to take us back. Along the way the flimsy boat raced through the rapids with no signs of distress, quite unexpected when you ta...

11 AprilThis morning we awoke to boiling kettles and coffee, we got up got dressed and went looking for coffee and toast with peanut butter & blueberry jam or peanut butter & strawberry jam. After 5 slices we were ready to go. We packed up, quickly explored the cave to find all the annoying bats that kept me up all night and there were no shortages. We left the camp at 10h00 for a 6 km plus trek to the hide built in the inner forest. The pace was much slo...

10 AprilWe were up with our backpacks and all that needed to accompany us for our three day trek through the jungle. We opted to find a restaurant where we could grab some breakfast, we tried three but all were closed our last bet was the motel which appeared closed but upon enquiry of the lady there we were quickly handed two menu's. We both opted for omelets with everything in for RM 4.5, after the hearty meal we headed to the docks where the Germans were alrea...

9 AprilThis morning we were up at 06h30 to pack what needed to be packed in order to be ready for the bus picking us up at 08h00. We showered grabbed the 2 pieces of toast, swallowed what should have been some form of coffee and headed down to wait for the bus. The bus came and we left to pick up 3 other co-passengers, two from England doing what we were doing but in reverse, Mathew and Danielle and a swede Otto who took off a year after school and had toured USA...