October 17th 2006-Ok, so we got to the Cameron Highlands after a very winding journey, uphill, on a very rickety clapped out coach!!! The highlands are found 1500m above sea level so it was alot cooler than we've been used to-about 16degrees! It was nice to put a jumper on!!!!!! The Highlands reminded me of a ski resort in the summer, a european place rather than somewhere in Malaysia!We checked into a rather odd place, called 'HillView Lodge" which ...

Hi guys we left Kuala Lumpar on a high and went thankfully on a better looking bus to Melaka a British owned city back in the early 1900's. We arrived 1pm, a 3hour journey from the capital. We got dropped off at the Bus station and our taxi driver was little bit crazy I honestly thought he was going to ask me for directions at times!!We stayed at a local guesthouse just outside of Chinatown called 'Kancil' a very polite run establishment owed by ...

So...... down the winding roads we'd climbed up the day before in a cronky old bus, with a driver who didnt know how to blow his nose!!!!! Get to KL at 6pm after a 5hour journey. City looked fab even from inside the bus. We all checked into Chinatown 2 Hotel in ..... guess what...... CHINATOWN!!! Nice hotel compared to what we'd stayed in the night before, aircon, hot shower, a tv (ben was chuffed!) but unfortunately, no windows. Me Ben Laura and Shelle...

Penang was a eye-opener!!After arriving in Penang after a 10 hour journey by mini-van we checked into the Hing Pong Hotel in Chinatown. The hotel was ok at best but to Ria's satisfaction it had a duvet!!!! Silly as it sounds when you haven't slept in one for 4 weeks it's quite a luxury compared to a cloth blanket!! We only spent a 1 whole day here even if it was 2 nights and the bridge across from mainland to Georgetown was very impressive!! Malaysia ...