… Just passing through Melaka is cited in many guide books, tourist info, etc as a must see on the Malaysia tour… It used to be a major port back in the day and has been owned by the Brits, the Dutch and the Portugese down the line so has lots of interesting colonial heritage blah blah blah. And it just happens to be halfway between KL and Singapore so is perfect as a stopover post. I ended up travelling and staying with a guy from the hoste...

…..Back in the city Gosh it was nice to hit a proper city. I know this is terrible, and you will all tut tut at reading it, but I am rather missing doing normal city-like activities and having civilization all around me… It would seem that my journey so far has not exactly released my inner hippy because my eyes lit up as the bus made its way into Kuala Lumpur, or KL as the locals call it, and I saw all the skyscrapers and coffee shops... ...

.......Taking time out for teaAh, that's better, a nice cup ot tea...Was extrememly excited about going to the Cameron Highlands because there are massive tea plantations there so drinking it is a popular thing to do for locals and tourists alike. And it didn't disappoint.It was rather a long drive up into the mountains, the last two hours of which involved snaking along mountains roads to the point where I couldn't read because I felt rather sick. Bu...

....South of the border Firstly big apols for not updating over the last couple of weeks... I have actually attempted to do so on three occasions and three times my work was lost just as I was hitting save. The internet connection speeds in Maylasia are really slow and it's making keeping up the blog very hard work indeed. Anyway will try again, keeping my fingers crossed and the text brief. So I crossed the border from Thailand into Malaysia with little t...