Our 'VIP' bus ride to Penang started with a squeaky, dirty and leaky bus with no air con. The bus driver drove down the mountain as if he was downhill skiing, swerving across into the other lane and overtaking at every possible unsafe chance. It was also pouring with rain and we were getting wet in our seats (He was driving with the front door open because of the air con issue).When we got to the bottom of the mountain we swapped onto a better bus which we though...

Simply stunning. The Cameron Highlands were such a beautiful retreat after KL. We stayed at a place called Fathers guesthouse which was a rather large place close to the main town of Tana rata. We spoilt ourselves the first night and got a nice room (there were only 2 or 3 rooms left and there was another couple on a mega bicycle trip so we thought it'd be better for them to have the room they wanted) and on the second night downgraded slightly. At this point in ...

We arrived in Melaka after a very bumpy 4.5hr bus ride from Mersing. It was almost dark by this time so fortunately we were met by a tout at the bus station who took us to a very nice hotel, Kota Lodge, where we actually got a 3 bed dorm and air con which was absolute luxury. After showering off the long trek and bus ride we went for a walk through the night market, saw many things to buy but after throwing out half our stuff to make the bags lighter we decided a...

After waving goodbyye to Scotty and Tash in Singapore we were on our own for the first border crossing into Malaysia. On the bus, off the bus, on the bus, off the bus, on the bus and then finally off the bus and onto another bus was a bit how it went (seriously!!) but it was all good and we made it safely into Malaysia to the Johur Bahru bus station. We had initially planned on staying in JB for the night but it seemed like an unworthy mission to get out of the s...