"There's nothing that can't be done"-- The Usual SuspectsPete Moore is a travel writer. He has written several books on his travels throughout the world, including Swahili For The Broken Hearted and No s***ting In The Toilet. He also wrote The Wrong Way Home, a tale of his overland journey from London to Sydney, and it is this that I want to mention.You see, our dear Travelpod few, Mr Moore was unsuccesful in his bid to get to Australia without flying. He...

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads!"-- Back To The FutureThere's lots of good stuff to be said about Malaysia. After the island fun and games we swore off alcohol for literally days and went to Tamal Negara, the big National Park in the middle of the country for a couple of days (rain, monkeys, corrupt travel companies, leeches in our shoes, rope walkways..) and then off to Kuala Lumpar (big, clean (ish), good metro system, cinema, skyscra...

Hello all. Vinny here. Mike is collating another tale so I've been delegated the what we did after the island up until we got to Singapore. Which was quite a lot. After leaving the island, we had a little relax and travel admin day in Kotha Baru the Provencal capital. Travel admin isn't exactly a strenuous activity; E mails, travelpod, few phone calls and a proper cleansing of body and belongings. Then headed down to 'the jungle', the big bad Tami...

"You know what I love most about life? Everything".-- Damien HirstAnd I thought he just did things to cows.After an aborted attempt to leave One More Beer, due to some workshy minibus operators and our own general lack of motivation, we finally made it out (thanks again Brian).We got the minibus to Narhat, and from there we thought it would be relatively simple to get a train to Hat Yai, which in turn is the jumping point to get into Malaysia. What we thought and...

"Here's to alcohol; the cause of - and solution to - all of life's problems"-- Homer SimpsonWe spent three nights on Perhentian Kecil, staying in the cheapest place on the island. We arrived at the end of the High Season, and a lot of places were closing down. We hooked up with Tanya and Paul, a lovely couple from Australia and England respectively.We had to keep an eye on our cash because there are no ATMs on the island or cash advances, and if we weren&...