Arrival in KL took a little longer than planned (of course lol) but once I was there it was an amazing sight, a massive concrete jungle where you could see the KL Tower and the Petronas Towers straight away in the distance from the Puduraya bus station. Finding the hostel was easy (for once!) and I checked into an 8 bed dorm. Everyone seemed very friendly and I immediately decided to take a walk round town at night. I had seen a walking tour suggestion on Wiki a...

Today started off very well. I got up relatively on time as planned and went for breakfast. My intention was to hire a bike right away and book my ticket for transport to KL right away but the people at the desk are so laid back I swear they're possibly horizontal! So after breakfast I managed to get a bike but will have to book transport later on tonight. The bike guy was a bit funny with me, he asked me if I had ever ridden before and I said yes and told him w...

Arrival in Penang took about 13 hours from Kata Beach, Phuket. It was nice however to come across the Penang bridge and see Georgetown lit up across the water. Still, somehow we managed to get into 3 different minivans and also pull into a layby and stop for no reason after the border as it was suspected our minivan driver had a license to drive but not to carry any passengers... The hostel is nice, air conditioned with little beds each with their own privacy cu...

Woke up and went for breakfast with Laura and a new girl called Koko from China. It was alright, still a little expensive but we then decided to go to the beach. The weather was beautiful and we sat there on a sun lounger for quite some time before going swimming. Vis was much better today, far less sand but there just isn't many fish swimming about on Kata beach unless you go over to the rocks. The plan later on today was to go to the viewpoint and then out to d...

The journey to Phuket was as expected with a change of about 3 minivans and it taking 6 hours to get there I was not in the mood for anything. However, the staff at Rick and Roll where I was staying were very welcoming and this dissipated my bad mood upon arrival. There was only one other person staying in my dorm and that was a girl called Laura who lives in Sydney. Tonight was pretty much a nothing evening, I went walking about and couldn't find anything I wan...