We arrived back in KL for our final night in Malaysia. We were sad about leaving this country that has given us so many incredible memories, from diving in the Perhentians, drinking rain in the rainforest and the apes of Borneo. The people who live as a community, as family regardless of race, colour or religion and who made us feel so welcome in their city, town or village. The cuisine has been incredible too, from the street markets to the spotless air conditio...

We flew back to KL from Kuching and jumped on a train to Ipoh. There wasn't too much waiting around fortunately as we've seen more than our fair share of KL Sentral station. The train was awesome, fast, quiet, showed a film, the usual. We arrived in Ipoh and was immediately pounced upon by a swarm of taxi drivers, we tried to haggle with them, but they laughed so hard at our offer, we sheepishly walked off and found a cab away from the station entrance and still...

Kuching lies on the southwest coast of Borneo, the flight took an hour and 45 minutes from KL and as we flew over the coastline, we could see the threadlike arteries of rivers carving their way through huge palm plantations and while the loss of the indigenous forest is undoubtedly a tragedy, from 25,000 feet it still looked extraordinarily beautiful. Kuching itself is set on a river and many of the attractions are located close to the tree-lined promenade that ...

The coach back to KL took barely 4 hours, the winding mountain road back down to the motorway gave us incredible views across the valleys and vast tea plantations. Being back in KL felt good, though only briefly. We had chosen a rather rundown area by Chinatown to stay in and the number of homeless people and their poor condition took us by surprise. The area is famous for its market that sells all manner of fake goods, bags, clothes, DVDs, electricals etc. The...

The journey to Brinchang in the highlands was trouble free, almost as soon as we left Penang, the rain began to fall. It intensified the higher we got and by the time we reached Ipoh, it had flooded the streets and brought all but the trucks and buses to a standstill. As a wave of rain passed we got a glimpse of the surrounding countryside, it was green, mountainous and extraordinarily beautiful. The rain water poured off the mountainside down stepped cascades ca...