Our brief stop in KL was just that, we chose to save the sights for when we return to see the city properly. We dropped the forlorn iPad in to the repair shop and spent the day as 'Mallrats' just bumming around the Mega-Mall. The train left late at night and within 15 minutes everyone was tucked up, curtains drawn and in their bunk bed, a lucky few were already snoring. We arrived as sunrise was breaking over Butterworth, still bleary-eyed and needing some quali...

We had a 20 hour train ride from Bangkok to the Thai/Malaysian border at Su Ngai. The town has been the location of regular terrorist attacks by a disgruntled Muslim minority, for the first time on our trip, we regretted the route we'd chosen. Our plan was to simply get over the border as quickly as possible. Our train arrived 2 hours late (we now call this "on time" for Thai trains) and in our rush to get to the checkpoint we agreed to jump on the back of a co...

A tuk tuk, a coach, a walk, a van, a walk, a boat, the metro and a walk found us in Bangkok and it only took us 13 hours. Visiting the Thai capital one last time was no big deal, we had a couple of days before our train to Malaysia during which time we had to renew our Typhoid inoculation and top up our medical supplies. The first vaccination centre was in the lobby of a Holiday Inn, we got an indicative cost of the jabs plus the doctor's fee, it was pricey, but...

The only way we could get from Sinahoukville to Siem Reap by road was to back-track all the way to Phnom Penh, we didn't fancy that and so we bit the bullet and booked ourselves yet another flight. It was pleasant enough, though upon landing we careened manically across the width of the runway causing a few gasps and shrieks. Not from us though, we're tough. Safely in a tuk tuk we arrive at our hotel on the outskirts of town. We chilled out for the rest of the e...

A couple of hours by minivan found us in Sinahoukville, Cambodia's party capital and gateway to our true destination, Koh Rong. It's a drinking town in as much as every other building is a bar but it was chilled and laid back, none of the drinking places had blaring music, or reps hassling us to go in for "3 free shots". It was just a town with a lot of bars, restaurants and hotels. The beach was crowded with sun loungers and parasols but few were occupied and it...