Days 71,72,73 and 74 After a 7 hour flight we arrived into a drizzly sydney airport, where the prices really showed we had left Asia. We had to change terminal for our connecting flight to Melbourne and the 2 minute bus cost us $7 each!!!!!!! The flight was only an hour, but the weather was much better on our arrival, and after a short bus/train ride to South Yarra we arrived at the Claremont Guesthouse. We were both tired and hungry so after some lunch we dec...

Day 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 and 70 It didnt really feel like we'd entered a new country when crossing into Singapore, however once we reached the main city the difference was clear. Singapore didn't feel like our last country in Asia... it felt like we'd already left, the city was spotless and all the buildings seemed to have some unique design feature. Unfortunatley for us Singapore also had a more western pricing system so a dorm room at the Travellers inn was our ...

Day 62, 63 and 64 Our bus trip from the highlands to Melaka went well and we arrived late that afternoon. Our guesthouse (Apa Kaba) was more like a homestay in a traditional Malaysian house than a hostel, which was nice. We got a quick orientation talk by the owner and headed out to the centre of Melaka town for some food. Melaka was a fairly old, small town similar to Hoi An in Vietnam, although we didn't think it was quite as nice. After a few too many earl...

Days 60 and 61 We left Langkawi at 6:00am in order to get the 7am ferry. The fun began once we arrived back on the mainland as we were informed the bus due to take us to Ipoh wasnt there and we must get another bus to meet the one we needed in Alor Star. After an hour we got our bus to Ipoh (2 hours from the Highlands) which arrived only an hour behind sechdule (not bad for Asian standards). The bus station at Ipoh wasn't much fun and was made up of row upon row...

Day 56, 57, 58, and 59 We got a very early ferry from Penang to Langkawi which took 3 hours. Our hotel (Azio) was in Kuah Town, which wasn't close to the beaches so we had to get a taxi. As we arrived early in the morning we decided to head to Chenang Beach for the day. We had been told this was the busiest beach on the island, but we were pleasantly surprised to find there was lots of space on the nice white sand. It was really hot and we both got burnt....AG...