Days 53, 54 and 55 After our overnight train from KL we caught the 15 minute ferry from the main land to Penang island. Our guesthouse (Old Penang) was nice enough, we were staying in the 12 bed dorm the first night which was really cheap. We went for a walk around Georgetown which was obviously very different to KL, unfortunatley we had arrived on a Sunday, which meant all the shops and restaurants were closed. We eventually found somewhere for lunch but they d...

Days 49, 50, 51 and 52 We arrived in Kuala Lumpur in the evening, and on time despite our flight being delayed by an hour. We stayed at a hostel called Sunshine Bedz, which was nice even though it was our first shared bathroom in Asia. The owner of the hostel took us to a street vendor, and we had our first taste of roti, which is a bit like the love child of a pancake and a naan bread. It was very cheap and yummy! On our first full day we headed towards the f...

Days 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48 We got the train from Hoi An to Hanoi at 12.06pm. The journey was very long but at least we had a cabin to ourselvels this time. The views along the way were amazing, and at one point we were winding our way around sheer cliff faces with the sea just below. We arrived in Hanoi at 4am and got a taxi to Hanoi guesthouse. However because it was so early the doors were locked and we had to bang on the shutters to wake the Vietnamese bo...

Days 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42 We had booked to leave Ho Chi Minh City for Hoi An on the overnight train with a journey time of 17 hours We had a 4 berth compartment, which weren't as nice as the 2nd class compartments of the Thai trains, and we weren't sure if the bed sheets we were using had ever been washed. Having said that our train journey was the most interesting yet! We were sharing our compartment with a Vietnamese guy, who couldn't speak a word of En...

Days 34, 35 and 36 At Green Suites our breakfast was included in the price, and it was nice because it was served on a 6 storey high roof terrace, so we got a good view of the city. We got a taxi to the train station to buy our onward tickets to Hoi An, and as the taxi drivers kept trying to scam us we decided to walk to the nearby city attractions. We got to appreciate the city more this way, both its good and bad points, as Jamie nearly got took out by a moped...