As our speedboat bounced its way to the Perhentians, a picturesque kilometre-long stretch of white sand soon came into the view. To be honest, any land would have been a blessing for our bruised behinds at this point, but the palm trees, wooden beach huts and the still expanse of sparkling blue waters, still made my day.Long Beach is a sun seekers paradise, a backpacker's nirvana and a chilled diver’s hangout all rolled into one. It's a beautiful, h...

Full of old world charm, you can spend days wandering around George Town. It's a bustling, colourful city, full of tumbledown shophouses, impressive colonial architecture and countless trishaws ferry everyone around. You'll feel like your being really cultural, while actually just moving from one trendy coffee house to another!The food here is mouth-wateringly good. From cheap bowls of soup with chunky bread bought at street stalls, to the scrumptious bre...

Yay! We are back in civilisation!!Malaysia's capital, affectionately known as KL, is every inch the Asian cyber-city. Historic temples and mosques rub shoulders with steel-clad towers and pristine shopping malls; traders’ stalls are piled high with pungent durians and counterfeit DVDs; and locals sip cappuccinos in wifi-enabled coffee shops or feast at bustling street-side hawker stalls serving food from across the continent.For us though, the most stri...

Swaying back and forth to the rhythm of the camel's gait, I found myself humming the theme to Lawrence of Arabia. Not much can top watching the sun set over the dunes as you meander towards a desert camp. We marvelled at how bare and pristine the landscape appeared -- a mix of sandy plains and sudden, unexpected waves-like dunes. We hungrily devoured the tasty, campfire supper. And later, as we lay listening to the constant chatter of the camel drivers, we wa...

What does a great British seaside holiday mean to you? Crabbing and candyfloss, garish graphics and 70s pop, ice cream, and crumbling piers packed with glittering lights and amusement arcades? Well, picture something like that but substitute the sea for a lake, quadruple the amount of ice cream being sold and add some over-excited Indians in pedalos -- who I'm really not sure appreciate how incredible kitsch this is all is, at least not on the same level as u...