Hi all, Got the boat at 8 this morning back to the mainland. You will be glad to hear it wasn't a speedboat. The drivers made me sit on the top deck with them - because i'm on my own they all think i need a friend or need extra care. They smoked all the way over and by the time i got to the mainland i was gasping for air. All malay men smoke it seems. Got picked up by a nice air-conditioned minivan for the journey up to the highlands. I was sitting...

Last night I had 5 cockroaches coming out my bathroom wall - and not the little black ones you get in spain, these were big brown/yellow beasts. I just had to shut the door and get back to sleep. I then had scary dreams about them. By morning they were gone. Went snorkelling today which was amazing! saw turtles swimming along beside us and whole host of brightly coloured fishies. The turtles are the only thing worth seeing in the perentian islands. ...

didn't do much today. I'm so gutted about not being able to go diving here. I went to speak to them today and they said i couldn't because of my feet injuries - pah. I'm going to go snorkelling though. If your not diving then there isn't alot else to do except sunbathe and I don't like sitting in the sun for very long. you can't even drink here or if you do, getting alcohol is a whole other hassle in itself. They don't openly display alcohol (malaysia ...

Hi all UPDATE FROM THE OTHER DAY (SATURDAY) Eric and I got a train at 6am to get to the border and we were the only 'western people' on the train. Lots of scray policemen with guns all congregated in our lane and i thought something bad was going to happen but they were only coming to shut the broken train door (and between 6 of them they couldn't even do that properly). From the station we took a motorbike taxi (sorry mum last one i promise) and then...