So here is the blog from Malaysia. Well I arrived in Malaysia via the southern eastern border of Thailand. The Lonely Planet said not to go there as it was dangerous but as usual it was safe and the people were really friendly. They said they didn't see many tourists and helped me out loads with advice and stuff.

Stepping into Malaysia is like going into the future by 10 years. It's so modern, organized and everyone seems to speak perfect English. It's a little more expensive than the other places I've been on this trip but not by much. Id says £20 a day is about right for Malaysia.

I stopped one night in a place called Kota Bhreau at a great place called Idea Guesthouse.This was the first place I've ever found in the world that the hotel I was going to stop at had closed because it was low season. I wanted to go to one of the island but unfortunately they were closed again down to the time of year. So I jumped on a train which is known as the jungle railway. I met a lovely Belgium girl called Anita, she was heading home after 11 months on the road. We were told to get the slow train not the express as it would be better views. The so called slow train was flashing through the jungle at about 80mph I was amazed I got any photos at all, but have a look they are quite good.

I headed to a place called Taman Negara which is a famous national park and its very good for Jungle treks. The park is protected by the government and includes the tribal people that live within. We did a jungle trek to a canopy walk which is about 30m up in the trees; it's the longest in world!!! I felt like Tarzan but with a safety rope haha.

Next day I took a boat up river and did another longer trek into the jungle, I came across a tribal village that showed me how to light a fire and use a blowdart. They didn't speak any English at all but I got by. They cooked me some food and we sat around a camp fire. You will see by the photos that they do wear western clothes brought for them by the government, but none of the children went to school nor did they have electricity.The kids were amazed by my camera, I tried to get a photo of us all together but none of the people could work my camera. Gone are the days where you can find proper nomadic people, they have had some western influence of some kind, but it was as close as I could get. I really enjoyed spending time with them, they showed me show much yet we never actually spoke a word to each other.I gave them a little money for their hospitality and head back to my hostel before it got dark. It's not wise to sleep in the jungle at this time of year as it's the wet season, between the leeches and mosquitoes it makes for an unpleasant night. Whilst there I met 3 French guys, we got a bottle of Whiskey for 4 pounds and mixed it with red bull. The mosquitoes left me along that night for some reason :)

From there I headed to Kuala Lumpa, id being told it was expensive to stop there so I booked a bus for the next day to Melaka. I did manage to catch the PETRONAStowers whilst, OMG they are great, whoever designed them knew what they were doing, but then they did cost £2 billion to build.

I got to Melaka early and shared a room with a German guy to save a bit of money.He told me about his travels. He'd managed to buy air miles really cheap and had being basically around the world twice for 2400 euros, including Bora Bora. Just Google it, if u want to know where it is. We walked round Melaka and saw everything in one day, which included taking a wrong turn and getting into an attraction for free haha.

The reason for going to Melaka was mainly to head to Sumatra, Indonesia. So I booked my boat and left Malaysia after 8 days. I would have liked to go for longer but as most things were closed I felt id done as much as I can plus Indonesia is much cheaper.