Finally we had m,ade it to our destination Kota Barhu in the far north east of Malaysia. Walking around the town we were looking fo things to do, whe we walked passed a padi dive shop. As we had planned to do our open water dive certificates, we were taken in by the location of the island and the reef that we would be learning on, and the price was about half what we would pay in the UK, with accomodationa and transport included. So out to the island wich was cal...

WOW. KL. Arriving at the bus stop we diddnt really know where we needed to be or what we was going to be doing? Fortunately there were 2 other backpackers with about as much idea as we had. We made ou way to a hostel where we booked in for 2 nights. Not wanting to stay long in a big smelly city, we planned to go to a place called Taman Negara, one of the oldes rainforrests in the world. A bus and a boat ride later and we had made it to the rainforrest. Now going ...