What a fantastic week, a nice holiday and break from the travelling lifestyle, with the great company of Miss Murray :-D We stayed in a nice apartment with great sea views in Kota Kinabalu. Unfortunately, Jays suitcase didn't make it to Borneo with her so the first day we spent wandering around the city, shopping for an outfit for her to wear the next day! The next day we went on a river cruise, we had a nice dinner and spent the afternoon spotting crocodiles, ...

Road Trip Weekend In KL I was staying with a local girl called Lim, who I met after she kindly looked after me when I was poorly in Chiang Mai. It was great to see the city from a locals eyes. At the weekend we went to Malaka, a city on the coast south of KL. It had become quite touristy with the gimmicky stalls but it was still kept in its old town style which was nice to see, and there was lots of different types of Malaysian foods in the street market. We tr...

Today I flew to Malalysia! Thank god I didn't have to get another gruelling bus! I arrived in the town and had to wait two hours for a girl I had met in Chiang Mai to come and pick me up... As I'm doing KL local style :-) Well... I found wholesale heaven and china town... Two hours later and no US dollars or Malaysian money later, we went for dinner and then back to her house, via a drive of the city and seeing the Petronas towers illuminated at night :) I li...

Today I went for a walk in the rain to explore a little of the city. I started at the museum of Asian Civilisation, it was nice, lots of pretty materials but I think I've been spoilt by museums in Vietnam, but at least I was out of the rain for an hour :) I then walked over to the Merlin monument and waterfall, which is a huge lion with water spouting out of his mouth! Wikipedia tells me that this is actually called Merlion and is a mythical creature, the city...

Sentosa Island I FINALLY arrived in Singapore after another 48hr bus ride!! The last bus was supposed to arrive at 11pm, then 4.30am but actually arrived at 9.30am :-S My conclusion of South East Asia is... Don't trust anyone when it comes to timing!! I found the hostel alright and was still in time for breakfast :) and had a great shower. Then after chatting to a few people in the hostel, we decided to go to Sentosa and act like big kids for the afternoon :D...