After all the trauma of getting to Penang we decided to embark on a two hour trek in search for accommodation.Eventually we reached Georgetown (formerly occupied by the British) and chose a shortlist of guesthouses.The first one was called Stardust and was run by two lovely ladies who despite minimal English were lovely to us to the extent that we felt so welcome we stayed for 6 nights instead of the intended 3!They were literally working non stop though, up at a...

We left KL for Taman Nagara rainforest & decided to start at the most popular entry gate of Kuala Tahan. We jumped on a bus to Jerantut where we stocked up on supplies for our trekking (not trekking in the true sense, just walking!). Everyone in the town bibbed & waved at us which was nice. From Jerantut we got the bus up to the Kuala Tahan which was a tiny village just the other side of the river from the park entrance. As it was late we checked in &...

Even by Al's legendary organisational standards, this stage of the trip was a shambles! From our trusted guidebook following the visit to Taman Negara the done thing was to visit the park via a small town called Merapoh.To get there we took our seats on the train excited about all the tigers, monkeys, elephants and dodo's we may stumble across.90mins later the guard kindly advised us Merapoh was next.We got the backpacks on and made for the doors in anticipation...

The first thing we noticed about Kuala Lumpur when our flight landed was the humidity which didnt help in our frantiic dash to catch the last bus to the city centre....luckily the malaysian staff were laid back as always so we made it! Kuala lumpur is a huge city, it had the usual little india & china region amongst others. There are plenty of shops, markets, foodstalls ...& cockroaches at night. On our first day we set off on a misson to get our Thail...