The highlight of pouring hot springs, despite the title, was not the hot springs. Aching muscles or not, the last thing you want to do in a hot and humid country is to get into an even hotter pool of water. Instead we rested our legs in the comfort of our air-conned room. And boy did they ache...for days, particularly down stairs. We did however make the short walk to the tropical garden. Here they rehabilitated an Orangutan called Jackie, who cannot resist a f...

We finally set out to climb the mountain thats been peering over us for days now. Bizarely we all opted for the longer but more scenic route called the mesilau track. We had a mammoth breakfast before we set of. The first 1km was really difficult, steep uphill up uneven steps which we difficult to negotiate. After that i settled into my pace and it became slightly easier. we found our rhythm seemed to match that of the two doctors on the tour so we stuck with the...

So we're back in Malaysia. This time over in Borneo. It's great to be back here. I love Malaysia and the people are fantastic. For the first 12 days here we joined a tour group called intrepid. We had one night in town before we met the group, then it was off to the hotel to find out what we were in for. There were 12 of us on the tour - 5 couples and 2 singles. We all went out for an Indian, which we ate with our hands off banana leaves. Then we went on ...

Our last stop in Malaysia before heading up through Thailand was Kota Bharu. To get there we took the jungle railway which wasn't quite the expierience we were hoping for. I was invisaging a clapped out, perhaps windowless shell, crammed with locals and a few featherless chickens perhaps. Instead it was pretty mich like one of the ttrains back home (well not the Hertford - London line) what i'm trying to say is, this train was nice. Too nice. Yes we were ...

Back on the malaria tablets as we headed into the rainforest for a 3 day trek. The base town is called Kuala Tahan and is a cute little town perched on the banks of a vast muddy river. The edge of the town is lined with a row of floating restaurants on the water itself, where whilst eating your dinner you are joined by all kinds of light seeking bugs!We packed a small daybag for the jungle - 1 pair of trousers as few tops, 3 big bottles of water, a very tatty gro...