The Perhentian Islands are off the north east coast of Malaysia, so getting here meant catching a freezing cold overnight bus back up north from KL... but getting here was well worth it! There are two islands that make up the Perhentians, one called Kecil island (the small one) and the other called Perhentian Besar (the bigger one), we decided to stay on Kecil as we heard it was nicer and quieter with no roads or traffic of any sort! Upon pulling up to the pie...

From the Cameron Highlands the bus to KL was around 4 hours and so we arrived at around 1pm, we were lucky as the bus dropped us off in Chinatown which was where we were staying so it was only a short walk around the corner to our guest house. This was the first time since India we had pre booked our accomodation so we didn't have the hassle of looking for a room, well actually our friend Ben who we met in Langkawi was already staying here so it was him who bo...

From Penang we hopped on two buses and 4 hours inland later we arrived in the Cameron Highlands. The highlands of Malaysia are a welcome break from the heat of the islands as they are way up in the mountains... infact the weather in the highlands is much like a summers day in England as its around 25 degrees in the day and it gets quite cold at night. Upon arriving we checked in to Fathers Guest House which was recomended to us by Mr Lee back in Penang, and a...

From Penang we hopped on two buses and 4 hours inland later we arrived in the Cameron Highlands. The highlands of Malaysia are a welcome break from the heat of the islands as they are way up in the mountains... infact the weather in the highlands is much like a summers day in England as its around 25 degrees in the day and it gets quite cold at night. Upon arriving we checked in to Fathers Guest House which was recomended to us by Mr Lee back in Penang, and a...

The ferry over from Langkawi took longer than I thought and so we arrived here around 8pm and a local man showed us about hopping on a free shuttle bus to the backpaker area of chinatown. We walked straight to our guesthouse which was ran by the friendliest man in the world called Mr Lee... it actually mentions this guy in the lonely planet saying how friendly he is! That night was our first experience of eating at Malaysian Hawker markets, which is basically a...