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From KL I took the train down to Singapore for a couple of days. The place was a western culture shock compared to the rest of south east Asia. Big, bustling, clean, efficient, a nice break from the rough edges I have become used to. The most significant difference for me was the cost of everything- hugely more expensive than I'm used to- London prices, and gucci shops! I walked around the huge shopping malls, the very impressive harbour front, china town, little India. I met up with a group of Argentinians who I went to Sarasota island with and up to 71st floor of the swissotel to see the cityscape by night. I only stayed for 2 nights as it was too expensive! I then 'took the midnight train going anywhere'- or actually back to KL when I stop singing songs from Glee!! Not the most rest full journey as there was a fat man snoring his head off in the bunk below me. This was the beginning of a 48hr ordeal that I'd rather forget. I was trying to get to the perhentian islands on the north east coast of Malaysia, the train was followed by a 4 hr wait in a sweaty bus station, followed by a 9 hr bus ride- no problem. Stepped off the bus in kuala besut, a small fishing port booked my ride over to the islands and looked for somewhere to stay, thoroughly exhausted. I was taken to a 'hostel' looked a bit scabby, but I'd stayed in worse places, too tired to look elsewhere I took it. This place turned out not to be a hostel, but a doss house for local lads, who were slightly intimidating to say the least. By the time this became apparent it was too late to find anywhere else to stay. Anyway to cut a long story short I ended up having to make a quick get away at 5.30am still dark outside to ensure my safety... Not a happy girl, even more exhausted, stresses out and a little shaken up I sat at the ferry terminal and waited the 3 hrs for the boat!
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