Blogs from Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 23

the night after i watched the spurs bolton game in the jungle (i couldnt believe it either) we set off at 8.30am for the Perhentian island of kecil which means small the other besar means large and also reffers to the size of the pockets you need to go there! so 2 coaches and a speed boat later...... ol and a small boat to take us to the shore from the big boat as there is no port and definately no airport we had to take off our shoes and carry our luggage through the water about 10 meters to the shore (that how remote this island is). we trekked down the beach in the heat sweating like crazy deciding on which ramshakle place to stay. they are all basically wooden huts and i decided to ... read more

Our reason for the blog title goes back to our audio-guide of KL Tower in Kuala Lumpur. The lady speaking had a nice British accent, but every time she said the country she said it like "Ma-LAY-thee-a". At this time we were still travelling with John, and we all had a laugh over the pronunciation. It became a running joke between the three of us! Peninsular Malaysia feels like a different country than Malaysian Borneo. We really enjoyed our time in both parts of the country. As with most of our Asian cuisine experiences, Malaysia did not disappoint. We noticed that Malaysian food seemed to be a blend of lots of different ethnic influences. Cameron Highlands After so many nights in the high humidity / 35 degrees celsius weather of KL, we loved the modera... read more

I am now being a beach bum on an island with the clearest, most beautiful water I have ever seen in my entire life. But back track a few days and I was sleeping in a cave. with bats.... We got up to set out on our 3 day journey into the oldest rainforest in the world-Tamen Nagara. We was me, the 2 Canadian guys I had met on the bus, one Canadian girl and a Danish guy. We were to be guided by an insane jungle man named "mon". Set with my jungle hat and their Bob Marley gear, we got to the bench where we were told to meet Mon. While waiting for him to wake up, another crazy jungle man decides to lecture us on cave ettiquette. He just kept repeatedly telling us ... read more

Date visited: 3rd-10/11th April The Island of Besar: 'Big Island' We boarded our express sleeper train at 1800 hrs from Singapore and got to our lower berth economy :( sleeping area where we would spend the next 14 hours. We hoped this decision would ease stress at the Malaysian/Singapore border, as going by bus would have meant getting off about 3 times with backpacks and queing long hours. Although we had to disembark once, it was much quicker than taking the bus. The evening for me passed quickly as I was racing through my captivating trilogy. By the time darkness fell I bedded down only to be disturbed by about 5 kids racing up and down the corridor screaming with excitement. Much to my utter dismay and disgust at the mother's lack of discipline this behaviour ... read more

Hello everyone! We have made it safely to Indonesia! Just a quick up date for you all about Malaysia........ Flew into KL and headed straight for the jungle, Taman Negara where we did a night jungle walk and saw vipers, stick insects and MASSIVE spiders! We also did a rapid shooting which was basically a boat ride where we went through rapids and got soaked! We also visited a settlement where they use blow pipes to kill animals...we both had a go but i hit the penguin slap bang in the middle of the stomach! We also went along a canopy walkway high in the rainforest ...soooooo high ...40m! After this we headed to the Perenthian islands for some surf, snorkelling and diving! We met 3 lovely english ladiees in the jungle who were also going ... read more