Blogs from Malaysia, Asia - page 749

After the longest journey so far and a journey I swear I will not do again (Sleeper carriages nextime anyone?) Me and Dave finally got to Pulau Tiomen. We managed to get the first speedboat over from Mersing where, when we were thrown off the bus, I managed to watch Reading V Man city, Live at 5 in the morning!! Mersing was also unfortunately where we bid Henson farewell as he had to head back for Singapore to fly home. By the time you read this mate, You'll be at Uni!! Go forth and tell the world of your travels! Its a shame you have to leave us, the KFC stock market value in the far east must have shot up by about 400% while you've been here!! Pulau Tiomen was voted one of the most ... read more

Hello, thank you for all your messages and e-mails (Dad, Racheal, Andrea, Grandad, Kate, Sam, Steve etc). We have moved on from Singapore and are now in Malaysia in a town called Melacca (there are about 5 spellings of it). It is great to be back in Malaysia although it is strange beacuse it doesn't feel different or even very exciting or out of the ordinary, especially being here with Sam. I guess living here for six months before uni had a bigger impact than i throught. Compared to Singapore Malaysia is MAD. No pavments here and cars everywhere. But it's all good fun. It is very hot here at the moment. Yesterday it got to about 33-34 C and its very humid. On to Melacca.... it's a bit like York really (only Malaysian) in that ... read more

Well it's been a few weeks/months on the road in Asia and the whole experience has involved laughter,sweaing,muggings,illness,drunkeness,injuries,spiders,cockroches,good food and some of the worst food on the face of the earth. Since the last entry i have been to Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia. I found Cambodia a very depressing pace due the mass killings which happened in the late 70's. The country has a very sad history and because there are still land mines everywhere many people on a daily basis has there arms and legs blown off........i think you can understand my point. The next stage of my trip was Thailand...ohhh Thailand i am still in love with this place...it's all about the diving and the parties...! In Ko Tao i got my Diving qualifications and i am currently doing my advanced courses. I have ... read more

Greetings from Malaysia :) We have now left the beaches in Thailand and made our way to Penang in Malaysia. After 10 hours cooped up in a tiny minivan we finally made it across the border. Today, we took the chance to wander around Georgetown admiring the "neo-classical architectural buildings." We also visited the Penang art gallery/museum and Little India. We only have one more night here so the next stop is the Cameron Highlands. Amy xxx... read more

Jess here.... Well, after a day spent relaxing on the beaches, we decided to get a bit more physical and spend an afternoon sea-kayaking among the mangrove forests and canyons around Krabi. We saw loads of monkeys and fed them pineapples- which had to be the highlight of our journey. The scenery was also very beautiful, but the tide was so low (due to the full moon) and we kept getting stuck in the mud. This accounted for a very squishy experience as our toes sunk into the silt! After a grueling 10 hour journey in a mini-van seemingly custom-built for dwarves (even I had no leg room!!) and broken air conditioning, we've finally made it to Malaysia- Penang to be exact. ... read more