After a long journey we have finally arrived in George Town (a stop over in KL later...) and have settled into a VERY basic room which we share with a busy throughway of ants, but at 3 pounds per night we shouldn't complain. We left Singapore on Tuesday morning, hoping a one-day easy journey here would be possible but we were mistaken... the difference in countries is remarkable and walking across the border the change is instant - from Singapore's sparkly Western-style streets (complete with Topshop) where everyone speaks English, to Malaysia's "seedy border town" (according to Lonely Pla [View Full Entry]

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Our flight to Singapore was long and pretty uneventful - Becki 1 slept most of the way and Rutty watched many half films. After circling a lightning cloud for an hour we plunged to land and didn't get hit. Despite a scary man at customs we were both allowed in and no death penalties handed out. Today we leave Singapore for Penang in search of tropical island paradise, after discovering that it is Monsoon season on the east coast. We haven't got a plan yet of how to get there, but hopefully next time we write we will be bronzed goddesses [View Full Entry]

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Packing up our last few items and setting off for Singapore. After cancelled and redirecting our plans, many times, we are now successfully flying tonight for three weeks of adventure in Malaysia. [View Full Entry]

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