This morning we are in Mersing; Johor Bahru, on our way back down to Singapore for tonight. After our stay in Kuala Tahan in Taman Negara, we made our way over to the East coast of Malaysia to start making our way down to Singapore again. Our first stop was Teluk Chempedak, a beautiful little coastal resort-like town, next to Kuantan. Unfortunately, on the way there, Paul got hit with his first (and hopefully only?) bout of food poisoning and thus had a horrible trip to Chempedak and 2 days hopping from toilet to toilet. Teluk Chempedak was a gorgeous place! Beautiful beaches and big smooth boulders, surrounded by jungle and rainforest, but on closer inspection, like most of Malaysia as we've found, it was dirty and smelly. Rubbish strewn everywhere, open sewers that give off
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