Malaysia

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Once we saw everything in Singapore we headed north to Malaysia. Things got a little bit more difficult with language but the majority of people still speak English.

We crossed the Singapore/Malaysia border by coach and headed for our first stop of Melaka. After a couple of nights in a really cool guesthouse we headed north to Ipoh (which took ages!). Didn't find it particularly interesting so spent the next night in Kuala Kangsar and then moved on to Pangkor Island for about 5 nights. Had a really good time there, snorkelling, cycling and soaking up a few rays! We even got chased by an evil monkey which is actually scarier than it sounds! Finally, we headed down to Kuala Lumpur to catch the back end of Chinese New Year. We saw quite a few things including the Petronas Towers. Definitely the most impressive buildings I've ever seen. Will be interesting to see if the Taj Mahal tops it!

Once again it's probably best if I just stick on some photos!

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Photos

Rebuilt Sultan's house, Melaka
Has got a museum inside which wasn't very exciting!

Portuguese Boat
The Portuguese were in Melaka for a while and their influence is apparent everywhere.

Church in Melaka
More Portuguese style architecture in this little square.

Colourful Rickshaws
These things are everywhere around the square.

Colonial style School, Ipoh.
Ipoh has loads of Colonial buildings dotted around from when us good old Brits were in town!

Palace, Kuala Kangsar.
Unfortunately you couldn't go inside the grounds (hence the pretty crappy photo!).

Rainforest Roads!
One day I was feeling energetic so I hired a bike and cycled round the whole island (about 20km). My backside didn't recover for about a week!

Pink Taxi Mafia
For such a small island it's amazing how many taxis ther are!

Evil Monkey!
Started rummaging through our stuff and then decided it would be fun to chase us!

School Trip Malaysia Style!
The main Palace in Kuala Lumpur