After two days in the city I decided I needed to escape and see some more of the country so took myself off on a little day trip to Melaka. I got up early and still rather bleary eyed at 7am I faced my first challenge of the morning - the sweat pit that is Puduraya Bus Station in KL. My first impression was the strong smell of food.... deep fried i don't know what, but as it didn't look suitable for us vegetarians I didn't hang around to find out! Buying a bus ticket here is an interesting experience - you walk along a narrow corridor with ticket booths on both sides from which sellers shout destinations at you. When you hear the one you want you just have to find the right seller that ... read more

For those that have been following my other online journal.... or not as the problem seemed to be.... I got fed up with noone getting any updates so have moved it here!!!!!! Hope it works better! *********************************************************************** I've been away for over two weeks now and I've no idea where the time has gone! I had to think hard earlier about what day of the week it is today so I'm taking that as a sign that I'm fully into a relaxed holiday mood!!! Anyway I thought it was about time that I updated you all with what I'd been up to so far..... When I left London it was grey, raining, I had to get up at some evil hour to get my flight to Malaysia and got stuck in M25 rush hour traffic getting ... read more