Alison: We travelled to Melaka the morning after the leech incident so I was still in a bit of a tender state. Despite feeling completely drained, we managed to drag ourselves out of bed at the crack of dawn to begin the journey to Melaka which would involve 5 different buses and would take us via Kuala Lumpur. We didn't get off to a great start as the old rickety bus we were on developed a flat tire and we were stuck for over an hour whilst the ill prepared ...

Nigel: After the jungle train from Kota Buru, we spent a night in Jerantut before we headed off to Taman Negara, which is one of the national parks in Malaysia. The bus we were to get on to go to the park was very old looking and comfort was not number one priority, but the journey was OK and after an hour we had reached our destination. On this occasion we booked our accommodation in advance as we were unsure how busy it would be. The place we choose was a small...

Alison: After another enjoyable speed boat ride and a shortish local bus ride, we arrived in Kota Bharu which is a market town in the far north of Malaysia. We were very hot and bothered when we arrived but a much needed KFC soon recharged our batteries and we found a place to stay in a nice hostel recommended in our guide book. The hostel was not the most modern or comfortable we had been in but it's appeal is that the rooms are within a traditional Malaysia...

Alison: The journey to the Perhentian Islands was another uncomfortable affair. The tiny minibus came to collect us at 5am and we managed to squeeze on to what already appeared to be a full bus. Following our pick up though, the driver still managed to get another 2people on!! Luckily we weren't on the back row because these people had to ride with giant rucksacks rather unexpectedly falling on their head! We finally got to a small town called Kuala Besut aft...