Hello from Penang! Just arrived here after a 6 hour bus journey (luckily air con, unlike the 9 hours we spent on the mail train!) from the gorgeous beach. Our accomadation was excellent, literally right on the beach, and we spent most of the time lounging in hammocks swimming and sunbathing. We are perhaps a darker shade of pale, and certainly a deeper shade of red! Sunburn on the posterior is rather painful. Went snorkelling all around the Island and saw l...

Bonjour mon amie! we are in the rainforest! it is amazing, loads of wildlife and crazy trees. it is v hot and humid. we actually managed to walk up a HUGE mountain/ hill in the forest in 40 + degrees, was worth it though as the view was amazing. will try n put pics of it on here when we get to Perth. Dinner on the floating restuarants is amazing with loads of twinkly lights n the sound of the jungle in the jungle in the background is really atmospheric. w...

hey again guys! this is our last day in KL so we have been doing some sight seeing etc. thought i would give u n update on what we are going to be doing for the next two weeks as we are going off into the wilderness and may not have access to luxuries like computers! so 2moro we are busing and boating up to Taman Negara (will mean nothing to u im sure!) but it is a national Park in a Rainforest so we will be doing things like exploring caves, canopy walking a...

Hi everyone, After an 'interesting' start in singapore (bad hostel bad area) we were rescued by our contact and she took us out for dinner in this amazing private dining club ontop of a skyscraper-amazing views of Singapore at night. We then stayed the night at her house and caught the bus to Kuala Lumper in the morning. KL is really cool! and hot 34 degrees! Our hostel is in a great location with easy access to all the sites and the nightlife is amazing. Its...