Another day of rest and relaxation for me. Though by lunch time I do decide to leave the hostel and take a walk around the town, and i'm glad that I did. I dander around looking at all the usual tourist tat that is available. It's amazing how at the start of my trip this all seemed so fascinating, but now, having seen it so many times, it doesn't have the same appeal. Still interesting though. I enjoy walking through the narrow little streets with the cute little...

SJ is away today to Singapore and so I change rooms in the morning before having breakfast with SJ before she leaves. She is heading to Kuala Lumpur around the same time as I will be and so we may meet again. After this I decide to get some boring jobs out of the way, some washing and some blogging. The weather here is a bit hit and miss, though you can always rely on it being hot, very hot. ----- This hostel has a great layout, it is spread over 3 floors with ...

We don't get up too early after last night's drinking, just allow ourselves to wake up naturally, love it. We head back in to town to take a look around. This place reminds me a lot of Hoi An, in the fact that it is quaint and has the river running through it, it is all decorated for Chinese New Year as well and so there is a good atmosphere about the place. We stop along the river and have breakfast, some local delicacy, that wasn't that tasty, but served it pur...

Up early and down to the station for my 8am bus, that comes at 8.40. This bus is again super comfortable, but also super cold. Luckily I always pack the buff and a long sleeve t-shirt to cope in these situations. I arrive in Kuala Lumpur and come across my first bout of frustration. When I bought my bus ticket, I asked what station I got left at because I was heading to Melaka, I was told that it didn't matter what station because I could get a bus to Melaka from...