Tuesday July 27th - Kuala Lumpur to Penang Today we said goodbye to KL and hello Penang!We had a morning flight, but were out of the hostel around 7am in order to catch the LRT and train to the airport.At the airport, we had to catch a shuttle bus to take us to the low-cost carrier terminal, which was 20 minutes away.We were cutting it REALLY close on time, because I didn't factor in the shuttle time when we planned for our flights the evening before!Apparentl...

Monday July 26th -Kuala Lumpur Today we woke up early so that we could make the most of our day and catch the free breakfast at the hostel.We decided to check out the Batu Caves, which are located about 45 minutes by city bus from where we are staying.As we were waiting at the very poorly marked bus stop, a fellow backpacker from our hostel decided to join us.His name was Ron, an Asian-American from LA who is currently teaching English in Japan, but taking a b...

Saturday/Sunday July 24th-25thà Off to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jenn safely arrived yesterday from Melbourne and stayed the night at my flat (now that flat 130 has a spare room… but not for long!)She arrived pretty late, so we pretty much said hi, caught up quickly on our Aussie lives, and then went to bed.The next morning we headed to Garden City (shopping mall) to pick up some last minute items for our trip.Who knew that this little errand would end up with...