When we woke this morning Khota Bharu looked incredibly desolate and it felt like another Fort Kochin moment (or Dieppe moment – Cousin Kathryn will know what that means!) as most things seemed closed. Despite being about 10 am things were only just coming to life although by the time we reached the Sunday market things were very much alive but thankfully not kicking. I'm sorry for all you foodies that we couldn’t add any smells to the blog- maybe as ...

Jungle train exploits Greetings from Phyllis Fogg and Passfarttwo aka the other idiot abroad Despite still having the alarm on the phone set on British time the ever reliable British postie got us up on time for the train this morning. We checked out and said our fond farewells to all at the hotel – including Mee Goreng Mary who was really pleased to be in our photo album but disappointed we weren't staying for the Nasi lemak, I think she must work on the...

"Its not set up for golf" Well here we are at Malaysia's answer to Fawlty Towers. We managed to successfully negotiate a train and 2 bus journeys to get here yesterday. The buses took us back to India -well obviously not literally – just in condition and features. John managed to use his new found skill to ask for the toilets before the bus left and while he was gone i got adopted by a nice young man from Indonesia who was keen to try out his English. John...

Woke up with BatuCave legs this morning. My poor legs are really aching from yesterdays climb. I get reminded every time i have to go up and down a kerb- especially as they are so high here. I reckon they thought it would be easier if they ever decide to resurface the road, as they won't have to keep putting new higher kerbs in. On the basis that they don’t seem to bother doing resurfacing very often here the kerbs should be sufficient for a good while yet....

Here we are at the end of day 2 - our first full day in Kuala Lumpur. We will certainly sleep well tonight. We managed to find our way to Chow Kit market this morning – with a combination of a monorail ride and a hike around the neighbourhood first we finally reached the market. For those of you who haven't been and plan to visit at a later date the best advice would be to retrace the monorail track when you leave the station and you will reach the market o...