In Perth! Arrived after two fairly comfortable flights on Friday evening! The airports were busier than expected. I was surprised at Perth airport as it was a Little small, but the technology through customs meant we got out quickly. Sarah and Lou's apartment is very nice and spacious. We spent the weekend having leisurely lie ins followed by a drive to the beach. On Saturday we went to Coogee beach and Sunday to Floreat beach. We had a great time in the sea. ...

A great day at Batu caves. Sarah and I took the LRT to KL sentral, then the KTM Komuter train to batu Caves. Really easy! The total journey cost 5 ringgits each £1. The journey equivalent of going from Wakefield to Leeds! We took some photos around the temples at the bottom and by the large golden statue of Lord Murugan (a Hindu deity) then walked up the steps to the caves. At the bottom we were greeted by monkeys and pigeons! There were some great peals of th...

24.7.13 07:36 Wide awake in Malaysia! A trip of mixed emotions this time. Here on holiday rather than work which is a great change, but also here to show my daughter Sarah the ropes before I leave her here to work for a year! We arrived yesterday at 9.30. We had been fortunate enough to be upgraded on the journey out, but had a pretty uncomfortable journey from Dubai, with no sleep at all. Luckily we were picked up by staff from Lincoln where Sarah will be work...

Today is Thursday. Just moved rooms at Holiday Inn Glenmarie. A very eager receptionist called Thomas from Holland is seeing to our needs whilst here, so I managed to get out of the smoking room I'd previously occupied. 2 nights ago we went to Subang Parade. This is a fairly large Mall in Subang, the site of the original KL airport. One of the things that Malaysia does well is shopping Malls! You can get designer and outlet things as well as accessing a range of...

Malaysia Sept 2011 Day 1. 03.09.11. After a pleasant journey of 2 six and half hour flights with a stop over of an hour in Dubai, finally got to KL. Only one hours sleep on the journey so felt pretty rough on arrival. Got to the hotel 'Shah Village' in Petaling Jaya. Hotel looked lovely with palm trees and swimming pool. What a disappointment when getting to the room. Dirty, smelly and not very functional. Tv faced away from the bed. Only 1 plug socket and none...