Jerantut Hill Resort

... he could hold his breath long enough to go underwater and pick up some interesting creatures for us to see (sea urchin, a Nemo fish and a sea cucumber). We spent that night relaxing at the resort again (I just love duty free).<br><br>The next day was yet another day relaxing on the beach but in my defense, I must say that I spent a solid 40 minutes reading from my inorganic textbook. So that's 40 minutes out of three days spent studying; it's an honest attempt, no?<br><br> <br>

... by the Dutch, hence the canals and windmills dotted about before the British came along with their gunpowder and demolished everything they could! We hired bikes for the day and visited the remaining buildings/ruins before eating at the famous Satay House where huge vats of bubbling satay sauce sit in the middle of the table and you cook your own skewers of meat in this. Beautiful!<br><br>Well that's it from Malaysia with my next stop being Singapore...

... amp; said well I've had a lot of people say things when they have met me but that isn't one!!!<br><br>I caught the plane to Kuala Lumpar which was so nice not catching a bus, ferry or night boat. Arrived at KL &amp; found my hotel, it was really nice &amp; you got a free breakfast. KL is soooo expensive compared to everywhere I've been so had to be careful with the old funds. I spent the majority of the time in KL on my own &amp; it was actually really nice ...

... to the Leeds girls who were heading for KL, was shattered so just checked in &amp; booked a tour for the next day around Penang.<br><br>Oh had a shower &amp; I am now sick on toilets that are just holes in the floor, here in this hostel the hole in the floor &amp; shower are all in the same room, wasn't impressed when my soap slipped out of my hand down the hole, obviously didn't go find it but was so annoyed.<br><br>Got picked up for my trip at 9.30am, met a ...

Fellow teachers will understand that after a week of holidays, I have reached that mellow stage where the body starts to let go of all the tension and lethargy rushes in, leaving you just wanting to sleep, read, and generally veg. Yesterday's foot reflexology may have contributed - although it was bloody painful at the time. Side-order of philosophy from the therapist:"Holy ****, why you want to go from home - be lonely?" And let's not forget ...

... beautiful jungle views chugging past. When we arrived at Jerantut - a small, dusty provincial town which seems like it only exists as a stopover on the way to our final destination - we found a basic but comfy hostel going by the charming name of Hotel Chett Fatt, and after a small siesta we went to have a lovely meal of noodle soup and fried rice at one of the restaurant shacks. It was made all the more ...

... really here doing this?" When we arrived at our resort, we tied up at a floating dock. Across the river is a cluster of floating restaurants. All waterside buildings here are tethered floating rafts. Because the river level can change by dozens of feet between the wet and dry seasons, any fixed building would periodically be underwater. We made a steep climb up concrete stairs to our resort. Now we are in our two very basic brick rooms at the ...

... dense, humide, boueuse, mais les creatures hostiles qui la peuplent sont discretes et l'on peut innocemment s'y promener sans voir trop de serpents ou d'araignées, trop peu pour en etre effrayé en tout cas. Puis aujourd'hui j'ai choisi d'en apprendre davantage sur les bruits, les plantes, etc, et je suis parti pour un treck guidé de trois jours. Mon experience aurait du me ramener a la raison mais l'histoire se repete sans cesse...le guide est une buse, parle mal l ...

Geniale Tour durch den Regenwald, bei Regen und Sonnenschein und totaler Luftfeuchtigkeit. erste eine schoene Bootsfahrt durch den Regenwald und Palmoelplantagen, dann eine Nachtwanerung mit vielen Insekten und Spinnen, am naechsten Tag eine Kletteruebung ueber den Canopy Walk ...

... there as there is nothing to do so we decided to cough up a bit more than planned and get a taxi to our next stop towards the jungle, Kuantan, it is about a 190 mile journey but only cost 160 ringitt (about 23 quid) and took about three hours. The taxi dropped us off at the bus station in Kuantan and we went in to get tickets for the next town on the way (involves a lot of hours travelling to get to the jungle) and the man at the ...