Today we flew back to Kota Kinabalu from Sandakan. Apparently we should be been able to see the top of mount Kinabalu as we flew past, but either we were looking out of the wrong side of the plane or the top was covered in cloud. We stayed at the Seaside Travellers Inn which provided a nice setting in which to relax after our tour.

Friday 9th December 2005 Cameron Highlands to Penang The alarm was sounding at 7am as we had to be up and walking into town to catch the bus at 7.30am. We quickly got ready and made our way down the hill of steps to the bus stop. There were another 15 or so people waiting for the bus. After 10 minutes hanging around the driver summoned us to get...

In Malaysia now... We spent four hours on a very comfortable and air-conditioned bus from the lovely Singapore to Malacca this morning and have had a wonderful time since we got here. The city is so cultually diverse and has everything you can imagine from South East Asia squished into a small city. It's a pretty, historical city south of Kuala ...

Time to leave Malaysia and move to Thailand. People lately keep asking me "are you excited?", but I must say "no", I don't feel excited, just happy to be going to Thailand. At least that is the case until I board Thai Airways flight 418. I am greeted with a wai and warm smile. The plane is clean and has a happy feeling to it. The Thai's are gent...