Tropical Inn Hotel Johor Bahru

... dark and as we approached the zoo, exotic torch lamps and the surrounding darkness gave this place almost a Jurassic Park-esque feel. We entered the zoo and all we had to guide us were the lights and the sounds of the animals. We decided to power walk through the area given the limited time span we had and we saw tigers, leopards, rhinos, and indian wolves to name a few. We then went into the "Flying Squirrel" enclosure which we were most curious about. <br><br>I had no idea what ...

So we arrived in singapore a few hours ago. We decided to make the most of it via excessive eating of singaporian food, seeing the view from the flyer (kindof like the london eye but longer and probably more boring) and walking ALOT. <br>At night was DAMN cool. We ended up clubbing with the dude that owns half of singapore's ...

... gibbons swinging in the trees, which David was very pleased about, and we also saw about every other animal we could think of apart from a gorilla. We saw pygmy hippos, tigers, polar bears, crocodiles, ostrich, zebra, panther, leopard, alligator, monkeys, orangutans, elephants, dugongs, penguins, seals, snakes, frogs, proboscis monkeys, squirrels, bats, kangaroos, insects of many kinds, lemurs....the list goes on. A highlight was definitely the polar bears ...

... Nach einem aeusserst leckeren Abendessen in einem kleinen Indischen Restaurant, wo tatsaechlich nur Inder assen, war es spaet genug fuer die Weiterfahrt zu unserem letzten Stop des Tages. Nein, diesmal ging es nicht an den Pool (der musste heute ohne uns auskommen). Wir wollten unbedingt noch die Nachtsafari mitmachen und das war auch wirklich toll! Wir wurden mit kleinen Baehnchen durch den Park gefahren, links und rechts waren die verschiedensten Tiere ...

Arrived in Langkawi after taking a 4 hour combined bus ride from Taman Negara to Jeruntut to KL, then hopped on a flight to the island. We were picked up at the airport by the guesthouse owners partner, so the journey was not difficult. We stayed at the Pondok Keladi guest house, set back in the 'jungle' about 10 mins walk from both of the west coast's two main beaches. It was just what the doctor ordered after all the travelling, 5 days in a ...

... interesting fact or seven, and the days definitely go past a lot quicker as I think both me and Jules genuinely enjoy spending time with him. He's an excellent teacher aswell, it's a shame more of the surgeons in Leeds aren't like him. Today we were in theatre for the day. We saw lots of haemarrhoid repair, so much so that me and Jules can probably set up our own clinic and do the damn thing ...

... go shopping. It was so stinking hot outside, yet they BLAST the aircon indoors, so we spent the day hopping inside to escape the heat, then outside to escape the icey indoors! We couldn't win! <br><br>There's so much shopping to do, but because we were so tired we ended up finding a couch in a Gloria Jeans, ordering extra strong coffees to give us a kick, but it never did and we ended up dozing off on the couch. The staff were ready to kick us out!

... urusan kerja. Jadi boleh dikatakan beliau memang mahir dengan jalan di JB. Pukul 12 tengah malam, kami sampai ke hotel. Urusan daftar masuk mengambil masa yang singkat. Oleh kerana masing-masing telah keletihan, terus menuju ke bilik untuk berehat. Sesekali menginap di bilik bertaraf korporat memang selesa dengan berbagai kemudahan. Perkara pertama bila masuk bilik, saya terus buka internet untuk melihat email. Sempat YM dengan kawan-kawan. Tepat pukul 1 pagi, mata terasa ...

... nowhere. Nothing around, just the Borneo wilderness and passing traffic. Our minibus waited around a bit, but when it became obvious that no other minibuses would be coming they left and so there we were alone on the roadside in Borneo. Chris decided we had to hitch hike. I was against it at first but it soon became apparent that hitching a ride was our only choice. After a while, a car speeding by did a u-turn and came to a stop in front ...

... pretty gingerly afterwards. Eventually we'd had enough of the new sights and sounds so we headed back to the hotel and back to bed. We then packed up, checked out and got a cab to Queen St to get a Yellow cab across the border into Malaysia. We completed all the customs forms again and went through the Woodlands Checkpoint. Shopping in Johor Bahru was interesting and we picked up some dodgey DVDs. We also got a cab down to Danga Bay but ...