Day 25, A Nice Beach, Langkawi, Malaysia

Pantai Cenang Beach

Cheap booze, the sun, the beach. Langkawi is a pretty sweet place. It was worth the expensive taxi ride which cost the same as catching two ferries and two long bus rides totalling five hours of travel to get to the guesthouse I'm staying at.

Day 24, Rubbish Beaches, Georgetown, Malaysia

Some Colourful Naan Bread Sauce

The overdeveloped beaches on the island of Penang are pretty depressing. You'd think that with a boost of tourism they'd have employed people to pick up the rubbish, but unfortunately the problem seems to be overwhelming. Oh well, at least you can get a really good curry there.

Day 23, Georgie Boy, Georgetown, Malaysia

Nice Colonial Architecture

I really wish I'd made plans a few days out before coming to Georgetown. I'd have booked a nice hostel and be enjoying the endless good places to eat around town. But instead I'm stuck in a dingy room waiting for an acceptable hour to check out of here and find another place for tonight. Makes me really dislike Georgetown for having one really good hostel and a lot of really terrible dives.

Day 22, Getting more Jungle Juice, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Lizard that luckily moved before my foot was planted on it

In the jungle I'm torn in two. One part of me loves the whole nature thing, with the possibility of seeing some amazing wildlife or a spectacular waterfall scene or something. But the other half is terrified, in the back of my head I can not stop thinking about snakes, leeches and who knows what attacking me when I least expect it. This almost came true, except it was the above lizard which was pretty harmless. I've just got to remember that most creatures are a lot more scared of me then I am of them....

Day 21, Jungle Tea, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Distances were totally wrong

Cameron Highlands is probably the nicest place in the world. Jungle treks, tea plantations, English styled afternoon teas. It was what colonialism was all about.

Day 20, Bus on Fire, Between KL and Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Burning, Burning, Burning!

Don't go on Express Kurnia Bistari bus company. There is another bus company that goes from KL to Cameron Highlands, is slightly more expensive, but on the other the buses don't catch on fire. You then won't be stranded in the middle of nowhere and won't have to wait two hours in the burning (literary sun-burning) sun for another replacement bus.

Day 18 & 19, More Fun Back in KL, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

My temp local. Good cheap chinese eats.

Hooray for Malay, Identical looking males line the streets of KL for National Day Parade.

I hate media hype, especially over swine flu. Because of it the fireworks and parade celebrating National Day were all but cancelled. Just a small parade was all that remained.

On another note, 17 deaths caused by Swine Flu have now occurred in New Zealand...