Malaysia Part 2

We left the East coast on Sunday 26th Sept and took an overnight bus to Langkawi. We’d heard good things about the night life here and the really cheap beer. However I think we were ahead of the season as the bars were pretty empty.

Found a good Reggae one, again on the beach and they provided me with petrol for my fire poi. So we went back there every night! Had a bit of a chill on the beach the first few days then decided to be energetic and rent some mountain bikes to explore the island. At the time we didn’t realize quite how hilly the island came be! We headed north to the cable car which took us up to the mountain tops.
Saw a little of the awesome view before the clouds came in and hide everything from us! Then we went down the road to the 7 Wells waterfall and cooled down in the cold mountain water.


We then had to race the sunset back to the hostel so we could still see where we were going! This meant going even harder over the massive up and down hills! Was a tiring day!


The next day we moved on to Penang, famed for it’s good food we thought we should try a bit! And the food there is very good, and cheap, though I still think the Banana Leaf curry in Singapore was the best!
We tried to do some sightseeing and go up Penang Hill, but the train up the hill was closed when we got there after an hour in the bus! Still got to see some of Georgetown and wandered around Fort Cornwallis too. Only spent 2 days here then went straight across to the Cameron Highlands.


The Cameron highlands reminded me a lot of England and made me miss home :o( I don’t know whether it was the bus ride in when the light was fading and the rain was falling and it felt like a cold autumn day! Or the fact that the area has British influences like the tea plantations started by an Englishman, or the bright red English phone box, that I didn’t see but is apparently a tourist attraction! I think it was probably the colder weather and the real grass on the ground!
We did a day tour of the sights that took us around; a tea plantation – amazing views of green tea bushes growing everywhere across the valley and up the hills on the other side, a Butterfly farm – like a big green house full of plants and lots and lots of butterflies!
We tried out our photographic skills trying to get artistic shots, and there was also some random insects that the boys enjoyed holding! We also went to the highest peak, ……, and climbed through some “Mossy Forest”.
We saw a hyrophonics strawberry and fruit farm and I couldn’t help but buy some juicy red strawberries – so tasty! The afternoon was a bit more random; an hour minibus ride to a tiny little waterfall, and a visit to the Ogmi tribe. It was a good experience but wasn’t so much of a tribe as 2 guys that were very used to putting on a show for tourists! I did however have an awesome shot with the blowpipe :o)


Our last few days we spent in KL, probably not enough time though really. We went up the Petronus towers and wandered through park.
I spent an hour or so doing some Batik painting in a little craft village, quite proud of my painting!
On the Friday we went for a curry with a local guy we met and he showed us the great view of night time KL from his apartment! On the Saturday we went back to his again for a pool party!

Now I’m in Makassar, Sulawesi in Indonesia. Spending just one day here, as the city itself isn’t very attractive, but tomorrow I’m going to head up to Tana Toroja…