Destination: Malaysia

Gallery: Kuala Lumpur

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By bramgies | Photo Gallery

ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE ...

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By paulmatthew | Views [420] | Comments [1]

Sounds good doesnt it ... since leaving KL we have visited the Cameron Highlands in Malayasia , visited the island of Penang , hopped across to the island of Langkawi and yesterday made our way into Thailand and arrived at Krabi last night . Today we ... Read more >

Tags: beaches & sunshine

Singapore and Malaysia - Just Missed the Rafflesia!

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 | By roaming_reas | Views [800]

Flying into Singapore on Chinese New Year's may sound like madness, and really, it is.  By nightfall we're riding the rapid rails and in with the throngs meandering amongst lanterns and rats.  Not real rats, that's to come in Kuala Lampur.   The whole ... Read more >

Gallery: Malaysia

Sat, 9 Feb 2008 | By roaming_reas | Photo Gallery

Gallery: MALAYSIA

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 | By paulmatthew | Photo Gallery

KL EXSPRES , Sunday Feb. 4 , 2008

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By paulmatthew | Views [784]

Selamat Datang to the first edition of the asian travel exspres . Bruddy good noos and cheap cheap 4 u . Well nd truly settled in to the first stop on tis little asian sojourn . Once i got over the sensory overload and slept for pipteen hours its been ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Taman Negara National Park

Sat, 2 Feb 2008 | By flower-lily | Views [990]

In order to reach the 130 million year old jungle of Taman Negara, we spent the majority of our day in transit. Departing from Kuala Lumpur, we bussed several hours to Kuala Tembeling, where we stopped and had lunch, bought our permits for the park, ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Malaysia - Sarawak & The Peninsular

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By davebudding | Views [718]

After some serious pressure being exerted on me to get the blog up to date (mostly from erica's immediate and extended family to be honest) i've taken it upon myself to bring the damned thing right up to date. prepare yourselves for three thrilling(ish) ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Malaysia

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Photo Gallery

Days 85 & 86: The long road to Thailand

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1205]

Tuesday 29th & Wednesday 30th January I was planning to make a move up to Thailand later in the day, so I got up, booked my bus ticket and checked out of the dorm. The bus was due to leave Tanah Rata at 18.00, drive west to a town called ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Day 84: Trekking and the largest flower in the world

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1668]

Monday 28th January I was up and about early, joining a tour of the local area which I had booked myself onto the previous evening. I met Ravi, our driver and guide for the day, and two girls from Toronto – Diana & Alex – who were also along for ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Leeches!

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 | By jonanna | Views [712]

Over the last few days we have become leech gatherers (Wordsworth would have been proud).  We've just spent 3 days in the Malaysian Jungle at a place called Taman Negara.  While we were there we shunned the oragnised tours as being too exspensive and ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Day 83: Taman Negara to the Cameron Highlands

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [2318]

Sunday 27th January The bus to Kuala Tembeling out of Kuala Tahan was due to leave at 08.00, so I arrived at the bus stop at 07.50, as advised by the tour agent the evening before. There was no sign of a bus or tour agent there to meet me, so ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Day 82: Canopy walks and bat caves

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1230]

Saturday 26th January I had booked onto a 'Canopy Walkway' walk and another short jungle trek through the tour agency. A group of about twelve people met at 09.30, and we queued for about an hour before we were able to step onto the thin walkways ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Day 81: A walk in the park

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [971]

Friday 25th January I wasn't in any rush to get out and about that morning, so didn't set the alarm and got up around 10.00, had breakfast and eventually made it into the park around 12.00. It was a particularly warm day, so I slapped on the sunscreen ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors