TUTS ON TOUR

FEELING LIKE A REAL TRAVELLER NOW !! DONE THE DREADED OVER NIGHT TRAINS AND BEEN BITTEN HALF TO DEATH IN THE PROCESS BUT FELLOW TRAVELLERS KEEP TELLING ME ITS PART OF THE EXPERIENCE !!

ON LEAVING THAILAND FOR THE OVERNIGHT TRAIN WE HAD TO WAIT 4 HOURS IN THE TRAIN STATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IT WAS QUITE SCARY. WE GOT ON THE TRAIN AT 2AM NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT AS FROM THE OUTSIDE THEY LOOK AWFUL. THE BUNKS WERENT TOO BAD THO,THE BEDDING WAS CLEAN AND WE DIDNT SEE ANYONE AS WE WERE LAST ON AND EVERYONE WAS ASLEEP. I ON THE OTHER HAND DIDNT SLEEP ALL NIGHT. THE TRAIN TRACKS ARE TERRIBLE U FEEL LIKE YOUR ON A RUNAWAY TRAIN ! WE HAVE TO GET OFF THE TRAIN WITH OUR STUFF AT 6AM TO CROSS THE BORDER THEN BACK ON TILL 2PM WHEN WE ARRIVE AT BUTTERWORTH IN MALAYSIA. WE ARE NOT SURE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO KUALA SO WE HAVE TO WAIT TO ASK WHEN WERE OFF.

IT TURNS OUT THE TRAIN TO KUALA LUMPAR WAS ANOTHER OVER NIGHT TRAIN SO WE BOOKED ONTO THAT. I SUPPOSE IT SAVES PAYING FOR ACCOMADTION.WE HAD THE WHOLE DAY TO HAVE ALOOK ROUND SO WE GOT A 10 MINUTE FERRY TO PENANG (GEORGETOWN) THERES NOT A LOT TO DO OR SEE BUT WE MET SOME NICE PEOPLE ONE AMERICAN LADY WHO WAS ON OUR TRAIN WHO WAS IN MALAYSIA TO RENEW HER VISA AS SHE LIVES IN THAILAND HAD BEEN ROBBED BY A CHINESE GIRL ON THE TRAIN SHE LOST ABOUT $500 SO YOU HAVE TO NE CAREFUL. WE SPENT THE DAY WONDERING AROUND THE HEAT IS OVER POWERING AND I WAS BIT ABOUT 8 TIMES IN HALF AN HOUR WE HAD SOME NICE FOOD IN AN INDIAN RESTAURANT AND THEN ONTO KUALA LUMPAR AT 10PM.

ARRIVING IN KL AT 8AM THIS TIME ID HAD SOME NICE KIP DESPITE THE DODGY TRACKS !
WE GRAB A TUBE TO CHINA TOWN AS I KNEW THERE WAS LOTS OF ACCOMODATION HERE. WE FOUND A NICE HOTEL ABOVE THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE FAMOUS STREET MARKETS. THERE IS SUCH A MIXTURE OF PEOPLE HERE ITS AMAZING. THE MARKETS ARE SO CHEAP FULL OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS FROM HANDBAGS TO WATCHES TO CLOTHING AND TRAINERS!! COULDNT RESIST BUYING MYSELF A COUPLE OF PAIRS AT ABOUT 4 QUID A PAIR !!

ONE DAY WE WENT TO THE PETRONAS TOWERS AND SHOOPED IN A MALL IN BETWEEN THEM.IT REALLY COMES ALIVE AT NIGHT AND IVE TOOK SOME PICS OF THE TOWERS ALL LIT UP. WE ALSO WENT UP TO THE SKY WALK WHICH IS 170 METRES APPROX ONE THIRD UP.

WE ARE FINDING KL ALOT MORE EXPENSIVE A BEER IS 2.70 A WOPPING 2.00 MORE THAN THAILAND SO LAYING OFF IT FOR A WHILE !

WE RE HEADING TO SINGAPORE AFTER 2 DAYS HERE. THIS TIME WE ARE TAKING A BUS EVEN THOUGH IM STILL NOT OVER THE MOTION SICKNESS FROM THE TRAIN. IT TAKES 6 HOURS