Our flight took us to Kuala Lumpur, we would arrive in the afternoon and we would head on to Georgetown the very next day, so we would not have much opportunity to explore, so we found our Airbnb apartment, and just walked the streets in search of chicken noodles. We soon found them.
The apartment was only about 40 USD per night, but I have to say it was pretty amazing, just for the view alone. We could see the whole city, and had a great view of the Petronas Towers.
The next morning, we used the rooftop infinity pool as well.
Next stop was Georgetown. We had heard a lot about this place, supposedly a very cool city with a multicultural and modern vibe. It did not disappoint.
My favourite things about this place were the street art...
..and the food of course!
The first two nights, we stayed in a 6 bed dorm room. I have to say, I am too old for this shit!
The final night in town though I was in charge of accommodation, and booked something far more appropriate.
I could definitely spend a few months in Georgetown. It is such a vibrant place, exciting and full of life.
From Georgetown, we went to the Cameron Highlands, to see the tea plantations. This is where we encountered the most stunning scenery of the trip.
Also the food was pretty great too, we tried what they call in English as a 'steamboat', which is basically a soup, on a stove, with loads of meats, seafoods and veggies which you cook yourself in the soup. B was braver than I in tasting the jellyfish and other exotic types, but I did pretty well for myself.
From there, we next would head to the jungle. A town called Kuala Tahan, just on the edge. To get there, we needed to take a rather rickety old boat for a couple of hours. It was fun, but my arse was happy when we finally arrived.
The second day in Tahan, we took a hike in the jungle. We weren't exactly sure of the route, the map we had left a lot to be desired. We were given the map by the rangers on the outskirts of the jungle, but it was just a hand drawn thing with no sense of scale whatsover. There was also no signposts at all that we found, with the exception of one which had fallen over a long time ago. It was good fun but we were starting to get a bit anxious towards the end when we ran out of water, as it was swelteringly hot and we were not sure how much further we had to walk. We felt better when another hiker suddenly came bounding out of the undergrowth, a French woman on her own, looking as equally lost as we felt. We showed her our 'map', by which time was absolutely soaked from the humidity. She seemed to get her bearings and bounded off again in the opposite direction we were heading.
I think there are probably loads of European tourists just wandering around aimlessly for years in that jungle.
We reckon we did about 17km that day.
Rewarded ourselves with more tasty treats after.
Next stop, Kuala Teranganu. We just stayed one night there, it was enough. It wasn't our favourite memory, but it was where I told B about the next travel adventure I had already booked (more later on this).
We had allocated four days at the end of the trip for some relaxation time on the beach. Friends of ours had been to Malaysia and recommended this island called Pulau Kapas. We were not in any doubt it would be a good finish to the tour. Only trouble was booking the accommodation, it could only be done by contacting the owner through a facebook page, not very official and not very quick to respond either!
But it was worth it, a beautiful place.
Finally we would head back to KL for just one night, which gave us the opportunity to visit the Petronas Towers up close and personal, and also the old cricket ground, which we had to visit for my grandad, who used to play professionally.
It was an utterly amazing trip, even more so that we did it on such a tight budget.
Hope you all enjoy the pictures :)
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