Let's have lunch two times!

Hello again everyone,

We're now at Singapore airport and its free internet access, but unfortunately we only get 12 minutes per go so this may be rushed and a little on the short side.

So to the highlights of the last few weeks. We left the sun and splendour of the Thai beaches and headed across the Malaysian border to the second biggest city of Penang. Besides some hotel exploitation, increased drink prices and dodgy city tours, not much was greatly noticeable. From there we hit the road to the Cameron Highlands, situated at 1200m above sea level. A rushed day tour included jungle trekking, tea plantations, holding deadly scorpions and firing blow pipes.

Next up was the capital Kuala Lumpur. Finally we succumbed to the BigMac (which is smaller in Mlaysia). I was conned into a '100% real copy' of a watch that lasted around 2 and a half days; we saw the city from the heights of the KL tower; then we headed out to explore the local night scene and found a pretty sweet reggae bar full of travellers (and one special Canadian found Alex).

Then onto Malacca, and the funniest boat tour of all time with Bernard, a resident speaker of 102 languages. Alex lost his departure card heading into the highest security border crossing in the world at Singapore. He got through, only after a heavy spanking.

Singapore stood out for having the most expensive drinks of all time at the riverside, but we made up the budget by staying with a friend's friend and enjoying luxury and comfort (complete with 6 pools, 3 tennis courts and a gym). Oh, and a maid who wouldnt stop making pancakes for breakfast. Alex joined in the tribal performance at the Night Safari and I punched a 3 yr old girl whilst swimming lengths.

We met some awesome people on the tour of which we can discuss in more detail when we have more than 2 minutes left. Next stop, Sydney.

Bye for now!

Martin (and Alex says Hi)