Taman Negara & Perhentian Is.

Hi all!

We are still surviving and here to write another tale.

We are in Kota Bharu, a midway town in North-Eastern Malaysia that serves as a go between for the mainland and East Coast Peninsula Islands. We headed up this way through Taman Negara (the oldest rainforest in the world). We stayed a couple of nights there, with monsoon-al rains every afternoon for a couple of hours and the risk of leeches (luckily we survived both), from the pics you will see it's a floating village on the banks of the rainforest. Amazing.

We did a day tour trekking in the jungle and walking the "canopy" over the rainforest. Check Brooke out in the photos - she was so terrified of death that she was stiff & rigid, she looked exactly like monica's nonna without her walking sticks. Hilarious.

From there we took the generously named "Jungle Railway" north for 7-hours, that was the express train, not that you would have guessed it. Brooke and Monica's window was totally fogged up with condensation, so it was merely a long time on a smelly train with bad toilets. Interesting, but there wasn't alot of "jungle" being seen.

Once it arrived in Kota Bharu we transferred out to Pulau Perhentian Kecil, where we found a bungalow on the beach for RM60/approx $18 per night and we swam, snorkelled and chilled out. Just what the doctor ordered.

Now, we are waiting 5hrs in Kota Bharu for our overnight bus to Georgetown in Penang on the West Peninsula. From there we will head north. More info as it happens!