<William> Our tour of SE Asia is almost at an end, we head from KL to Singapore tomorrow to take our flight to Oz.

We spent a few more days in Krabi exploring hidden caves and beaches by walking, swimming and kayaking. We went to one remote beach that was almost completely cut off. From the main resort you had to walk 2 or 3 miles trough dense jungle down a narrow path and up and down a really steep hill. On the other side was a collection of ramshakle wooden huts and a few beachfront bars. It was quite a different crowd to the honeymooners and rich american tourists on the other side of the hill - there were lots of people with beards, tatoos and spaced out looks! Guess they'd been there a while.....

We stopped on in Georgetown (Penang) on the way down which was a nice old colonial style town though bit limited on things to do. We're now spending a couple of nights experiencing Kuala Lumpur. It was great to arrive back in civilisation again, you don't know how much you missed it until you return! We spent today looking around the town (in expensive shops like Gucci and Prada!) and went up the Petronas Towers. It's the tallest building in the world, though it's a bit of a con because it's only 88 stories high and there's a big 20 story high metal spike on the top which makes it the tallest building. Without the spike it would be nowhere near the tallest. Still, an impressive building and a nice view.