Kill the Malaysia Prime Minister

Sorry for the gratuitous Zoolander reference...
So I've been in Malaysia for the past week or so - it's been great.
Here are some of the highlights. I hope the pics look better than they do on this computer... they look fine on my camera but they look really dark loaded here.

- arrived in Kuala Lumpur and found some budget ($3 cdn/night) accommodation in the middle of china town. The place was pretty grim looking, but it was right in the middle of the china town market and close to all the hawker food stalls


- went and checked out the petrona towers (2nd tallest in the world i think)

- visited the Batu Caves, a huge cave just outside KL that has a hindu temple inside of it. There was also lots of baby monkeys!

-went shopping at 'the reject shop' - an no it's not just a clever name, it is pretty reject


After KL, I took a couple buses and a three hour longboat trip to get to Taman Negara (means 'national park') to do some jungling.
- did a couple of night time treks into the jungle to find wildlife/snakes/spiders/bugs
- walked across a rickety wood and rope canopy suspension bridge over the rain forest

- went caving and saw a few thousand bats (super cool!) that were literally centimeters from my face


- managed to remain leech-free (unlike some of my hiking partners), although i did get a few bites from jungle-ants (really big ones)
ON the bus/boat ride to taman negara, the whole group of us bonded, which was great since we had a good crew for exploring and trekking. there was a guy from belgium, an chinese-american couple, myself, two girls from holland, two from ireland and two from france, and then an english dude.

Most of us went our separate ways after leaving there, but the two Dutch girls were heading to Cameron highlands as well so i've spent the past couple days with them here.
Cameron Highlands has been my favorite part of Malaysia, and not just because of the name. It's a beautiful farming valley in the mountains with tea plantations, stawberry farms and some seriously friendly laid back people. for once people are nice and it doesn't seem like they're trying to get something out of you. Highlights from the last couple days
- climbed the tallest mountain in the local area which had awesome views all around
- toured a tea plantation, and sat out on the balcony overlooking the hills full of tea leaves and tasted the fine 'cameronian gold blend' tea

- hitch hiked between the local villages (don't worry mom it's very safe here and i'm not alone)

- hiked to a local waterfall
- ate some really good food and stayed in a guesthouse the made rooms out of old army barracks
- saw some locals playing a malaysia game like volleyball but where you only use your feet (it was sweet)

Tonight i think I will be taking bus to a nearby town and then taking a night train to thailand.

I should be in ko phi phi (where they shot 'the beach') or Phuket in the next couple days.

I think that's all from me for now! Internet in the interior of Malaysia has been a little patchy so i haven't been able to keep in contact as well.