Incident on the Orient Express

I'm a little behind on these updates as I haven't had internet access for a while. Anywho ...

So we boarded the Orient Express in Bangkok. After the trek and roughing it out backpacker style, it was nice to get a clean bed and a hot shower. I had a bathroom all to myself! The food was great. The free bath products were divine. The personal tea service in my cabin, exquisite. Then ... well there might have been a slight incident on the Orient Express seeing as we didn't have proper attire. Well Angela and I had passable attire (although, really people, flip-flops are the best I've got right now), but John apparently made a major faux-paus by not having a jacket and tie. It was slightly uncomfortable, I'd say.

On the Orient Express we made our way through southern Thailand and crossed over the border in the middle of the night into Malaysia. As we travelled through Malaysia we passed thick, thick jungle. I've read that it's some of the oldest jungle in the world; older than that in the Congo and the Amazon! It was incredible. Once in Malaysia we stopped in Butterworth and took a ferry to Georgetown/Penang which is a small island on the west coast of Malaysia. It was a very quant town although they only gave us 2 hours on the island and our movement was very controlled. Don't want the grey-hairs straying off the path I guess? We also took a trickshaw ride while we were there (although it was nicer than in the picure I posted here).

In the early morning hours we arrived in Kuala Lumpur. Luckily we had already booked our hostel ...