I went to the Buddhist temple called Borabudur and a family said 'You're a Buddhist - can we have our photo taken with you?' I replied that I wasn't a Buddhist, I just have no hair, but they insisted that I was and took the photo. Then I had exactly the same conversation with the next family who also had their photo taken with me. I stopped counting after being asked 30 times... It was funny for a while!
From there I flew to Sumatra which is full of mountains and jungle. We then travelled for 20 hours on an old bus to a huge lake called Lake Toba.
In the lake is an island called Samosir which is 30 miles across. We stayed there for 5 days and there was very little to do except relax. During this time we lived in a traditional old house and rented scooters to see the island. Every day it was hot in the mornings and then about 3pm it would rain so hard that it would hurt if it landed on you.
From there I took a bus and a plane to Singapore and loved it. It was so different to stay somewhere so modern that its like living in the future after being in such a poor country for so long! After 3 days exploring Chinatown and Little India we took the train to Kuala Lumpur which was also great and had a lot to do.
In the photo are the Petronas Towers which I have always wanted to see since they were built.
We are now in the Malaysian rainforest at the moment. We got a traditional canoe down the river to a little village and are staying in a small chalet. Its so humid and apparently the temperature is 45 degrees! We had to swim in the river to cool down. Loads of fish but no crocodiles! We have been to a rope bridge through the jungle canopy. Its the biggest in the world and you can look down on the rainforest but its so high that you can't see the ground!
From here I am going to head off on my own to the Cameron highlands where it is a lot cooler. That's where all the tea plantations are on the mountains and you can stay in the plantation owners houses and then from there into Thailand.
