navigating

Lucky to have Heath's finesse at navigating the Asian world. Bought snacks for the busses yesterday (think bean curd bun, oranges, chocolate covered almonds and tasty sweet and salty crackers. Public bus to Singapore border, get out, get stamped out of Singapore, get on bus, then off again, walk through actual border, get stamped into Malaysia. Back on another bus, into the main station 5 kms in to the nearest town. Here Heath navigated us onto a bus going to KL-(Kuala Lumpur) quick bathroom run for Raven and I- there is a woman at the bathroom entrance and I have no currency in my pocket. Like the public bathrooms in England- she is expecting some small change- a local takes pity on us and pays. We'll blog later about toilets! This bus was about 5 hours- but took us to not quite the right station to get the night sleeper berth train to Tailand, so quick 'teksi' to LK Sentral. No train. Booked full. No contingency plan. This is where WiFi is AWESOME-SAUCE. A few minutes of Heath navigating his phone, finding hostels close by. It's only 8:30pm, but we are super tired and still getting our bodies adjusted to the time. Getting OUT of the station is epic. It is only a 200 metre (as the crow flies) walk- but there are 3 levels, construction and it's dark, and Su highly recommends a Teksi ride. Of course buddy takes us to not exactly where we want to go (I am beginning to notice a theme here), but we walk to the hostel we want, there is a room for us, and we drop into some bunkbeds for real sleep. Hostel rooms in Asia appear to be windowless, but they have air conditioning, and the windows keep out the noise and dirt of the city, so it's not all bad!