When I returned to normal temperature levels here in the Cameron Highlands, I realized how much I didn't want to go back to scorching weather. This area is just like the Scottish Highlands (and that's where it gets it's name) with alternating misty chilly drizzles and beautiful blue skies. I really love it and it will be a major exercise in motivation to get me back down the hills. It's also excessivly cheap and I've been spending less than $13/day and living well.

My next move was to continue down through Malaysia, into Singapore and then fly to Bali and start exploring Indonesia from there. There is a nearby island that has a volcano and I'm up for seeing that. However, if it's this hot in Malaysia, it's only going to get worse the further south and closer to the equator I go. I've checked out Bali Blog and the weather seems to stay pretty steady around 75-86F but it's the 80% humidity that scares me.

I began thinking about other places I could visit and in my stupidity, I thought, yeah, it's January, I'll go to Mongolia because it's cold there. Well, it's also EXTREMELY cold there so maybe that's a bit excessive. Then I thought about Central Asia, like Uzbekistan but that's going to bring huge visa hassles and expensive flights so that's out. Flying back to Europe was also a thought, but my budget would be severely dented by the higher daily expenses.

Flying back to China may be an option, but the most obvious solution seems to be just continuing on with my original plan because it will eventually lead me to cooler weather in Laos and China/Tibet/Nepal. I will also be flying to Australia and arriving in their winter season so there will be plenty of opportunity to feel the chill.

The problem of too many choices of where to travel to can be a real bitch sometimes!!!!