Best experience I enjoyed during leave was in Singers in '69, when we had 14 days "station leave". Three oppo's and I took 2 two-man canoes up the Jahore river from Singapore to Kota Tinggi (sp??), hacking out space in undergrowth and camping out overnight on the river bank. Until you've tried sleeping in the Malaysian jungle, with all the associated wildlife when you not sure what's making all those strange noises, you haven't lived! Fortunately "Pusser" sent a lorry to pick us up from Kota Tinngi and returned us to civilisation.
I have to say that the Malaysian people we encountered in the tiny kampongs along our route were wonderful, and we were welcomed with open arms - a kindness I'll never forget.