THAILAND | Friday, 8 Feb 2008 | Views [887]
Friday 8th February I had been recommended the 'Scuba Shack' dive school on Ko Tao from a guy I had met briefly in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia, and I had called them the previous day to find out the possibility of signing up for one of the ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
THAILAND | Thursday, 7 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Thursday, 7 Feb 2008 | Views [1909]
Thursday 7th February
I checked out of the hut and took a mini-bus from Khao Sok
to the port town of Surat Thani, and from there I would get the boat to Ko Tao,
where I was headed with the intention of doing my 'Open Water' diving
certificate.... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
THAILAND | Wednesday, 6 Feb 2008 | Views [2757]
Wednesday 6th February The bus from Takua Pa left for Khao Sok at 10.00, arriving an hour later. I checked into the Khao Sok 'Jungle Huts' – a decent hut with a shower/toilet for 200B – and set off towards the national park entrance. I bought a ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
THAILAND | Tuesday, 5 Feb 2008 | Views [2223]
Tuesday 5th February
I was out of the hotel by 07.30, got some breakfast in
one of the roadside cafes, not sure what to ask for, but I said 'yes' when the
lady behind the counter pointed at some eggs! I was given an omelette and some
red ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
THAILAND | Monday, 4 Feb 2008 | Views [1897]
Monday 4th February
I checked out of the guesthouse, grabbed some
breakfast (the usual: eggs, chicken ham, toast) and then took a walk up to the
viewpoint on the hill above the main part of Phi Phi. The view was stunning,
worth the trek ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
THAILAND | Sunday, 3 Feb 2008 | Views [1246]
Sunday 3rd February
Sangita and Tania put forward the idea of doing more
kayaking and it sounded like a fine plan to me, the perfect way to get away
from the crowds for a few hours. Ko Phi Phi is basically two islands connected
by a major ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
THAILAND | Saturday, 2 Feb 2008 | Views [732] | Comments [1]
Saturday 2nd February The pick-up collected me from the guesthouse at 09.00, and took me to a large coach which was packed full of people also going to catch the ferry to Phi Phi Island. The boat left at 10.15 and arrived at Phi Phi shortly before ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
THAILAND | Friday, 1 Feb 2008 | Views [730]
Friday 1st February I had booked on to a full day trip around some of the islands near Krabi, with the main aim of doing some kayaking. A mini-bus picked me up from my hotal at 08.00, and took a group of us to Ao Nang beach, where we took a boat ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
THAILAND | Thursday, 31 Jan 2008 | Views [936]
Thursday 31st January
I decided that my plan for the day would be to pay a
visit to one of the beaches that Thailand is famous for, so I had some
breakfast and then took the bus – well, it was more like a pick-up, called sawngthaew
in ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 29 Jan 2008 | Photo Gallery
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MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 29 Jan 2008 | Views [1127]
Tuesday 29th & Wednesday 30th January
I was planning to make a move up to Thailand later in
the day, so I got up, booked my bus ticket and checked out of the dorm. The bus
was due to leave Tanah Rata at 18.00, drive west to a town called ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
MALAYSIA | Monday, 28 Jan 2008 | Views [1603]
Monday 28th January I was up and about early, joining a tour of the local area which I had booked myself onto the previous evening. I met Ravi, our driver and guide for the day, and two girls from Toronto – Diana & Alex – who were also along for ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
MALAYSIA | Sunday, 27 Jan 2008 | Views [2248]
Sunday 27th January The bus to Kuala Tembeling out of Kuala Tahan was due to leave at 08.00, so I arrived at the bus stop at 07.50, as advised by the tour agent the evening before. There was no sign of a bus or tour agent there to meet me, so ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
MALAYSIA | Saturday, 26 Jan 2008 | Views [1179]
Saturday 26th January I had booked onto a 'Canopy Walkway' walk and another short jungle trek through the tour agency. A group of about twelve people met at 09.30, and we queued for about an hour before we were able to step onto the thin walkways ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
MALAYSIA | Friday, 25 Jan 2008 | Views [915]
Friday 25th January I wasn't in any rush to get out and about that morning, so didn't set the alarm and got up around 10.00, had breakfast and eventually made it into the park around 12.00. It was a particularly warm day, so I slapped on the sunscreen ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
MALAYSIA | Thursday, 24 Jan 2008 | Views [1380]
Thursday 24th January The tour operator (Han Travel) were due to pick me up outside the hostel at 08.00 to take me to the coach that was to go to Kuala Tembeling, and from there a boat would take us up the river to our final destination: Taman Negara ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
MALAYSIA | Wednesday, 23 Jan 2008 | Views [993] | Comments [1]
Wednesday 23rd January I checked out of the hotel and took the local bus to the Melaka Sentral bus station, just in time to hop on the 11.00 coach to KL. The buses are very comfortable here, and the motorways as good as anywhere else, making the journey ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
SINGAPORE | Tuesday, 22 Jan 2008 | Photo Gallery
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MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 22 Jan 2008 | Views [2876]
Tuesday 22nd January We were picked up by our guide for the day – a chap called Alias who had a more mysterious name than you might expect from someone who looked like Malaysia's answer to Penfold from the 'Dangermouse' cartoon – and he drove us to ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
MALAYSIA | Monday, 21 Jan 2008 | Views [813]
Monday 21st January
The
night had been warm and humid, and the fan stayed on for most of it.
I had been used to air-con in my room when I stayed with Mark &
Jess in Singapore, and the lack of it would be ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
SINGAPORE | Sunday, 20 Jan 2008 | Views [568]
Sunday 20th January The time had come to leave Singapore and move on to Country No. 3: Malaysia. There are many buses that travel between Singapore and the main cities in Malaysia, and my destination was to be Melaka, and old port town in the south-... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
SINGAPORE | Saturday, 19 Jan 2008 | Views [1213]
Saturday 19th January Although it had been a late one the night before, we were up at 10.00, had a fried breakfast and hung out by the pool for an hour or so to get ourselvs going for the day ahead. Mark, Barry and I had booked a few hours of wakeboarding ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
SINGAPORE | Friday, 18 Jan 2008 | Views [822]
Friday 18th January I had intended to hang out in the flat for most of the day, have a swim and get my stuff in order as I was planning to move onwards to Malaysia two days later, and wanted to have the weekend as free as possible to hang out with ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
SINGAPORE | Thursday, 17 Jan 2008 | Views [703]
Thursday 17th January Although the MRT makes things easy and quick to get about town, I prefer to use my feet so you get to see more of the place close up when overground. It also helps to get your bearings. I walked to Chinatown, where I came across ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
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