Kota Bharu, Malaysia
MALAYSIA | Thursday, 19 February 2009 | Views [705] | Comments [3]
OK quick again i will make a better blog entry for this and other plces i have been when i have the time. bus leaves in an hour and we must go and buy litres of water and lots of food (food is fucking great in Asia) and spirits coz they cost nothing although its a Muslim country? Basically, bus from Cameron Highlands I got very sick and took two days to recover, i think it was from some Thosai i had there which was sus, coz Klaus felt weird after it too. Then stayed in KL for 2 nights to recover a little. Then took bus to Taman Negara (national park) and stayed for 5 nightss there i think. Beautifl place, we stayed in Kuala Tahan which is the town on the other side of the river, and you have to catch a boat over there every time you go to the junbgle. it is the last remaining jungle in peninsular malaysia, i think around 150 mill yers old, all the ads say differently. went swimming n the jungle, walked up mountains, and got fair dehydrated and bad headacehes still wasnt that well. not as many leeches as everyone said. stayed in this cool as bamboo hut, mosquito nets kill me coz of my restless sleepinmg i kick them and they come undone and mozzies come and eat me. ps mum in thge jungle i was walking through a bit and it smelt exactky like ledum! the plant must be there? then one night we went and stayed in a hide, it is a random house/hut which onlooks a saltlick that you stay at for 2 dollars or so a night and there is water, a toilet, and beds with no mattresses and big open windows with no glass. you are maentt to stay up and wait for animals to see them. we got a bit lsot when trying to finsd it and went to a cave instead filled with bats, known as ear cave, then it started thundering and shit when we were walking down the right track, and go to the hide and started reading the comments from other people about what they saw and someone wrote about some creepy guy who was circling the hut at night. so from then on i was fucking scared, if i had been there alone i would have die. anyway we waited and watrched but no animals but sweet as fireflies and monkeys. went to sleep coz i was sdcared as (it was meant to scare people but what if it was true) then a thunder storm, and ot was a mix of hard rain,jungle noises and lightning which lit the whole jungle. was great t get back next day, and got sick of all fucking cooked food so went and bought lots of fruit and veg now i feel great!!! took a 9 hoiur jubngle train ridfe to here, kota bharu, whoch is close to thai border. also some buses and shit but its all good. i dont think what i am wrting is making much sense. in 4 min s i am going on bus to pulau perhentian, the islands which are tropical and ver nice. i really like malaysia, islamn is fascinating and you learn so much more than bloody school or whatever just by being here. practising my malay anf getting better, also klaus is teaching me deutsche! what else. i am chill as aobut money i am too lazy to budget or whatever so i have ni idea how much ive spent and i dont plan on changing my ways in that way. this blog is gay i will fix it when i have more time. after this i will go to hanmnahs island of penang, and then through the border to thailand (not by land due to shootings). or down to sumatra, not sure yet. ps whats the go with these bushfires where are/were they etc i have noidea, did many people die? um what else. oh yeah going to squat toilets is fucking hard on fast moving trains haha, a bit funny really. I have heaps of pics but need to delete some and shit before I upload. Malay people are funny. they get shocked if i speak malay but i am a bit sad coz i cant trick them like i wanted to, coz when they speak among themselves i dont understand too much slang and too fast. mum and dad did tanma and you guys get my letter? i sent it from a bit of a suspicious place. this is the randomest blog ever written. this town is pretty strange i guess. wow its really long too. i cbf deciding thailand or sumatra, can i have some input so someone else decides for me? also i love not having a phone i may get rid of mine when i get back . i may also stay in germany or wherever for christmas, so i may be later back than expected, thats just a random idea though. burn on leg is healing now, at least it has stopped being all pusy and shit. also smoking has a huge pull here, 20s cost nothing, and apprently in indo its like less than a dollar. anyway this blog is geting worser and worser. ill quit whjile im ahead (which imn not haha). xxx. ps wont be in contact probs till off the island coz it will be $$$ there. so no sweat if im gone for a week or so. xxx
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