Had a bit of a detour in Malaysia and ended up in Seremban. Nice temple plus I saw a monitor lizard, but wouldn't recomend it. Had to wait ages for my connecting bus to Thailand so had my hair shaved off and had a shave for about 1 pound 50. The only thing was my scalp hadn't really tanned so I had a tan line on my head...numpty.
Got into Hat Thai (Thailand) via an overnight bus ( 11 hours approx.). Again Hat thai isn't special so only stayed 1 night, but met 2 cool Malaysian guys (Wan & Paul) who took me under their wing & had a laugh with them. Again more cover bands.
Rain, rain, rain.............and more rain.
Moved to Krabi. This is where I feel Thailand really begins and Malaysia ends in terms of landscape which is stunning. I'd seen it on tv and in pics before, but you only appreciate the size of the limestone cliffs and pinnacles in person. Gorgeous, but mainly couples/families, etc... so a bit lonely and the weather is pants so moved to Ko Phi Phi.
Phi Phi is amazing. It's not high season, but the place has been redeveloped a fair bit since the tsunami and there's still loads of people which is a shame.
Went to Phi Phi Ley on a bout tour with Valerie and Roberto whom I met inon the boat from Krabi to Phi Phi. Toured Maya bay (from the film 'the beach')which is amazing and has the softest sand my feet have had the pleasure of walking on . The weather started out fine so tanned a little and did some snorkelling, but that soon changed. Saw some Moorish idol fish which are amazing and then went to Monkey beach and toured some other bays/coves/caves whose names I can't remember. Monkey beach was funny due tot the monkey's antics, but they can be vicious as well! There's a reason why tourists come here as it is gorgeous!!! Unfortunately, parts of Phi Phi Don have a sort of Costa Del Chav/Broad street (in Brum) feel to them as I saw a few louts with black eyes the next day.
After 2 nights in Phi Phi went to Phuket. Again is started out lovely and fell asleep on the baot only to wake up to lashing rain. Was supposed to go to some of the beaches in Phuket and stay a few nights, but decided to stay in Phuket Town for 1 night, which is almost like a ghost town, but quite charming with its so called Sino-Portugese architecture and cheap as chips. As Borat would say, 'I like!!' Went to Phang-Nga the next day and surprise, surpise it's raining...again.
The weather is really doing my wick in now. I'm near gorgeous beaches and sea, yet I can't make the most of it. On the plus side there's less people and it's cheaper, but you don't get 250,000 people visiting Brighton on sh*t weekend do you! Having checked the weather for Ko Phag-Nan & Tao rain and storms are forecast so may not visit these islands, which is a shame as wanted to go to the full moon party;-( However, I have already learnt to calm down and chill out a little whilst being on the road and there's always another day! I need your orange glow Tom to brighten things up ;-)
Went to the wierd Heaven & Hell cave temple today in Phang-Nga. it's like going through a ghost train set up. talekd to a Buddhist monk. I like them a lot, very chilled as are the Thai's in general.
