MAN i am sweating my nadgers off here!
So howdy from Kuta Bali, may i just point out i am in probably the most touristy part of Bali possible. Its Aussies version of a cheap Vegas to say the least. Our hotels right in the middle of all the nightlife, and boy did we have a big one the other night! But i did manage to escape the "poor excuse of Bali" today to visit the sea temples. Leaving my throughly travelled out buddy in bed i took an hours drive with a nice Balinese man to see the incredible sights. At one point during my walk along the shore of the temples, i manage to find a secluded spot with no tourists around me, just the crashing of the waves and little crabs running along the big rocks next to me. Now THAT for me I will treasure as Bali. Kutas not exactly the place to get all Eat Pray Love on people here. For starters i wouldnt even rent a bicycle as most the roads here are filled with scooters and cars only id fear for my life. Secondly Kuta is what the Perths call there second home. Everyone here is from Perth, i met two norweigan guys last night and almost died of shock. For starters one of them was wearing a liverpool shirt so you can imagine the endless banter i had with him!
Been watching a lot of english football here too, funny how i didnt care much for it at home, but as soon as a games on here, im mesmirised. Maybe its just something from keeping me less homesick or maybe im just turning into a raging lesbian?! who knows...
our hotel is known as the "party hotel" of the island, and let me assure you. It is. Im finding it very hard not to have a whiskey with my morning breakfast in Kuta...
We were going to spend a couple of days elsewhere to appreciate more of Bali, but I think were fairly travelled out. The temples were enough for me to have my peaceful Bali fix. To know there is more to Bali than cheap whiskey and Perth boys was enough to keep me happy! Potentially doing a tour but probably doing it by my lonesome as my travelling buddys a bit fed up of moving around bless her. I dont blame her to be fair it is SWEATY out here, and i love nothing more than arriving back from the temples to just dive in the pool and stay there till the sun goes down. Luckily for us we have a 24 hour pool bar so why go anywhere else aye? ;)
But I could like to see more Bali sights if the pennies allow me, as i remind myself constantly Im probably only going to do this once in my life, so might as well make the most of it!
that'll do for now. Im sweaty and i need a foot massage.
CYARRR! xxx
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Bonjourno from Kuala Lumpar..
Well now, definatly not at a bloody beach anymore!
Arrived last night and hit Chinatown to taste the delights of lamb satay and sizzling tofu. Gotta say I am loving the veggie options here more than the meat most times, maybe thats because ive spent half my time travelling witnessing animals being slaughtered infront of me then shoved in a curry for me to eat. Or maybe its because tofu here just tastes bloody delightful! Hit the Reggae bar afterwards for "ladies night" which appears to be every hour of every night, and for 10 ringgit of "house pour" and mixer, you cant go wrong (thats just under 2 pounds for my wee british people :))
Today has been a longgg day on foot, seeing the sights we took the train to KLCC and explored...the shops. I might i add its bloody torture when you realise Kuala Lumpur holds at least 2 Topshops here. Must. Not. Spend. On. Clothes. That. I. Cannot. Carry.
We visited the infamous twin towers for a few snapsnots and bumped into one of sians friends! Funny how we werent even going to come to Malaysia, and Sian didnt even know she was passing Malaysia, and yet somehow people meet on the other side of the world! I keep having dreams I'll bump into certain people abroad so its pretty strange when thats becomes a reality for someone else!
A couple more hours of walking brought us to Bintang walk where you guessed it...more shops. KL sure do love their designer labels here. 7 hours on foot, an aquariam visit, a crafts musuem and several snapshots later we decided to call it a day. Eager to try real Malaysian food we stopped for some street food were we tasted the delights of Roti Canai with chicken. Me oh My, mix some chinese and indian together and this countrys got some real taste sensations! Cannot wait to try more tomorrow if my western belly sees fit to :)
Tomorrow weve decided to grab a bus to Sunway Lagoon, for Malysians version of a theme park and other such delights. Weird feeling slightly westernised again. The Malaysians appear a lot friendlier than the Thais, probably because no ones tried to mug us off yet with dodgy ferrys and taxis but were only here for another 2 nights then its off to Singapore we go!
Short but sweet blog, hostels fairly nice and clean, staying with a few Finland girls who seem nice enough. Will blog when im in singapore no doubt xxx
Arrived last night and hit Chinatown to taste the delights of lamb satay and sizzling tofu. Gotta say I am loving the veggie options here more than the meat most times, maybe thats because ive spent half my time travelling witnessing animals being slaughtered infront of me then shoved in a curry for me to eat. Or maybe its because tofu here just tastes bloody delightful! Hit the Reggae bar afterwards for "ladies night" which appears to be every hour of every night, and for 10 ringgit of "house pour" and mixer, you cant go wrong (thats just under 2 pounds for my wee british people :))
Today has been a longgg day on foot, seeing the sights we took the train to KLCC and explored...the shops. I might i add its bloody torture when you realise Kuala Lumpur holds at least 2 Topshops here. Must. Not. Spend. On. Clothes. That. I. Cannot. Carry.
We visited the infamous twin towers for a few snapsnots and bumped into one of sians friends! Funny how we werent even going to come to Malaysia, and Sian didnt even know she was passing Malaysia, and yet somehow people meet on the other side of the world! I keep having dreams I'll bump into certain people abroad so its pretty strange when thats becomes a reality for someone else!
A couple more hours of walking brought us to Bintang walk where you guessed it...more shops. KL sure do love their designer labels here. 7 hours on foot, an aquariam visit, a crafts musuem and several snapshots later we decided to call it a day. Eager to try real Malaysian food we stopped for some street food were we tasted the delights of Roti Canai with chicken. Me oh My, mix some chinese and indian together and this countrys got some real taste sensations! Cannot wait to try more tomorrow if my western belly sees fit to :)
Tomorrow weve decided to grab a bus to Sunway Lagoon, for Malysians version of a theme park and other such delights. Weird feeling slightly westernised again. The Malaysians appear a lot friendlier than the Thais, probably because no ones tried to mug us off yet with dodgy ferrys and taxis but were only here for another 2 nights then its off to Singapore we go!
Short but sweet blog, hostels fairly nice and clean, staying with a few Finland girls who seem nice enough. Will blog when im in singapore no doubt xxx
Sunday, 19 February 2012
Greetings bitches...
So it's my last night in Thailand tonight. I'm sitting in the porch at Glur Hostel with nothing but the sound of me typing and the birds tweeting in the trees. This place is a little haven, probably the nicest hostel we'll ever stay in thats for sure. Reflecting on the last time I paid 15 pound on a night out in brighton which resembled a mixture between a prison and a brothel. Here for just under 10 pounds a night you get a huge clean dorm, with 4 beds in and your own locker at the foot of your bed. Sian and I have been lucky enough that it's only been the 2 of us staying in the dorm so were living the life of luxury at hostel prices! Krabi is, well how shall i put it? Relaxing. A little less touristy and in your face. The scenery is far more breath taking than Samui. We took a boat trip to Hong Island, did some snorkelling and sunbathing on beaches that shit all over a week in Spain! We then took a boat over to stay in Phi Phi for 2 nights. Having a bit of a nightmare with finding somewhere to stay in Phi Phi it crossed my mind we could just do a day trip here to at least visit Maya Bay. (aka where The Beach was filmed) but how foolish i could of been. I've had the best 2 days of my life on that island, I could of easily stayed for more if we didnt already book flights out of here.
Upon entering the island, everyone had to pay 20 baht when arriving to help out the clean up. Even now you can still see the effects the tsunami had on Phi Phi. After we walked to the end of the pier it was literally a 2 minute walk into town, which evidently lead us to our hotel. Pirate Hotel. Right in the center of it all. Sian and I amused ourselves with the dccor of our room, the bathroom resembling the inside of a pirate ship, with toilet roll stuffed in the window to represent the "waves" of being under the sea, The highlight was probably the bathroom door itself, a clear window shutter....if sian and I had any boundaries there definatly out of the window now!
Then the infamous night out in Phi Phi, well what can I say? A couple of Spys and a Jim Beam later, after watching the fire show on the beach I found myself in a tattoo parlor being prodded at by a bamboo stick for life. Its amazing how reckless i've come to be. Before I even left for this trip, i bought my own spoon so I wouldnt catch anything whilst eating, my silk bed lining so i wouldnt get bitten in the night and made a promise to my nearest and dearest back home not to get too drunk and above all, not to get a tattoo done in Asia.
I think its safe to say the spoon, the bed linen and all my common sense has not been useful since ive been here.
I know to everyone back home you may be worried about me, but rest assured...its hard to describe but honestly if you were here, you might enjoy the same mentatility of life that i have right now. Trying everything and anything, why? Because if you dont do it you'll end up regretting it. Sure i may be carrying aids of some sort right now, but we all die sometime. If thats the life someone has chosen for me, then it will happen one way or another despite my actions. But for now, i cant help but smile at the pernament reminder of one of the best nights of my life so far. And what other tattoo parlour would give you a shot of whiskey after your tattoo because its pissing it down with rain and they want you to hang with them and get drunk instead? Only in Thailand! With one shot we made a run for it, and ended up in an Irish Bar where we met a couple of Irish lads to dance the night away with. They took us to another bar on the beach where it was literally just the four of us and the barman gave us the laptop to dj our own music to. From anything from Justin Bieber to Daughtry, we were up on the beach dancefloor in the pissing rain, bucket in one hand, other hand held high in the sky whilst it thunder and lightened before our eyes. It was such an exhilarating experience!
Later on we ended up back at the boys beachhouse, where sian disappeared with Johnny and I hang at the beachhut bar with....wait for him name...PADDY. Yes I met a real life irishman called Padrick, who has a tattoo of a Paddybar sign on his right bumcheek. My mother would be so proud! We sat up at the bar till 5 in the morning, drinking cans of Leo Beer whilst the bar owners friend played and sang to us on guitar. It was literally just 5 of us chilling around this tiny tiny bar watching the sun fighting to come up, i knew the next day we were on a boat trip to maya island so we had to get home.
With 4 hours sleep we got up for the infamous boat trip I'd been waiting my whole life for. We snorkelled around Dainty Island for a while, passed the Viking caves and then finally got dropped off at Maya Bay Island. And I think sadly i'd built it up so much in my mind that it didnt meet my expectations. The film definatly oversold it. Ive seen so much this past 6 weeks that Maya was undoubtedbly pretty, but not the best island ive been on. It was pretty cool though, to say, hey guess what? I went to that island, ive seen that shit in the flesh, ive had the tiny grains of white sand between my mosquito bitten toes, and swam in that clear bluey green emerald sea and of COURSE I listened to Moby Porcelain whilst sunbathing on the beach watching the birds fly above the green rainforest mountains. That was my moment. I can say ive done that. And ive never known so much hapiness and utter joy to be sitting in my heart than right now.
So thats the past couple of days summed up in a nutshell, tomorrow we depart our Thai ways and hop onto a plane to Kuala Lumpur to see what Malyasia has to offer for the next few days. Bring it ON.
Upon entering the island, everyone had to pay 20 baht when arriving to help out the clean up. Even now you can still see the effects the tsunami had on Phi Phi. After we walked to the end of the pier it was literally a 2 minute walk into town, which evidently lead us to our hotel. Pirate Hotel. Right in the center of it all. Sian and I amused ourselves with the dccor of our room, the bathroom resembling the inside of a pirate ship, with toilet roll stuffed in the window to represent the "waves" of being under the sea, The highlight was probably the bathroom door itself, a clear window shutter....if sian and I had any boundaries there definatly out of the window now!
Then the infamous night out in Phi Phi, well what can I say? A couple of Spys and a Jim Beam later, after watching the fire show on the beach I found myself in a tattoo parlor being prodded at by a bamboo stick for life. Its amazing how reckless i've come to be. Before I even left for this trip, i bought my own spoon so I wouldnt catch anything whilst eating, my silk bed lining so i wouldnt get bitten in the night and made a promise to my nearest and dearest back home not to get too drunk and above all, not to get a tattoo done in Asia.
I think its safe to say the spoon, the bed linen and all my common sense has not been useful since ive been here.
I know to everyone back home you may be worried about me, but rest assured...its hard to describe but honestly if you were here, you might enjoy the same mentatility of life that i have right now. Trying everything and anything, why? Because if you dont do it you'll end up regretting it. Sure i may be carrying aids of some sort right now, but we all die sometime. If thats the life someone has chosen for me, then it will happen one way or another despite my actions. But for now, i cant help but smile at the pernament reminder of one of the best nights of my life so far. And what other tattoo parlour would give you a shot of whiskey after your tattoo because its pissing it down with rain and they want you to hang with them and get drunk instead? Only in Thailand! With one shot we made a run for it, and ended up in an Irish Bar where we met a couple of Irish lads to dance the night away with. They took us to another bar on the beach where it was literally just the four of us and the barman gave us the laptop to dj our own music to. From anything from Justin Bieber to Daughtry, we were up on the beach dancefloor in the pissing rain, bucket in one hand, other hand held high in the sky whilst it thunder and lightened before our eyes. It was such an exhilarating experience!
Later on we ended up back at the boys beachhouse, where sian disappeared with Johnny and I hang at the beachhut bar with....wait for him name...PADDY. Yes I met a real life irishman called Padrick, who has a tattoo of a Paddybar sign on his right bumcheek. My mother would be so proud! We sat up at the bar till 5 in the morning, drinking cans of Leo Beer whilst the bar owners friend played and sang to us on guitar. It was literally just 5 of us chilling around this tiny tiny bar watching the sun fighting to come up, i knew the next day we were on a boat trip to maya island so we had to get home.
With 4 hours sleep we got up for the infamous boat trip I'd been waiting my whole life for. We snorkelled around Dainty Island for a while, passed the Viking caves and then finally got dropped off at Maya Bay Island. And I think sadly i'd built it up so much in my mind that it didnt meet my expectations. The film definatly oversold it. Ive seen so much this past 6 weeks that Maya was undoubtedbly pretty, but not the best island ive been on. It was pretty cool though, to say, hey guess what? I went to that island, ive seen that shit in the flesh, ive had the tiny grains of white sand between my mosquito bitten toes, and swam in that clear bluey green emerald sea and of COURSE I listened to Moby Porcelain whilst sunbathing on the beach watching the birds fly above the green rainforest mountains. That was my moment. I can say ive done that. And ive never known so much hapiness and utter joy to be sitting in my heart than right now.
So thats the past couple of days summed up in a nutshell, tomorrow we depart our Thai ways and hop onto a plane to Kuala Lumpur to see what Malyasia has to offer for the next few days. Bring it ON.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Here it goes...
I've been a bad Buddha. The blog has been seriously neglected. I would apologise but lets face it, why would I apologise for not sitting at a computer socially networking when I could be having the time of my life?!
And it is, you know. Probably the best moment of my life.
So what have you missed out on chaps?! I cant even contemplate where to begin. Cambodia on the last night was left on a high note, the day was spent looking at some beautiful temples (one being the one from Tomb Raider) and our last night out with the Asian Adventure tour. We hit a bar called Angkor WHAT and said our emotional goodbyes afterwards. Really miss those guys!
The 11 of us plodded along to Vietnam, were I idiotically booked a multiple entry visa instead of a single visa, hello 25 dollars WASTED. Still sulking is very few and far between here, I guess it's hanging around with the aussies, no one seems to get mad they just...let it go.
Ho chi min city quite simple put...mental. Hundreds and thousands of scooters beeping at you for crossing the road at a zebra crossing. You simply have to just walk and hope for the best. Luckily I only manage to get run over by a bicycle, not too sure if the guy was happy I punched his basket on the way to safety but at least it wasnt a scooter!
I cant remember what we did day for day so i'll just tell you how it is. We visited where Ho chi min was "buried" and tried my upmost not to laugh at the fact he looks like kernel sanders. And by trying, i mean REALLY trying because the communist soldiers were incredibly scary. One look at them in a funny way and its a gun in the face style! I made the mistake of trying to join a queue "in the wrong way" and almost crapped my pants when he told me off.
Highlight of vietnam has got to be nha trang and halong bay. Easily. Although in nah trang my knuckles were turning white for holding onto my bag in fear of being mugged, the beach party we went to was phenonmenal. I recorded the dj because the mixes he was coming out with were incredible. we had spa night at SuSpa were I treated myself to a Vietnamese massage and a pedicure. Bit embarassing I fell asleep but the kind asian lady assures me it happens all the time :S
Halong bay. Wow. We had an overnight stay in a junkboat, which was probably the best night sleep of my life! Lunch and dinner onboard was about 5 or 6 dishes of the best seafood I have ever encounted. I was simply in my element. We got up early to kayak along the bay to monkey island were we fed those little cretins. After all the group has gone it was just Sarah and I in our kayak surrounded by nothing but islands, only the sound of the occassional sea eagle We must of just stayed there for a good 15 minutes in complete silence taking it all in.
This is all im gonna blog for now, im pretty hungry after an eventful night out in Phuket! Will explain more later!
And it is, you know. Probably the best moment of my life.
So what have you missed out on chaps?! I cant even contemplate where to begin. Cambodia on the last night was left on a high note, the day was spent looking at some beautiful temples (one being the one from Tomb Raider) and our last night out with the Asian Adventure tour. We hit a bar called Angkor WHAT and said our emotional goodbyes afterwards. Really miss those guys!
The 11 of us plodded along to Vietnam, were I idiotically booked a multiple entry visa instead of a single visa, hello 25 dollars WASTED. Still sulking is very few and far between here, I guess it's hanging around with the aussies, no one seems to get mad they just...let it go.
Ho chi min city quite simple put...mental. Hundreds and thousands of scooters beeping at you for crossing the road at a zebra crossing. You simply have to just walk and hope for the best. Luckily I only manage to get run over by a bicycle, not too sure if the guy was happy I punched his basket on the way to safety but at least it wasnt a scooter!
I cant remember what we did day for day so i'll just tell you how it is. We visited where Ho chi min was "buried" and tried my upmost not to laugh at the fact he looks like kernel sanders. And by trying, i mean REALLY trying because the communist soldiers were incredibly scary. One look at them in a funny way and its a gun in the face style! I made the mistake of trying to join a queue "in the wrong way" and almost crapped my pants when he told me off.
Highlight of vietnam has got to be nha trang and halong bay. Easily. Although in nah trang my knuckles were turning white for holding onto my bag in fear of being mugged, the beach party we went to was phenonmenal. I recorded the dj because the mixes he was coming out with were incredible. we had spa night at SuSpa were I treated myself to a Vietnamese massage and a pedicure. Bit embarassing I fell asleep but the kind asian lady assures me it happens all the time :S
Halong bay. Wow. We had an overnight stay in a junkboat, which was probably the best night sleep of my life! Lunch and dinner onboard was about 5 or 6 dishes of the best seafood I have ever encounted. I was simply in my element. We got up early to kayak along the bay to monkey island were we fed those little cretins. After all the group has gone it was just Sarah and I in our kayak surrounded by nothing but islands, only the sound of the occassional sea eagle We must of just stayed there for a good 15 minutes in complete silence taking it all in.
This is all im gonna blog for now, im pretty hungry after an eventful night out in Phuket! Will explain more later!
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