Adventures in Pulau Weh!

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May 20th 2008

Published: June 24th 2008

(There is a blog missing which covers Malaysian Borneo, including Miri & Sipadan. This will be added ASAP) We flew from Tawau to Kuala Lumpur and then had an 8 hour wait before our flight to Medan. Medan is the capital of Sumatra - the furthest east island of Indonesia which happens to be the most populous Muslim country in the world. During the long wait we got Mon's eyes checked out by the ai... Read Full Entry

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Joe Smith and Monika Kozak

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We spent a year and a half travelling in 2006/2007 and were back in the UK for 6 months, but it is shit so we are going back to South East Asia for another 6 months before returning on a more permanent basis. The plan is to travel round SEAsia (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Idonesia are on the "to do" list at the moment.) Plan to do see some ancient temples (Ankor Wat is top of the list), do lots of trekking and as much diving as we can as well as some sitting around and drinking tiger beer and singha. Will be meeting up with as many friends from our previous trip as we can (Hanna,... full info

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Mon and her fins.

Plum Mon after testing out her underwater camera

Random cow in our back garden

No.. Not Mon.

Gapang beach from another angle

We went for a walk with the dogs one morning down to the end of the beach. This is looking back towards where the diveshop is. You can see the diveshop boat in the middle.

Joe and one of the shop dogs struggle over some slippery rocks

This dog was called Tyson, with good reason! He looked like a normal dog but harboured psychopathic tendencies. He had been exiled from the mainland and sent away to live on the island.

Beady eyed grasshopper

This was one of the many additional residents in and around our room.

Joe having a walk

We decided one day towards the end of our stay that we should really have a look at a bit more of the island above water and went for a little walk. This is the town closest to Gapang beach and they are building ANOTHER mosque. There are mosques everywhere, but they always seem to be building new ones!

The new mosque

Reminded us of St Pauls cathedral a bit... On a slightly smaller scale and with a bit more concrete.

How to keep your football pitch neatly trimmed

Get a couple of goats!

What is left of the mangroves...

The tsunami spared most of the coral beneath the waves, but it was not so kind to the mangroves above them. This area was covered by them but only a few lonely trees remain...

Giant flying grasshopper

This was another visitor. Mon was always picking up bugs and reptiles and taking photos of them.

Nice clouds at sunset over our beach

Another sunset shot

Red on the beach

The dog we called Red chilling out on the beach.

Jack!

Another sunrise shot

Let sleeping dogs lie..

This is Chicky, one of the shop's dogs asleep on the step of the hut next to ours.

Inside our little place

Washing hanging outside. Classy.

4th July 2008

Wendin
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Awesome"ness"
The pictures are fabulous and you have given me the best idea of what the island is like to me and my friend Syamil...who would soon be going to Weh Island... makes me more eager to visit that little island!

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