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June 5th 2006

Published: June 5th 2006

Well well, Malaysia. What the balls is going on, I have no idea, but it's really cool. If you've been to Asia you have an idea what I'm talking about, but if not then no amount of writing can properly explain it. I'll try anyway.... Read Full Entry

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Al, Sharon, and Petra

At the Palm Tree bar.

Rock on, Ireland

Marian says hi.

Victims of the Orang Utan

Affectionately known as Monkey Juice

Beach view

During another tough day.

Marian and Bo

We love Bo. He brings us food and beverages throughout the day.

All soaped up

Showering in the tropical storm.

Me and Marian

Nightly beach hangout ritual.

The huts

Our daytime home.

Our room

Sleeping inside the mosquito net.

Jebus

Monstrous Malaysian-size spider.

Building the wall

Tiger beer rules.

Dual Swedish massage

And a beer. I am very happy.

Cool Malaysian fishing boat

Bringing fresh fish daily.

Time to go

Leaving the island on the 45 minute ride back to the mainland.

Exploring Kota Bharu

Strange vehicles.

Around town

Kota Bharu has some interesting stuff.

We're lost

Plenty of street signs but we still have no idea where we are.

Lapar?

Too much good food to bother with McD's.

Pit stop

Chinese restaurants are exempt from the Muslim no-alcohol law.

The night market

Food. Your guess is as good as mine.

Hungry Malaysians

But they probably know what they're eating.

5th June 2006

Meredith
Meredith

Awesome!
Looks like you're living it up! And making the rounds! I'm so jealous. Oh, not sure if you know about it, but theres this thing called Hospitality Club (www.hospitalityclub.org) its kinda like couch surfing. You can contact people all over the world and try to either stay with them at their home or just have them hang out with you in their city. Its really cool and I had an amazing guy stay with me from Malaysia last week. Check it out if youre interested--good way to get an 'in' for a city...

5th June 2006

Mendrick
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Ka Blau
That place must have been like the movie "The Beach".... Sounds amazing. Those towers look soo cool. Pictures are awesome man.... great story.... Yeah we took cold showers camping but it wasn't that hot outside. no goody. I have a very funny story to tell you if you havn't heard already. ah yeah kid!

5th June 2006

Lloyd Christmas
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booster
Malik click flick flick flick blik sik malik click

5th June 2006

JJ
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At Long Last
I love how you only post once a month - I invent stories in my head about what the hell you're doing, then see what you post and compare. Invariably, the 2 stories are different because either you are not getting arrested or are just not including the jail time in your blog...Keep on rambling - i love the pics...

6th June 2006

Hi 5 Dave
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Island people rule!!
absolutely spot on about that comment (that where you met me - tee hee), completely jealous of you three (tan is looking good!), say hi to Al and Bryan (oh and say sorry on my behalf for missing him when he was in sydney), cherrio my ol' chaps, off to make some tea...

7th June 2006

Hijaz
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Kelantanese
U are lucky to have food in Kelantan. Some Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur would pay a lot for Kelantanse food which are hard to find and difficult to prepare. The picture with the hawker selling those long sausages are actually fish sausages..very healthy. The common food you'd seen in KB would have been Nasi Kerabu(colorful rice with spiced chicken,fish and vegetables). The things in the skewer are called Yong Tau Fu, a Chinese dish but very popular in SEA, the hawker only boils them in oordinary hot water..not some mysterious liquid. Kelantanese food are mostly fish and chicken and the ingredients are usually of spices and lots of coconut. So nothing strange about Kelantanese food actually. I hope u'll try the dishes in other Malaysian states each state have their own local dishes .

11th June 2006

AlanZ
Alan Zapolsky

Ahhh hey dude
What up dude? Awesome pics, love the blog. Still here in Perhentian paradise. The pictures of this place look almost better than the place does in real life. Hope to see you guys in a couple of days...tell Y what up yo...

13th June 2006

Gianna
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Hey there. I love the pictures, true paradise. Take a monkey home for me, they are so cute. I always said I wanted to adopt a monkey instead of having kids.... You got dark. Tell Alan I love his farmer tan showering in the rain. Be safe. Oh and we are planning a lu-au that you're missing. We haven't had one in 3 years but we're back to planning them.

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