Wer haette gedacht, dass ich hier in Malaysia auf ein Stueckchen Schweiz treffe. Wechselt man das Meer mit Seen, die Palmen mit Tannen, Affen evt. mit Eichhoernchen aus, dann koennte man meinen in der Schweiz zu sein. Es gibt hier 4 Religionen und genau so viele Sprachen (Hinweis des Autors; in der Schweiz haben wir ebenfalls 4 Sprachen, haha) und die Menschen leben Tuer an Tuer. In einer Strasse in Georgetown kommt man zuerst an einer christlichen Kirche vorbei, dann an einem buddhistischen Tempel und ein bisschen weiter vorne einer Moschee. Biegt man dort um die Ecke, landet man im indischen [View Full Entry]

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The boat that whisked me away from Koh Lipe was not, as I'd imagined, a large lumbering (but oh so stable) ferry, but rather a very small and very fast speed boat. Initially I was quite content to clamber aboard, thinking that this boat was merely going to ferry us out to a much larger one. However, I realised my error as soon as the captain let out the throttle and the boat took flight (honestly, that baby left the water almost completely, am not sure I could claim to have sailed to Malaysia so much as flew there). Each time [View Full Entry]

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04 - 07 October The boat ride was quite pleasant, although we missed the larger part of it thanks to a lovely nap. Upon arrival the mist was still hanging low on the hills, with the sun breaking through the clouds, reflecting on that oh so blue water. Beautiful! Our jetty at ABC was the fourth. After a little walk around we decided to stay at Mawar's chalets. A little worn out but at 35 RM a night a bargain. The food was cheap too and Tioman being tax free, 3 cans of beer went for 10 RM at different places [View Full Entry]

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hey everyone! ok so I have too much to talk about hahaha, I’ve been out of internet contact for a bit and not had enough time to write so I will keep it short but with it covering a long time it will be a novel. Julia, Sheryl (Kiwis) and I headed back to krabi where Julia was flying home to NZ before hitting Canada. Sheryl is also thinking of coming for the Stampede now so we may have a party on our hands! Bonnie, the other Kiwi, arrived later that day and the 3 of us went to a lovely [View Full Entry]

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Ok. To je ze prevec smesno. Sedim v nekem internet kaficu nad restavracijo, stanujem pa pri lastniku vsega tega kompleksa za to noc. Srfam in jem in pijem in spim zastonj. Ampak do te bizarne situacije pridemo po korakih. Torej, se dobro, da sem si vceraj vzela na easy, ker sem zadnji moment, ko sem sla ob 18h tako malo za boljsi obcutek preveriti nekaj glede danasnjih prevozov v tourist info center. Izkazalo se je, da tisti bus, ki bi moral biti ob 8.30 za Segamat, pelje sele najprej ob 9.30, kar je absolutno prepozno za ujet vlak v Gemas in [View Full Entry]

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Bandar Pusat Jengka or Jengka Town Centre is a main town in Pahang, Malaysia. Bandar Pusat Jengka is the centre of the Jengka Triangle which is known as FELDA Jengka. The Jengka Triangle (Malay: Segitiga Jengka), which is the largest FELDA settlement in Malaysia, is one of the Malaysian government's project for Malaysian citizens. (Wikipedia) Malaysia wedding style - Pahang. [View Full Entry]

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Nachdem ich die Nachts noch im "Post Laser Disc Pub" in Hat Yai, Suedthailand, mit extrem guter Livemusik (die konnten auch ne Menge guter westlichen Songs auswendig, man musste sich nur einen Wuenschen) und der Bekanntschaft zweier Australier, die gerade Kuta Baru kamen,....ging es dann morgens fuer 42 Baht auf den "3rd class train" bis zur Malaysischen Grenze nach Sungai Kolok. Die Grenze war, da ja alles bereits muslimisches Gebiet mit einigen Bombings war, unter starker militaerischer Aufsicht ?! Nein war sie nicht...man musste nur ewig warten! So dann ging mit dem Bus dahin wo ich je [View Full Entry]

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We went from Melacca to a town called Mersing, and spent a night there. Then we took a ferry to an island called Tioman. It was a really, really, really pretty beach, with super clear water. You could walk out and snorkel. It was really fun. What I liked best. There was a morning where we went out and snorkeled. It was incredibly clear. We saw coral reefs and a bunch of different fish. Some coral reefs look like brains, or what you would imagine brains look like - cows have never seen brains before. Some coral were really colorful - [View Full Entry]

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Tioman: An island off the east coast of Malaysia, it was depicted as the exotic "Bali Hai" in the musical South Pacific in 58', then in 1970 was voted most beautiful island, and rightfully so. I took a weekend trip with three other people and it was fantastic. We left on Friday morning traveled across the border to Johor Bahru (JB), Malaysia. We pulled into a bus depot in a public transportation bus from SG, as soon as the doors open I heard several voices yelling "Get off! Get off! Get Off!" I thought there was a fire or a bomb [View Full Entry]

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Tioman Island by May Our 5 days on Tioman consisted of basically the same routine. • We’d wake up fix tea, toast and cornflakes in our little beach house’s kitchenette. • Then we’d swim and snorkel for a couple of hours. • Time to shower and go 2 minutes to the next door beach front, open air restaurant and get a drink (Coke, for me) and a little snack (usually French fries for Ella) and play cards or read. • We’d sit there about an hour and then miraculously it was lunchtime and we were hungry, so we’d order more [View Full Entry]

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