Blogs from Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 20

Det her sted er fantastisk! Det er lige foer at man har lyst til at droppe studierne og karriaeerdroemmene, til fordel for et liv her. Alt er smukt her, baade over og under vandet. Som billederne viser, tog Jesper og mig dykkercertifikat paa Perhentian. Det var en sindsygt fed oplevelse og der bliver lagt billeder ind af verdenen under vandet lidt senere, da de er i gang med at blive fremkaldt. Vi har sert de vildeste ting under vandet (bla. kaempe rokker), men da vi var "under uddannelse", var der ikke lige overskud til at tage saa mange billeder. Jesper fik dog taget nogle fede billeder paa hans sidste dyk. Et dyk jeg desvaerre maatte foretage dagen efter, da mine oerer ikke var fit for fight den dag. Udover dykning, blev der fra alles side dyrket ... read more

We're now in Malaysia (!), country number 5 (not that we're counting!), and we've been to the extremes over the last week or so. From Singapore we got a very early taxi to Johor Bahru just across the border, and from there flew to Kota Kinabalu on Malaysian Borneo (the northern part of which is called Sabah). From there it was a short bus ride to the park offices for the Kinabalu National Park. When we arrived it was lashing it down with rain, but luckily for us that was the only daytime rain we had there, and the next few days were great. Rachel had an upset stomach that prevented her from reahing the top, but 2 days later, at about 5.30am Rhod and I made it in time for a great view and sunrise. ... read more

Nous qui étions tellement excité de voir des singes a Singapore, il faut croire que l'on va probablement s'habituer très vite à en voir partout en Malaisie. Etant dans ce pays depuis une dizaine de jours, nous en avons déjà vus des tonnes! Et pas seulement dans la jungle, les petits coquins se faufilent jusque dans les restaurants pour allez faire leur épicerie! Très mignon...jusqu'à ce qu'ils s'approchent de vous en dévisageant voracemment votre repas! Autre animal très présent ici mais un peu moins rigolo, le varant. C'est un TRES gros lézard, qui fait partie de la famille du dragon de Komodo, le plus gros lézard du monde. Impréssionnant à voir...pourtant Véro l'aime bien car il mange toutes les autres bibittes qui lui plaisent moins! Mais rassurez-vous, la Malaisie n'est pas uniquement un pays de jungles, ... read more

Hi all, hope you're all well. We're writing to you from a free Wi-Fi bar in Kho Phi Phi, Thailand. We've just had a nice breakfast and it looks like it may be sunny today....fingers crossed. Anyway, where did we leave off? I think we had just left Singapore..... We decided we'd like to take the jungle railway up to the north east of Malaysia so we spent a day travelling up to a place called Mentakab, via KL. Upon arrival, we checked into a hotel where the owner took a bit of a shine to us and she took us in the family car to find the railway station and and train times etc. Just as well as we probably wouldn't have found it. On the way back she stopped off and bought us coffee, ... read more

It's been a crazy past week in Malaysia, but we've now crossed the boarder back in to the land of Thai! Our flight into Kuala Lumpur was slightly early..horrah! We found our gueshouse deep within the buzz of the city and chilled out before setting off to the KL tower to look at the views of the surrounding area. We had a venture to some beautiful lake gardens and wandered through some markets. An overnight bumpy bus ride took us to Kuala Besut where we arrived at 5.30am to wait for the first taxi boat over to the Perhentian islands. We stayed in a little wooden shack on Coral Beach which was very basic, but ideal. A snorkelling day trip was awesome....we saw black tip reef sharks, sting rays, lots of colourful fish and some turtles ... read more