Blogs from Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia - page 27

Up no-so-bright and early on Thursday after a jetlagged, sleepless night at the Number 8 Guesthouse for our journey to Turtle Island. Good job my roomie Julie got up at the right time because my alarm didn't work for some reason! (Don't worry it works now!) Got the taxi to KL airport, where we had Burger King for breakfast (chicken royale, yum) and got on the plane for the hour-long journey to the north of Malaysia- only to get off the plane again as there had been a technical malfunction! Good job really because one of the girls, Katie, had overslept and had to meet us at the airport... After an hour wait (and a plane change) we flew to Kota Bharu. Had a hot bumpy ride to the east coast - Kuala Besut, where we ... read more

My good friend Jack, who I'm sure anyone reading this knows, and for that reason, why he needs no introduction, was scheduled to arrive into Thailand on the 18th. With the 15 days he had in Thailand we planned to do the whole Ko Pha Ngan, Full Moon and Ko Toa experience togther along with Katie his girlfriend and three of her friends who we'd be meeting later. However, Jack fancied doing some of the West Coast, Krabie, Rialay beach etc etc, which I had just done. This meant I had about a week spare while he did that before meeting up....... so what better thing to do with a spare week in the south of Thialnd than..........go to Malaysia! The Perhentian Islands had been mentioned to me a few times by various people since I'd ... read more

So off to the islands today, the Perhentian Islands to be specific and Perhentian Kecil in particular. Thankfully Vicky thought to book accomodation ahead in the morning or we would have been stuck, we got the last room available at that resort (I call it a resort but it certainly isn't what it sounds like!!!) We shared a taxi with a girl from England who had been to the islands before so we managed to pick her brains for a few things to do whilst there and also got some unwelcome news on our next border crossing (more on that later). After the taxi, we took a speed boat to the island and speed really was of the essence, the driver really wasnt into the comfort factor for passengers, it felt like being in a washing ... read more

I wanted to thank whoever's recovered most of my blog entries for me - I really appreciate it. Thanks to Gemma too for the kind offer about the emails, but they're mostly all retrieved now. I wrote the below entry onto Hotmail when Travelblog was first down, to paste it on asap. Has been longer than anticipated though! 31/7/07 - 3/8/07 We woke and had breakfast at the hostel, packed our bags and then checked out. We went to the nice old ladies we'd left our washing with - and it had all been cleaned to perfection, ironed and folded. They seemed shocked when we tipped them (no idea why, it all only came to about 3GBP anyway) The taxi came at 12pm to take us to Kuala Besut - where you have to catch the ... read more

Koh Phanganilla vallinnut yöllinen myräkkä oli onneksi aamulla jo ohi ja päästiin taittamaan matkaa auringossa. Taksin, kahden ja puolen tunnin paattimatkan ja tunnin bussimatkan kuluttua päästiin Koh Phanganista Surat Thaniin, josta hommattiin meille junaliput Thaimaan ja Malesian rajalle. Nukkumapaikkoja ei ollut jäljellä, joten oli pakko tyytyä penkkeihin. Juna lähti vasta puoli yksi yöllä, joten palloiltiin Surat Thanissa ennen juna-asemalle siirtymistä. Ostettiin paikalliselta torilta kolmella eurolla aito Disada-laukku, johon saataisiin laitettua kaikki sellaiset kamat mitä ei enää tarvittaisi reissatessa, kuten lämpimät vaatteet. Täytettiin Disada-laukku täyteen ”turhilla” kamoilla ja päästyämme juna-asemalle laukun kantohihna sitten pettikin kummastakin päästä, joten ei onneksi oltu maksettu laukusta liikaa ;) Juna-asemalla venaillessa katsottiin kuinka junat Thaimaassa oliva... read more