Blogs from Malaysia, Asia - page 744

: Tioman Island: It's the most famous island in eastern Malaysia known for its peaceful and beautiful beaches. We took a 30-minute flight from Singapore to the Malay island on a small aircraft that seated about 20 people. One airline company has a monopoly on flights coming in and going out that tickets were the most expensive part of the trip. We stayed at the Berjaya Beach Resort, the main resort in that area. The beach was very tranquil and the water crystal clear. Jellyfish: While on the beach, we noticed that there were tons of tennis-ball size jellyfish around us. Andrew jumped out of the water like a little bitch only to find out that they don’t even sting. With the good news, Andrew then decided to torture the little fellas. He stacked them up ... read more

Shopping in malls and sitting Dan’s office. This is what I did in Kuala Lumpur. Having arrived from Brit-like New Zealand I entered a completely different and exciting new part of the world.The first things I do are go to the Asian equivalent of Bluewater and then sit in an office surfing the web. I am an tourist trailblazer! To be fair I needed a few last minute items for the trip; hence my numerous shopping excursions. Sit back and relax whilst I bore you with the details. * My camera has been playing up since I arrived in Wellington. Essentially it only takes photos intermittently. Sometimes it will. Mostly it wont. For me the essence of a camera is to take photographs but maybe I’m just being pedantic. I tried getting it fixed in Kerikeri ... read more

The boat trip from Langkawi was about 2 and a half hours long. We'd been on the boat for less than 10 minutes when the wee man that organised all our bags and stuff told us that we could move outside now that the rain had stopped. What he actually meant was that it was blazing sunshine outside. So out we went. Perhaps naively, we had assumed that we would be indoors for the duration of the journey, and that it would be raining, so the old factor 25 had been safely stashed away in the big rucksacks, which were in turn stashed under about another 40 rucksacks below us. We managed to find ourselves a nice wee spot at the back of the boat and soaked up the rays for the remainder of the journey. ... read more

Two blogs at once is a little ambitious but bear with us whilst we present you with some more beach photos, these ones were of the tropical island paradise variety you will be please to know. On the seperate recommendations of Mark and Danielle we hot footed from the mild climes of the highlands to Kecil Palu Perhentian an island off the east coast of Malaysia. We traveled down with Patrick having waved goodbye to our mate Chris at the highlands hostel. The journey involved lots of speedy minibussing down very windy roads and a quick bite to eat - we went for the old trick of ordering 3 unidentified dishes from the menu and all ended up with very similar (delicious) spicy noodle soups. The difference between the three being the size of the noodles, ... read more

It was 3 weeks of lunches, dinners and parties that gave me a chance to catch up with my family and good friends before my trip to Mexico. It was really good to see everyone. Not so much a farewell as a new friend i met recently pointed out, but rather a get together with the ones who have played an important part in my life, the ones who have given me their support throughout the years and who continue to give me strength in spirit for my upcoming trip to Mexico. I did not manage to capture everyone's pictures in this entry, but you know who you are. You are in my thoughts as well.....( you will understand why later in my upcoming entries to come)... read more