Taiga
Watashi? Aussie, female, late twenties, retiring english teacher and about to escape to Europe and Asia for some adventure before the inevitable return to my real world back home. This is my first attempt at a blog and I have really lost the ability to express myself clearly, in the past 3 years in Japan I haven't done much writing. So here goes... Taiga
Travel Blog Posts
June 5th 2005
The massage course is finished it was wonderful but very demanding mentally and physically i don't want to be massaged again for at least a few weeks. Off to Laos soon just checking out the weather conditions now it has been raining alot in Chiang Mai, but i have to extend my visa so gotta go to Laos soon. ... read more
May 24th 2005
Back in Chiang Mai again, last week I started a thai massage course, its going well but its very tiring and hard ...my brain almost exploded last week as we were taught about 134 positions in 5 days. This week I am practising and trying to get better at it. Probably gonna stay here next week, depending on my performance and enthusiasm. ... read more
May 10th 2005
Got the overnight sleeper to Chiang Mai, met a lovely bunch of aussie on the train who shared their beers with us and made the 11 hour journey fun. ... read more
May 6th 2005
After a shower and great Thai food feeling great and happy to be back in familar territory I have been to Bangkok afew times and just love it. Went to the weekend markets, got some new clothes which i desperately needed. Send my winter clothes and europe souvenirs back home making my pack much lighter. Looked in my guidebook for cheap things to do that i haven't done yet, and saw the forensic museum. So M and I went there, well i was lucky that i hadn't eaten cause it is very graphic and overhelming. ... read more
May 5th 2005
Woke up early got the bus to the border, got stamped out of Malaysia and into Thailand. Arrived at Sungai Kolok train station and I asked for 2 sleepers with air cond and the thai guy just laughed. We didn't realise that there were 2 public holidays coming up and all the sleepers were booked up. So we got 3rd class tickets with fan for the 22 hour journey costing 240baht ($A7) . Later we realised that we were so lucky to even get seats, as the trip went on, kids started sleeping under seats, men and women who couldn't get seats were lying down on newspaper on the floor in a pool of sweat and I was climbing over bodies to get to the toilet. The train stopped at almost every station up the east ... read more
May 4th 2005
I had enough relaxing, I tend to get bored on islands very quickly, I don't sunbake and don't scuba dive. M just did his advanced level certificate and keeps telling me how great it is but i am just not a water baby! Got the fast boat back to the mainland and a taxi to Kota Bharu. Kota Bharu has majority muslim population and very friendly. Just wandered around the town, got some photos of the interesting characters in the town. Decided to go to Thailand soon. ... read more
May 3rd 2005
The next morning a bunch of us sleep deprived backpackers from the same guesthouse crammed into a mini bus and we were on our way to Tok Bali to catch the slow boat to the island. Along the way the driver asked if anyone wanted to see hot springs, i declared no way, i have seen enough of them in Japan but everyone else was keen. So they all got out and had a look, i stayed in the minibus. Later the driver asked everyone for 1MR fee for looking at the hot springs. Very cheeky cause they were free to look at and he certainly didn't own them. Arrived at Tok Bali at 4pm, to be told that we missed the slow boat and we had to pay another 10MR for the fast boat, everyone ... read more
April 27th 2005
KL was just too humid so had to escape to someplace cooler, so we got the bus to Cameron Highlands. Stayed in these lovely little alumimum huts surrounded by lush tea plantations considerably cooler than KL. Perfect! I thought, however i got eaten alive by mozzies as there was no screens or nets provided. Eventually got to sleep, slept in and therefore missed the organised trips to the tea plantations and our options for independent hikes were pretty limited. The guesthouse staff were decidedly unfriendly and not exactly forthcoming with info, so we did a short hike by ourselves and that was the day gone. Went to the local shop to buy a mozzie net but they only sold this giant one and I am already carrying too much stuff so had another bad night. Decided ... read more
April 26th 2005
Arrived in KL yesterday very jetlagged still and dealing with the humidity its 33 degrees (day and night) and about 85 humidity i have one set of summer clothes and currently i stink gotta go shopping methinks! Met M and exchanged travel stories from the past month (mine of course are better), stuffed myself with cheap chinese food and went to the Petronas Buildings today KLs major sight and off to Cameron Highlands tomorrow. I just put some photos up on the past entries for Europe. ... read more
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