Three taxi utes and only 300THB later and we got home and woke up with a headache and server dehydration. I didn’t leave the room the whole day and only got up by necessity. I couldn’t even get up to go for a swim and I knew that would of made me feel better. I managed to get enough energy to go out to dinner with everyone. I wish we were able to take some photo’s of last night and for obvious reasons we left the camera hidden back at the bungalow. I did download a couple of photos from the net just to show people.... read more

Still dark, and we woke very early in the morning to a man 30m away banging on the front door and yelling and at full noise “RACHEL LET ME IN!” bang, bang, bang “RACHEL LET ME IN!” This went on for half an hour or so and he must of done something REALLY bad because she never let him in. HEAVER NEXT DOOR Just as I got back to sleep, there was a man in the bungalow beside us vomiting and throwing up profusely, he obviously had too much to drink that night. When all the DOOF DOOF music had finished and the morning air was still it sounded like he was throwing up in our bathroom instead of his. This went on for another half hour and you could tell he was in allot of ... read more

With a later start than what we wanted we got to the Grand Palace at 10:00, we hesitated on paying the 700THB entry fee for both of us and hoped it was worth the $22 AUD. We walked through the main walls and I was stopped from going any further as I was wearing shorts and required long pants. 10min later and 100THB deposit I walked out wearing a pair of long purple pants. Within 10 meters of entering the Palace entrance we knew it was worth the money we hesitated paying. The temple cannot be explained by words, photos can’t even get close to its beauty and the only thing spoiling the Grand Palace was the huge amount of visiting people and tourist. It was tuff to get any photos without half a dozen people ... read more

It only just occurred to me that it was xmas eave and it does not feel like xmas. I had a great sleep last night and there was defiantly more leg and this time, there was a place to store our packs so we didn’t have to sleep with them again. We were worried about sleeping because the amount of noise, shaking and swaying from the carriage just before bed was crazy. I’m not sure if the track condition had got better or the train slowed down but it improved 100% by the time everyone was in bed. I just inspected the train toilet and they are very clean and tidy, I only feel sorry for the railway workers who repair the railway lines because everything spills right onto the tracks below. If you take into ... read more

We hired a motorbike first thing for 25ringits. Our mission was to ride around the Island of Penang. When you hire a motorbike in Asia the petrol tank is always empty, the reason is they siphon out any fuel left over after the hire so they can put it in there bike. So when the bike says empty it really means empty. Most of the time you just have enough fuel in the carburettor to get you to the first petrol station. We have been caught out before and it’s no fun trying to find a petrol station pushing your bike. With Jacinta on the back we headed out with the chaotic traffic. It was pretty scary at first as there are people driving and riding everywhere, horns tooting and people walking in front of you. ... read more