larros

hey guys! the blogs are comin in thick and fast these days huh? probably cause i'm not at the pub these days so i have more time in front of the comp...hurraaah! also, we're headed to sumatra in the morn and apparantly internet is a rare find so thought i'd get one more in before then. actually not a hell of alot to say, as we've just been mulling about the 2 citys for the last week... kuala lumpur was pretty cool. we stayed in china town, a colourful, bustling market area. we visited the telecommunications tower which is the fourth highest in the world at 450 metres. during the days we just strolled around the park and the malls, museums, mosques yadayada. the street food there is spot on, we scoffed countless satays and ... read more

ko lanta was pretty nice, though it's officially sealed our 'no-more-thai-islands' deal. we're over it. i'v never been the lie on a beach type and i don't think that'll ever change. we spent 2 days here just pottering around and chilling and playing with the baby lobster thingys on the beach. when we decided to race them we new it was time to leave the island...boredom had soared to new heights. lonely planet on trang; 'we love the vintage tuk-tuks and the lolly coloured vespas.....blabla.....cultural mecca....blabla.....night market....blabla....feast for the senses....blabla'.....NO! what a hole. truley this is by far the worst destination i have ever had the pleasure of visiting in all my travels. filthy, stinkin', creepy, dark hole. it looks like the set of a horror movie, and not a single thing to see or ... read more

well! we are outta laos (thankgod!), and in chiang mai, thailand. its a pretty wicked city with loadsa bars and markets. never run outta stuff to do. we spents a couple of days wondering around the night market and hitting the pubs with a canadian couple matt & christy, we met on the 'boat to hell'. us, the boys and the canadians went to a muay thai boxing show, which initially i was pretty hesitant about. we grabbed front row seats and the boys said we may have to watch out for splatted blood and that we'd probably see legs snapped and other things. i felt sick at the thought and didn't really wanna watch and was on about how it isn't right bla bla. but it was actually quite tame, almost to the point ... read more

hanoi is a bloody cool city. with half the population of saigon, its much more relaxed but really buzzy at the same time. countless little alley ways with little shops, pattisseries and bars. we spent the day wondering around and going to museums (i'v seen more bloody museums than iv eaten bowls of rice on this trip, so am very much over them). we have come up with a good trick though which we discovered while here. if you go to the museum within half an hour of it closing, not only do you not have to pay, but you are forced to do a whirlwind tour of the museum, meaning you dont feel bad for not studying every last god damn ancient artifact in the joint, and you are still able to walk away ... read more

this travelblog thing is REALLY trying! this is entry number 2 after nearly 5 weeks of travelling so am having difficulty backdating, as cant bloody remember what i was doing 3 weeks ago! so much for catching up! will give it ago anyway... we had a pretty smooth journey into vietnam, well ridiculously so and damn right embaressing in hindsight! we took a chauffered mercedes to the border, got out, sorted our visas, then got into another brand new 10 seater mercedes into saigon. not exactly backpacking i know, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. saigon is bloody mad! with a population of over 6 million people, its the largest city in vietnam. so of course you're bound to run into someone you know! in my case it was a mate ... read more