http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/tembiwoo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from tembiwoo en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:00:15 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:00:15 +0000 Well once again we got lucky. We had a great bus from Penang to Lamut but the driver failed on his mission to top us as we did arrive safely Sometimes you get a wild one or sometimes they are tame but do try to drive the bus while texting their girlfriends or lighting a cigarette with both hands off the wheel steering by their elbows Thats Asia and I suppose nothing too different from Africa eit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Perak/Pulau-Pangkor/blog-377197.html Well I must say I enjoyed my time so much in Kuching and there is so much to do there too. The people of Borneo on a whole must be the friendliest people on earth. Everyone says hello if people said hello to one another back home we would think they were loopy or something. The Sarawak River runs through the town and the Waterfront on its banks is a most pleasant way to end off the day cooling http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-375492.html Well firstly i need to catch up quite a lot as the days are running away with me as per usual. Firstly lets say Kota Kinabalu is a lovely city and i recommend it to everyone who loves plebbing around and spending days on tropical islands. Sorry i cannot put any pictures on at the moment but dont have my cable connection with me at the internet store so you will have to wait until next time. We cau http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-374144.html well folks i wrote before but the electricity went down in Tawua and i lost the whole story so lets get back on track. I am sure i wrote about the great shop house accross the road from us in the market in China town where we ate the best noodle soup and we only found it by looking out of our window as the street is so crowed with hawkers in the market you cant see the shops unless you are lucky t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Sandakan/blog-371214.html Well folks i made it here and did not even have to help the pilot in any way he did such a good job i caught the KLIA fast train into town like a pro and then took a taxi the last bit to Number Eight Guest House. I was a little bit dissapointed at the state of the reception its a little tired and not as slick as the photos but i am very happy with my room. Of course it does not have all the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-368985.html Well folks this is it i am on my way and sending this out to all the new folks who wanted my blogg are they crazy or what tomorrow i will be winging my way to KL and that super duck that is waiting for me in Chinatown. Just to let you know THE BACKPACK won thier third HOSCAR third place Best in Africa and the only hostel in South Africa to win. So well done to all the wonderful people worki http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-368127.html Hi to all my friends family and coworkers i am counting down the days now just 2 weeks to go until i depart for Borneo surrounded by the South China Seas and hopefully pirate free. If you dont want my blogg please let me know and i will take you off the list. Otherwise dont say a word and you will be bombarded by my ramblings and experiences. I will be getting to KL Kuala Lumpur two whole da http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-363438.html well here we are back in the big smoke and its aweful. we had some wonderful days in Ubud and i can clearly see why all the fuss is made of this town. Water is running everywhere in channels through rice paddies which come up to your door water running past your bedroom so its like fountains around you. Just cant explain how lovely it is. Wish we had spent more time there than back here but tha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Legian/blog-314051.html Well here we are in Ubud after another scenic drive through the country side. we only had a couple of stops on the way to see the monkeys and lake and also once we were at the bottom of the valley we stopped at the lake where we were acosted by strawberry sellers. of course we had to buy a punnet. everywhere you look in Bali its lush and beautiful. one minute you are high in the mountains and the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Ubud/blog-312678.html well guys i got the pics up with the wrong caption or at least it chose the wrong picture that i wanted up but never mind the colourful one that said gadogado was the hotel we did not stay at we had our jackfruit party at sunset and it was lovely. all the kids of my new friends were there as well as a dutch family that have moved in next door. Ouma and the teenage grandson are sharing the room http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-311080.html Well we have had another great day yesterday on our way to Lovina. we travelled all through the middle of the country with our driver Ketut very HatiHati carefully we stopped at the volcano museum and there were some great exhibits in this modern museum. would be lots of fun for the kids. we eyed out the monster Batur which until very recently has been erupting on a small scale. You can stil http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Lovina/blog-309607.html Well folks this is going to be a quick synopsis as it has taken me half an hour to log on as its dialup I thought seeing that i was going to Asia it was going to be fine but here we are in the dark ages when it comes to the internet. So I had a wonderful evening with Paul and Mike we did a lot of catching up and watched the rugby. they have a fantastic villa with their own swimming pool. i wont http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-308973.html Well here i am just almost where i want to be. Bali is the place Kuta not quite but interesting. We arrived late at night. Our plane from KL was late about an hour so everthing got pushed back. We paid extra at the airport and upgraded our cheap air asia ticket sit anywhere where you can as long you shove everyone else out of the way to premier boarding. so we got to go on first and check the seat http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Kuta/blog-304171.html Hi there folks. well I am off again on Monday and so you will once again be bombarded by my ramblings and hopefully fun adventures. this time its Bali and if Eve can help me you might even get a few photos. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-301732.html well this hotelhostel is in the centre of everything and by doing the hopon hopoff sight seeing bus today i really got a hang on where we were and we should have done it on the first day. i went to the botanical gardens today and walked for about 3 hours no kidding. the most wonderful trees jungle lakes and of course the orchid section which was to die for. my eyes were popping out of my head http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Bugis-Village/blog-210898.html well our last night in jerantut was lovely. terry had a sleep and i went for a walk around the bus station. it was full of muslims buying their dinner for the evening as that is what happens. roasting chickens many different kinds of currys and sweets. no place to eat there its purely take away time and of course no one is eating yet as they only break their fast at 7 p.m i had a couple cups of s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Bugis-Village/blog-210648.html well we caught the jungle train before the mezuin even got going and that is before the chooks crow so you know how early that was and terry who doesnt do early did a wonderful job. the train was freezing at first so we were hauling out our warm gear socks jumpers and an airline blanket that terry has to keep warm. what a great way to see the jungle scenery and rivers. trains are magcial you si http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Pahang/Kuala-Tahan/blog-209658.html well i must say the islands turned out to be tops. in way i am sorry to put it on a blogg as all and sundry will now be making their way to the perentians we arrived on time for the ferry a quick and easy half hour by boat to long beach which is the backpacker stop. we had picked out moonlight bungalows and even though they did not have a front one available we took the second row for the fir http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Kelantan/Kota-Bharu/blog-208774.html well here we are in Kota Bharu by the seat of our pants and i will get to that later. we loved melaka and will have to back there as we did not see it all. the hotel was good though a bit out of town but we found the explorer bus that went past the hotel and that was such good value and ran till quite late so that worked out perfectly. the small streets of china town were wonderful and then we wen http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Kelantan/Kota-Bharu/blog-207440.html Well here we are again travelling. After a great flight on Singapore Airlines arrived at sparrowfart and of course could not do the nails and stuff and hang out in the Rain forest at the aiport as i was worried about my suitcase. Terry forgot to tell me to not worry and pick it up at the lost luggage when i had finished pampering myself. so i found myself at the Robertson Quay hotel and having to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/blog-206008.html