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Published: March 10th 2011
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We walk off the ferry and see 1000 malaysian guys that tries to force an motorcycle on you, even if you missed arms and legs im sure they would try to convince you to buy their service.
With 500 taxis to choose from we get in a pink taxi bus. even thow the have no work, they will drive you to your destination as fast as the old bus can hold up for,
Driving through the villages at night makes everything look so charming, we say to eachother.. here babe,, this is where we will stay for a while.. not knowing that day 3 we will be screaming.. IM SO BORED, This Island is Wank!
But we didnt know that when we arrived so we did the same mistake for the millionth time, we prepaid 8 nights stay, money is of course not refundable.
All the food places are very dirty, all the homeless animals are huvvering around at all times. every time you order food it leaves your mouth greased up with fat, thats takes you about 45 minutes with a hard toothbrush to get off.
Day 2, Rich have the shits.
We give up the bullshit "to suck
the culture in" and find the only place on the island that cooks kind of western food!
A friendly Indian feller with good buisness sence,, lived for a while in England, and learned what us greedy Whiteys in the west likes.. lucky for Richards tummy..and the beaches, which the islands sewer system deposits on.
Needless to say after 3 days we actually took a 1 and a half hour return ferry journey, followed by a 16k taxi ride to go to a macdonalds.
Richard
Yes thats right, arriving by night here is a good thing, as long as you leave in the dark in the morning as well.
truth be know that we where guided here by reading a small passage in lonely planet saying stay at Teluk Nipah, on this Island, however the better beach is concealed around the corner, about a 1500m walk away.
The beach at Nipah is covered in rubbish, and they are now busy building a concrete monster. We even refuse to take photos of it for the blog in fear its uglyness will break the camera.
Its tragic to see that a beautiful ocean view is gone, and we wonder if
anybody has any say over here on what is allowed to be built and where? There is rubbish every where and all the jungle birds, dogs, and monkeys forage through it all daily, obviously upseting the natural food chain.
enough of the eco rant................
after a day sat sunning ourselves on the beach, our old enemy resurfaced, BOREDOM.COM...
We are both exactly the same, sat there one minute all relaxed, next minute BOOM!!!
So off we went, we hired a couple of "motorbikes" well thats what the locals insisted on calling them and got very insulted when we stated that they where clearly a mere scooter.
off we went touring the island at semi high speed. At one point a sharp eyed police man was shouting at us from a cafe to stop, as we where not wearing any helmets. Not that any of the 5 locals, 3 of which where sleeping children. on one motor bike where wearing any helmets. Risking a expensive tourist type fine, we wound back the throttle on this motorized beast and sped off into the sun.
Helmet wearing? why on earth would we want to put on a sweaty egg shell type thing?
for one thing, Ilona has a very small head, so whilst riding she would have to either hold it with one hand or, let it spin round on her head in the wind.
For me, i have a large head. I would need a tub of butter and a crow bar to get the thing on. Hopefully we would be at our end destination before my head exploded or i run out of oxygen. One size fits all?
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