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Kangaroo Collision!!
2:16am Thursday 24th April 2008
We have spent the last seven weeks in Australia touring around in a campervan and I hoped I would see a kangaroo or two, I just didn't realise I would see so many - read on for more...
Singapore by coach.....never again!
7:10am Thursday 27th March 2008
Sat in the coach station in Kuala Lumpur (KL)waiting for the coach to Singapore to arrive, a rat scuttled past....I knew then that this was going to be a 'lovely' day's travelling....read on
Flaking out at the Malaysian Golf Open 2008
6:18am Sunday 23rd March 2008
After Phuket we caught a flight to Kuala Lumpur where we had booked in to the 5 star Hyatt Saujana Golf Resort, where the Malaysian Golf Open was held last year. When I booked it 6 months ago on the internet I hadn't imagined how we would look at this stage in our trip arriving at Malaysia's number one golf resort carrying our backpacks with trainers and sleeping bags attached ha ha. Steven was mortified, I was almost crying with laughter at how embarrased he was arriving in a clapped out taxi looking just like travellers do....scruffy. The resort was brilliant although it was hard on a budget when a drink in the bar was about 5/6 pounds! We did the usual touristy things and saw the twin towers and the KL Tower and then the next day at breakfast one of the waiters told us that the Malaysian Golf Open was being held 5 minutes away while we were there. Read on .....
Thai boxing - staged or for real?
12:07pm Thursday 13th March 2008
The whole time we have been in Thailand we have been meaning to go to see a real Thai boxing fight but having heard reports that it is all staged, we had held off until now....read on for more...
The worst 'backpackers' ever or just too old to be roughing it?
11:56am Thursday 13th March 2008
When kayaking through the mangroves in Koh Lanta we met two irish girls who made us question whether we were 'backpackers' at all....read on
Koh Phi Phi, little Sweden and beer swilling monkeys!
11:20am Thursday 13th March 2008
Leaving the disasters of Koh Samui behind us, on the 22 Feb we travelled to Krabi by coach and then took a boat to Koh Phi Phi, a small island to the South of Phuket. Read more...
Disastrous Koh Samui - mopeds, road side holes and elephants
6:46am Saturday 1st March 2008
With only 5 nights on Samui island, we wanted to make the most of it and experience as much as we could.....I didn't expect to leave with permanent reminders of the island! Read on...
Travelling southwards through Thailand
4:57am Wednesday 27th February 2008
15 Feb - We spent Valentine's night in a bit of a panic as we hadn't booked any accomodation in Hua Hin which is a little south of Bangkok. The place we had tried to book could only accomodate us for the 16/17 Feb, but not the 15th. We were told that a lot of Thai people travel there on Friday's just for one night so a lot of places were booked up. After about 3 hours of ringing every hostel/hotel in the Lonely Planet Guide we gave up and went to bed, deciding to deal with it in the morning. First thing in the morning I spoke to the local man who runs the hotel's private taxi. He said h knew of an agency who might be able to get me a room, so he took us to her and after a whil of searching she managed to get us a room at the Majestic Beach Hotel. She said the room was not the best and it was much more expensive than we could afford but we were desperate so we took it for the one night until we could check into our other hotel. Then we went to the local bus station and caught a government bus down to Hua Hin for about 166 Baht each. Not quite like National Express back home but w could stand I for a few hours!
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