Tuban, Indonesia, Asia I called it a night on the train at about 11pm and slept for most of the ride. I woke up a few times to check that my bags were all still where I’d left them. I have locks on all my zippers for my big backpack, but that wouldn’t stop anyone from picking the whole thing up and taking it. Of course, nothing like that happened and all was good when we pulled into KL Sentral…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Asia I got up this morning and had to say bye to Ana. It was a sad time, but I think I’ll have to get used to this while travelling. She is heading off into a fairly sketchy part of Thailand to get up north to see a friend. I’ll feel better once I’ve heard that she made it up there without a problem. I headed out in Kota Bharu to try and find an internet cafe…
Kota Bharu, Malaysia, Asia Today was a pretty relaxed day. Ana and I checked out of the hostel and got our 20RM key deposit back, so at least we could afford to eat lunch on the island. We went back to Yellow Chairs where we ate the night before and grabbed a bite to eat with Ro (Joe already left for Thailand this morning). After lunch we just got an umbrella on the beach and chilled for a couple hours….
Pulau Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia, Asia I have had an absolutely incredible day today. A group of us met for breakfast at Amelia’s on Coral Beach and we paid for our snorkeling trip through them. Since we had eight people we got our own boat for the day, so that was pretty cool. Not surprisingly the gear that we were given from the company was all pretty poor, but I shouldn’t have expected much more for a trip that cost $11…
Pulau Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia, Asia Today was another lengthy day of travelling, but I ended up in one of the most beautiful places in the world, so it wasn’t so bad I guess. Ana and I left Kota Bharu at about 11am and grabbed a bus to Kuala Besut where we could get a ferry to the islands. The bus ride was a pretty simple hour and fifteen minutes with just a lot of small villages on the way. It…
Kota Bharu, Malaysia, Asia Today was a very long day of travelling by bus. Ana and I left the hostel at 10am to catch our bus over to Kuala Terengganu at 10:30am. The bus wasn’t quite as nice as the one I took from Singapore, but it was still pretty decent. Big seats, just not as clean and such a weird “schedule”. We were told that we should get to Kuala Terengganu at about 5pm, which would have been perfect…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Asia I actually woke up this morning at 8am and was well prepared for a full day of sight seeing. And even more amazingly, everyone else was up and ready to go by 10am. Seven of us headed out to the Batu Caves by grabbing a local bus in town. The group was me, Jesse, Ana (Canadian), Louise and Melissa (Holland) and Neils and Natascha (Germany). We got to the caves and had a walk up to…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Asia I woke up incredibly hungover today. I’m not happy about it. It turns out Jesse and I drank a bottle and a bit of whisky last night on our own while we were just chatting with Claire and Deana (English girls staying at the hostel). The four of us were meant to be going to the Batu Caves this morning at 10am, but when the girls knocked on the door, both of us knew there was…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Asia Today has been a pretty relaxed day in KL. Jesse and I went to the largest electronics mall in Malaysia, and it was ridiculous. It was seven stories of nothing but phones, cameras, computers and gadgets. It would have been heaven to me if there weren’t so many people! I don’t know if it’s because it was Sunday afternoon, or if it just always like that, but it was mentally busy. We both found a couple…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Asia I woke up today and packed up the rest of my stuff and headed off for the bus station. I wasn’t exactly sure how long it was going to take to get there so I headed there with tons of time and got there over an hour early (as usual). There were a few empty seats on the 10am bus so they put me on that one instead of the 11:30am, lucky me! This was probably…