Archive for October, 2008

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Halloween on the Khao San Rd

31Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Bangkok – staying near the Khao San Rd

We left the Howard Square Hotel in two taxi’s as between us we had so much luggage we almost needed a bus!! It took about 15 minutes to get two taxis organised that would agree to take us the 30 minute journey to the Khao San area. Taxi drivers in Bangkok seem to have a [...]

31Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Bangkok Thailand – collecting Tehya’s aunties

Jon took us to the bus station in Hua Hin, we booked ourselves on to a 12 seater air-con mini bus for 200 Baht each (Tehya was free) – with the exchange rate it cost us about £3.30 – it is very handy as they run every half hour or so. It took two and a [...]

30Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Visiting uncle Jon – Hua Hin Thailand

Tehya was really upset on the day we arrived – as we sat at the train station waiting for Jon to collect us all she kept saying was ‘where is he – when is Jon coming?’
{w:600;h:350} Hua Hin, train station
(map of Hua Hin train station, East coast of Thailand)
We gave up waiting and Gavin arranged [...]

27Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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2nd Class train to Thailand

When we first departed from our friend Jon’s house in Hua Hin Thailand heading to Sungai Kolok and the Malay boarder we travelled first class – which is not the first class you would get in the UK but it does at least mean that you have your own private space with a lockable door. [...]

24Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Penang – Malaysia return journey!

Nothing about Star Lodge on Jl Lebuh Muntri had changed in the five months we have been away. The old Chinese men who work there at the front desk were as delightfully eccentric and as charmed by Tehya as they had been on our last visit. Always laughing and watching her with bright eyed amusement [...]

19Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Kuala Lumpur and buses to Penang!!

oday was a day of information gathering and ticket buying – first we went back to KL Sentral to find out about trains…. it was so easy to get there, it cost about 1.20 RM each for Gavin and I (free for Tehya), it was just six stops from our hotel and it takes literally [...]

18Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Kuala Lumpur Day Two….

Day two….
e woke up to a bright and sunny morning, after a breakfast of muesli, yogurt and brown bread (such a great breakfast and not one you get often in Asia) we headed off to explore the KL Tower. It cost us a total of 50 MR which is about £8.00 to take two adults [...]

17Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia

We slept, dreamt and woke feeling so totally refreshed…..from an amazing night at the Hotel Istana!!! So great to be in Kuala Lumpur!!!
Our first afternoon and evening in KL were spent checking into the hotel (which was a little dragged out by a lost internet booking) and eating a fantastic meal provided by room service. [...]

16Oct2008 | Hanna | 3 comments | Continued
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Arrived in Malaysia

We didn’t manage too much sleep last night (well me and Hanna didn’t) we finally fell asleep about 2am, Tehya didn’t sleep much better as she stayed up until 11pm with the exciting prospect of flying. We woke at 3am had a quick cold shower then carried the bags downstairs to be greeted by two [...]

14Oct2008 | onefix | 2 comments | Continued
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Leaving the wonderful shores of Bali 14-10-2008

We have had a wonderful time in Bali with many adventures, the local people are generally always friendly, even the police when you are handing over 50,000 to 100,000 Rp for some made up non illegal bike or car infraction. There is plenty to do and I think we managed to do a reasonable amount [...]

13Oct2008 | onefix | 2 comments | Continued
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Gili Air – Lombok

They call Gili Air the small island but after studying it on Google earth and seeing it close up I would say that it is in fact larger than Meno.
ll the islands have a distinct atmosphere and personality and Air was definitely the most traditional and appeared the most influenced by Islam. It was more [...]

13Oct2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued
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Gili Meno – Lombok

he boat journey across to Meno was easy and smooth (20,000 Rp each) – we motored our way around the southerly point of the island and saw what looked like an epic right hand wave breaking hard on the coral reef.
We arrived at the boat drop off point and made it up onto the beach [...]

12Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Three nights at Coral Beach 2 on Gili Trawangan – Lombok

he sea, beach and snorkelling from Coral Beach 2 were all amazing – we felt the sea life was as impressive as the Perhentian Islands ten years ago. The sea was warm and clear – the beach white and sandy without too much coral to cut feet. Gavin went snorkelling several times on his own [...]

12Oct2008 | Hanna | 2 comments | Continued
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Gili Trawangan Lombok

late night packing and then an early early morning start (30-09-08) a quick goodbye to Tehya’s Australian friend Owen and we were jumping into the free mini bus that was booked to take us to Benoa and the Blue Water Express boat company. Our tickets to the Gili’s were not cheap 2,600,000 Rp in [...]

9Oct2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued
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