Galaxy Inn Lumut

it was a rainy when h come from kl to manjung. i was very affraid that h would not show up since h likes to play around with going down to manjung.

after all i confirm that h is on a bus. but h still refused to inform where h would go.

after office hour has ended i rush to manjung bus station to fetch h but h still not show up. then i have to ask h where is h now.

then h ...

i woke H up early in the morning as he requested soo that H will not miss bus to manjung.

then when H arrived at manjung after a 3hours journey by bus from penang to manjung. H called
me at about 11.50am. i was shocked and rushly try to finish my job to meet H.

then we chek in to Kwest Hotel. Standard queen for RM55, very budget hotel. Then the love sparks...

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Our accommodation for the next week is a wooden tent or A frame as they are called. It is fantastic, we are thinking of putting one in the garden when we get home. The hostel has a great communal area, with different games and loads of hammocks. We had met up with Sam and Talal (from C Highlands) and they put money in for us on our first night for a BBQ. There were a bunch of French guys who had been to the local market ...

... 3-2-1's straight into the hot sea. God knows how we made it back in one piece, but we did. Very lucky boys. All in all it's been a belting few days here on Pangkor, all totally random - the best way to live it. The island is beautiful, largely unspoiled and not at all touristy, which is probably why we were told not to bother with it, and exactly why I wanted to go, and exactly ...

... writing back in Hong Kong. It was also a time for me to sort a few personal things out that'd been gnawing at me for awhile, and to prepare for my return trip to India. And honestly, a little aloneness and some long, brooding walks were just what the doctor ordered. When I left Lumut at the end of February, I felt healthy, centered, and ready to jump onboard a massive freighter boat and make my way across the Indian Ocean.

... kicks somehow....Back to KL, and China Town. This time it felt famailiar. Managed to check into a fairly posh hotel (by our standards!) and find a restaurant that would sell us a beer....or two. We decided to get up the very next day and get a bus to Puala Pangkor....allegedly an island of natural beauty with a vibrant scene...

Our first task of the day was to find a new place to stay - the one working toilet had finally given up and we were woken up by bells and horns again. Luckily we chanced upon I 2 Inn, a lovely guesthouse above a hairdressers with super helpful staff. Once checked in we took the monorail down to the train station to buy our tickets to Butterworth. From the station we followed the guidebook's walking tour around KL's stunning colonial district and grubby ...

... are so many people to meet, to talk to, fellow travellers, but also the people who live here. Highlights of my journey are the conversations I have with locals, when people are kind enough to give me a glimpse of what their live is really like, the way they see things or how they live, because although while travelling you already get to observe a culture from a bit closer up, still you're ...

... were both good, especially the Thai temple. There were hundreds of urns with ashes of deceased Buddhists, I assume. The whole temple, and the Burmese one also, were intricate in design and a real feast for the eyes. Caught a taxi to the Ferry station and picked up some tickets to Langkawi island. Langkawi sounds good, beaches and it's just on the off-season! Schools are just going back and it isn't ...

... stopped and had a look round a very small and unimpressive Dutch fort (storage place) that upon trying to start the thing we had no luck. Neale was pumping at the foot starting thing with not a spurt out of the bike when a kindly taxi driver showed him he had to pull out the choke, mildly embarassed we thanked the good chap and chugged off!! Without thinking we stopped again on another lap of the island to look out of a viewing point. This ...