Kampung Tok Senik Hotel Langkawi

This is probably my least favourite morning. <br><br>Up at 6:30 to catch a ferry, nice and tired. We get off the bus - big backpack, check; guitar, check; rucksack - ****. I have never run so fast down a road with a guitar and 15kg backpack on and never intend to again. By some fantastic and almost impossible luck there was a bus depot down the road and I managed to recognise the driver, and found my rucksack sitting on the floor under his cash box. I ...

... comfortable cheap and with English speaking drivers very convenient, so it makes more sense to see the country properly and see everyday life at street level rather than in the back of a taxi making small talk and sussing out if you can be taken even further for a ride.<br><br> <br>We managed to get the bus to Geroge Town then the connection to Batu Ferringhi with little fuss, we found the hotel relatively easy and were quite proud of our first traveling achievement ...

... br>on this island). We got a really cool taxi driver who was very funny<br>and took us to where we wanted to go. He also showed us brochures of<br>the cable car ride and some other touristy things. We eventually<br>found a place to stay for $40 ringgit a night. I went to sleep again<br>(dont know why but i have been tired), whilst Bryden did some more<br>puzzles and read his book. We then headed over to the beach to check<br>it out and to our surprise (not) it was choppy. So we ...

... a very full-of-life, larger-than-life yet only 54kg Irish woman called Neve. Neve is pretty much the den mother and has a heart as big as her laugh and as abundant generosity as her abundantly tattooed bod. We checked in to a share-bathroom fan room which was an incredibly underwhelming and decrepit abode, but...the bed was comfortable, the window had screens and...wait for it...the beer was on an honour system. Beer in Langkawi is already tax-free (try ...

... where the food was cheap, quick and in huge portions and the people liked us. Stupid time goes too fast though, and soon we had to leave again, although me and Dan made everyone miss the first ferry with our slow ambles to the boat, but another one came to get us, damm. And then after a quick bye bye the boys went up to Bangkok for a couple of night and me, Larey and Kim headed to Penang.

... vahan juttua. Suurimmaks osaks se oli ihan hirveeta biletysta koko ajan ku oltiin siel. Leah joutu lahtee takas Ruotsiin 10.1 ja meikalainen joutu lahtee Singaporeen seuraavana paivana. Saarella oli muuten kasittamattomasti suomalaisia. Nii ja tapasin ma siella 3 suomalais tyttoakin... Joopa joo. Mut jalka alkaa olemaan jo todella hyvassa kuosissa. Kerran kavin lenkillakin tosin sen sain tuntea seuraavana aamuna... Tony

... night market where they sold second hand clothes, other bits and pieces and more food! We tried the dried squid which we had been seeing since Vietnam and had meant to try. Its carried round on a rack on the back of a bike and prepared by BBQing, then putting through a small mangle several times to thin it and make it soft. After all this walking we were still hungry so ate our last green curry at the bar which was good but not one of the best. Last ...

... stay! We found a nice little chalet on the west coast run by an overly helpful Japanese lady and her very intense Iranian husband, although they both saw us right for anything we wanted. We both enjoyed our time in Langkawi and it was a real eye opener for different cultures, there is a big mix of Indian, Chinese and Malay. So curry for breakfast and a wander along the beach, Malay for lunch and a bit of investigating and, no Italian actually, for ...

... situation, another Mat Salleh gentleman came by to offer his help. To cut the story short, all of them simply lifted the car, while I slowly reversed it out of the ditch, almost effortlessly. I am ever so grateful to these angels that came to our aid. They asked nothing in return and went off after that. I could imagine the consequences were there no angles such as these tourists around. I counted our blessings twice, when I ...