Omar'S Backpacker'S Hostel Mersing

... happy to be here. I stayed awake till 2am sitting on the balcony in awe at the beauty of it all. Tioman really is an island paradise.<br><br>I started my PADI course the next day and was introduced to my partner Danny,. Danny is a cool character who loves his yoga and karate. He runs a health retreat in Ontario and English is his second language. He was a great bloke who would let me laugh with him when he misinterpreted things during our practical and ...

... she said boo hiss they wear head scarves and are weird in MY, we said jog on you crazy hairy armpitted frog (ok so i wish we had said that!) stayed in Satun for one night, went to Night market for a last taste of Thai culture, was pretty cool , we were the only westerners around for once, we had coca cola out of a plastic bag with a straw (a very common practice in thailand) and bought Donna doughnuts. Donna happy yum yum. we got the ferry from Satun ...

... einzudecken. Diese gestaltete sich bei jedem anders (Bier, Zigaretten, Wasser und Süßigkeiten). Dieser Laden muss fuer den Besiter eine wahre Goldgrube sein. Aber die Arebitszeiten sind eher besch....Am Samstagmorgen um 7 Uhr Ortszeit wurden wir Zeugen wie einige betagtere Menschen zu einer aus Lautsprechern quäkenden Stimme Aerobic machten. Man kam sich vor wie im falschen Film. Sehr amüsant Jedenfalls war diesmal auch die Überfahrt ...

After escaping from Singapore, the city of traffic, high rise towers and sweet FA else (sorry residents of singapore....actually no im not but there we are) i had serious beach withdrawal symptoms and since then have made it a mission of mine to lap up as much time in the sun as i can. First of all i headed to the tioman islands off ...

... Well, as I said before, KL would be worth another trip for shopping only! Those malls are quite a shopper's paradise, whatever you need. That's the problem as a backpacker, you're pack is so full you can't just buy everything you'd want to. You just have to come back another time, with empty suitcases and a full wallet. Anyway, in the end we kinda missed the parade. We were waiting on the curb of the street for about an hour and nothing happened (besides more and more ...

... i managed to drop my camera onto a Stingrays head by accident - i don't know who was more frightened, me or the Ray! I was only about 1 ft above it ...

... have a rocky beach in front of you and no flip flop, that the light is falling, that you are swimming once again with the tiny, little microscopic jelly fish... BUT they made it! Everyone was ok! If you are wondering what happened to the 3rd person, he didn't come. He was still on shore worrying about his lost companions... He even ventured out onto the beach to se if he could see them but with no success ...

... the side and behind me and considered jumping off. I reckon I could have made it back. Well, maybe. I stuck with it though making the assumption that they do this kind of thing every week and that they have managed to survive (somehow) thus far! It all seemed pretty normal to them, so I tried to fool myself into thinking that it was pretty normal for me too. The fun really started though when we got to the island that has no jetty ...