Pinnacle Wangmai Satun

... on the dance floor, initially to practice our newly acquired Quickstep(this dancing is so hard to remember) then on the back deck where a Hawaiian disco was taking place , then to bed and we gain and hour which will be lovely. Two days at sea, till we arrive at Cochin, the S.W on India. Still no photos loaded up as the internet at sea tends to drop off whilst your half way through doing something.

... normal on a local bus), I could still see overloaded motorbikes on one side of the bus & jungle on the other. The only sound I could hear was full volume karaoke videos - no change there. Suddenly, I worked it out. It was a smell, a smell coming from outside. Specifically from the tarmac of the road which was very slightly damp! It rained for approximately 20 seconds but the smell ...

... get another 15 days. From Satun we travelled straight up to Krabi by coach which is just north on west coast, where we stayed for 2 nights in the town at 'Cha guesthouse' for only 4 pounds a night for two of us, so our cheapest place yet!very nice place, experience some great local food 'pad thai' at local night market and visited the nearby beaches by longtail boat which were beautiful. After two relazing days we headed onto Phuket by ...

Hello followers Well after a swift breeze through and a sad departure from Java, i boarded what i hoped was my last flight for a while, destined for the far South of Malaysia. For the remainder of the trip i hope to cover it all by land and avoid the ease and expense of flying my way around. Where's the fun in that afterall and you really don't see very much! Although after many a long hour allready on a train or bus, somtimes a one hour flight instead of ...

... cum-restaurant. We were feeling a lot more optimistic about the next day. It was short-lived though. We woke up the next morning to angry skies and the very real threat of a downpour that started about noon...well, actually it was about one in the afternoon, but we didn't know that yet. (Read on). And the rain did not let up all day, casting out planned island hopping tour. So to make the best of it, we turned to the only option we had on ...

... driver. We had to change to a local minivan at Hat Yai minivan station which had hundreds of minivans going everywhere and not a westerner in sight. Luckily they spoke English and pointed us in the right direction. The driver dropped us at one of the only 2 hotels in the book which turned out to be an expensive **** provinical hotel. Luckily right next door was a pub with a friendly English guy called Trevor (another Trevor) who ran it and said we ...

... here's the story on langkawi... we laid on the beach, rode our motorbikes and enjoyed our last nights in malaysia... truthfully speaking, langkawi was more of a mandatory stop over on our way to Thailand... so we just played it low key and didn't take advantage of any of the watersports or anything... besides, being a resort island, everything was bit too pricey for our standards...

... then it often is in England too). I am pretty sure I have eaten shrimp and had a curry made from chicken stock but I guess it is too be expected. I think we have both lost weight out here, but are sporting a rice belly paunch instead...attractive now we are at the beach again! Although Malaysia is mainly Muslim alcohol is pretty cheap, a jug of Tiger or Chan which is 2.5 pints is 3-4 pounds, it was cheaper in Thailand but clearly religion affects the price. xx

... at the actual jetty as we figured this was about the safest place to buy them.) We got on the ferry early and sat in our allocated chairs (near the front) and waited and waited. The ferry continued to fill up and up and up. To think this is a daily trip - just how much luggage does one really need? The ferry was two levels - the pictures shows some of the luggage lined up in front of us. And who doesn't travel with a cat on their shoulders? We arrived ...

... i had 3 hr ride to the pier in Satun and didn't know what time the boat left. I get a swangtha from the bus to the pier...no problem. A tourist agency man approaches me right away and is ever so helpful..i have my guard up though cuz you never know if people are just plain being nice or are trying to get money from you. And when entering a new country..i always feel most vulnerable as you don't know anything really, the currency, the people, how things work ...