Travel Lodge Butterworth

3.12.09 Kuala Lumpur - Butterworth - Padang Besar - Bangkok.

Aamuinen juoksu vesisateen lapi Pudurayan bussiterminaalille tuotti tulosta.. Dosa loytyi suht helposti ja jopa lahti ajallaan. Ideana oli siis matkustaa Kuala Lumpurista Penangin mantereen puoleiseen yhdyskaupunkiin Butterworthiin, josta lahtisi yojuna kohti Bangkokia. Olin etukateen hieman hermoillut Kuala Lumpur-Butterworth yhteytta aikaisemman kokemuksen perusteella (Matka kesti luvatun viiden tunnin sijaan ...

Alhamdulillah. i have this opportunity to create a new blog for me. bersempena dengan Eid Adha 1430 Hijri ini, pembukaan blog yg baru ini amatlah memberi erti yang besar makanya buat saya. as a student in University Science of Malaysia, i am happy to be given this chance to ...

... a spot of amazing natural beauty - a waterfall known only to the locals. Never been so sweaty in all my life! After a good swim in the cool waters we trekked back - and I avoided the disgusting leeches thankfully - others had the unfortunate experience of having to detach the blighters and see their blood trickle down from the wound..... nice!
There was also time to fish - I was most ...

... 1 am. I got on and took the long journey to Malaysia. I slept very well on the train and talked to the girl seated across from me, Joy, who had travelled all across India before Thailand and then back to Singapore where she lives.

As we got closer to the Malay-Thai border, the jungle got thicker. When the train sat still, one could hear the calls of baboons in the distance and some sort of bird. As well, the ...

... auch hier keine Scheu vor Kakerlaken zeigen! People: Auch die Malaysier sind manchmal ein bisschen crazy und nicht gerade die grössten Denker, aber eigentlich sehr nett und hilfsbereit. Geld: CHF 50.- pro Tag reichen gut für zwei Personen zum Schlafen und Essen! Place to be: Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur)...am besten bei Tag und bei Nacht!

... visist the Pavillian Tower and Old Rubber Tree, walking past the Tourist Information Center so Tom could have his photo taken in front of a British red telephone box (what a vain ****!) (Tom: I am fantastic. I just wish ben was still here to appreciate my love of silly photos). Whilst walking past the tourist office, the girl who had helped us before waved at me, Tom went into the office to say Hi and we ended up speaking to her, Nadia, for about 45minutes before we had ...

... mun mielesta hieman perverssisti nimetyssa Isin Vierastalossa, ja hyva niin, kiva paikka. Aika taytta taalla on ja saatiin huone tuolta alapihalla olevasta lisarakennuskompleksista. Mulle tuli hirveen surkee olo kun kaikki tuli tanne ja ne muut paikat ei saanu paljon ketaan. En tia mika mul on, kun viimepaivina on tullut tollasia tosi paljon. Eilenkin oltiin syomassa yhessa Intialais Malesialaisessa katukeittiossa ja viereisessa mestassa ei ...

De eerder geregelde taxi kwam mooi op tijd en we konden dus na een lekker ontbijt snel op weg. De taxirit begon als een hel. De eerder genoemde kurkentrekker maakte nu zijn naam waar. Iets waar Ernst's maag niet helemaal op had gerekend en het "eit-eitje" (zoals hij het noemt) belandde al snel samen met vieze kleren opgerold in een oude handdoek. Tot overmaat van ramp ging Kristel met hem langs de weg zitten.. midden in een rode mierenhoop. Gelukkig was de chauf erg geduldig en stopte uit ...

... took us round the whole zoo and about half the animals i hadn't seen before. I took like 200 hundred pictures and it was no wonder it took us 2hours to walk around it. The zoo is split into different areas which each zoo keeper is responsible for. We were taken to the one we would be working at most of the time. This is where the orangutans where but there was also a load of midget monkeys like marmosets, a random iguana that never moved and a big enclosure with otters! and ...

... received, ate my roti, then got on the bus. Arrived about 13.30 in Tanah Rata and had a pretty standard first day, walking around town getting my bearings, deciding what I'd do with my time here, buying bus tickets and eating ( a fantastic banana leaf set meal at the Indian). Couldn't sleep all night and woke up late to hear a guy *********** in his dorm bed. Nice. Next day was my big day of walking, after a ...