1) India - don't bother
2) Kashmir - maybe when they're not warring
3) China - nice - learn some of the language though
4) Mongolia - no thanks, i could just stay in and punch myself
5) Hong Kong - go if you have money
6) Vietnam - go just for the rice wine - 2 litres? 30p?
7) Cambodia - like a tame mad max
8) Thailand - avoid people wearing England shirts shouting fishy fishy
9) Malaysia - definitely worth a visit
10 ) Indonesia - crazy town - get involved
11) Laos - a.m.a.z.i.n.g
damn it. only 11. still, more than i thought i'd done. i'll definitely go travelling again. there's too much world just to stay at home and ignore it. i didn't blog very well. there's just too much to write about. every day you could write one of these things, then you leave it a month and realise you've been through 4 countries and you don't know where to begin. still, i tried. so carrying on in that vain, i'll give a breif overview of my last month. i saw urang utans in Bukit Lawang which was one of the best places ive ever been. its a proper jungle town and its a absolute mission to get there. getting from penang to Medan takes a day, then it takes another 6 hours to get to Bukit Lawang in some sort of minibus of pain which you can see below. that badboy sat 15 of us. no lie. somehow i didnt even have a seat.
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| From Bukit Lawang |
After the 3 day jungle trek myself Luke and Jon, my new friends (i have friends) travelled to Lake Toba for New Year, via Medan again. This again took about a day on the buses of pain. It was all very nice. What wasn't nice was travelling back to Malaysia on the shittest ferries and buses known to man with a hangover the size of Craig Bellamy's ego. Hitching a ride on the ferry was the easy bit, i don't want to talk about the rest it hurts too much.
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| From Lake Toba |
From Penang, me and Jon headed to the cameron highlands in central malaysia. its an odd place. lots of tea plantations and jungle area to go hiking. we went hiking as soon as we arrived, climbed through one landslide where the mud came up to my hips, then 15 minutes later we were climbing through another when the mud came up to my chest. i had my own personal landslide in my pants and we decided we'd better turn around. the next day we visited a tea plantation. they showed us a video in which the voiceover guy said that every person in Nepal has at least 19 cups of tea a day. that was one of his facts. unbelievable. we then walked in the wrong direction for 3 hours before a local man stopped us and gave us a lift back saying we were heading in to the jungle. they call me compass round these parts.
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| From Cameron Highlands |
Jon left me in Kuala Lumpar. i went to a deer moose farm expecting to see deers and mooses. they're definitely called mooses. turns out that this little rat creature is actually called a deer moose. some would say a disappointment. others, a lesson learnt.
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| From Kuala Lumpur |
I flew from KL to Laos as my time was running out. my camera broke again is Laos, which was nice, as its probably the most beautiful place ive ever been, apart from the himalayas, where my camera broke the last time. good. vientiene, vang vieng and luang prabang. all amazing places. i wish id been there longer. took the slow boat from luang prabang to the thai border. stayed one night in a village with 2 hour electricity per day, and the next night on the laos side of the border as the boat was late. both odd little places but both nice to see. my last adventure was in chang mai, northern thailand. i met up with luke and we went trekking again. the trek included an elephant ride where the elephants are a tad crazy, bamboo rafting (our raft sank), white water rafting (not much white water), food, 2 nights camping and 3 days walking. £35. cant complain with those prices.
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| From Bangkok and Home |
When we returned we met up with Jon, had a big night out, then did a cooking course the next day. i fell asleep i was so tired. in the evening i caught the overnight bus to bangkok. my last day and night travelling. my bus to the airport was at 5am. emile arrived at kao san road at 8pm and we had one last night out. ive included a fetching photograph of the man at 4.30am. yes emile, you are the burger king.
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| From Bangkok and Home |
so that's me done. no more internet cafes for a while. no more writing. might get a job? might go travelling?
