17.108.
9.30AM...ACHING...STILL SLEEPY...NU WANTS A CUPPA.
9.50AM...TWO CUPS OF COFFEE.
10.20AM...SHOWER.
10.45AM...TOAST.
11.30AM...ON THE NET...TRYING TO BOOK FLIGHT FOR SANDAKAN TOMORROW.
11.55AM...ITS GETING FRUSTRATING...DECIDE TO BOOK ACCOMADATION FIRST.
12.20PM...BOOKED FOUR NIGHTS IN SANDAKAN...18TH,19TH,20TH,21ST.
12.35PM...RETURN TO BOOKING A FLIGHT...FILL IN SCREEN FORM.
12.55PM...SCREEN SAYS ITS TO LATE TO BOOK AN EMAIL TICKET...NEED TO DO DO IT 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE...OUCH...IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF THIS INFORMATION HAD BEEN GIVEN ME AT THE BEGINNING!
1.15PM...NOW WE ARE IN A MESS...BOOKED ACCOMADATION...BUT CAN'T FLY TILL 19TH!
1.50PM...BOOKED FLIGHT...FLY NOON 19TH...ARRIVE 12.45PM.
2.20PM...PHONE ACCOMADATION PLACE IN SANDAKAN...EXPECTING THE WORSED...BUT TO MY SURPRISE THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM...AND THEY WANT CHARGE US FOR 18TH...WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS BEFORE LIKE THIS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN CHARGED...BUT THESE PEOPLE SEEM OK.
3.00PM...PORK AND RICE...YES I HAVE FOUND AN OUTLET SELLING PORK!...DOUSED IN SOME SPICY SAUCE.
4.00PM...READING...NEW BOOK...BIT SLOW.
5.00PM...BBC NEWS 24...WAITING FOR SPORTS NEWS...BUT WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT...SOME PLANE AS CRASHED AT HEATHROW...SO SPORTS BEEN DELAYED...SO INCONSIDERATE.
6.25PM...CHEESE/CUCUMBER/TOMATO SANDWICH...BEER.
7.20PM...WAFFLING WITH OTHER RESIDENTS...BIT BORED...ALL IN ALL ITS BEE A GLOOMY DAY.
18.1.08.
8.50AM...NOT TOO EAGER TO GET UP...NOT GOT ANYTHING PLANNED FOR TODAY.
9.20AM...COFFEE.
9.40AM...SHOWER.
10.15AM...COFFEE/TOAST.
11.20AM...WALKING TO JESSELTON POINT[PIER].
11.50AM...PHARMACY.
12.20PM...JESSELTON POINT[PIER]...LOOKING OUT OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA...WELL I THINK ITS THE SOUTH CHINA SEA!
2.00PM...SUPERMARKET...NEED CHEESE.
2.35PM...ITALIAN RESTAURANT...HAD PIZZA...WISH I HADN'T!
4.00PM...ANOTHER PHARMACY...TOLD TO GO TO DOCTORS...NU NEEDS A PERSCRIPTION.
4.40PM...DOCTORS...NU WEIGHED AND MEASURED...NU NOT OVER THE MOON ABOUT THAT!
5.10PM...ALLS WELL...NU AS HER PILLS.
5.20PM...WALKING BACK TO LODGE/HOTEL.
6.00PM...BBC NEWS 24...WELL NU GOT WHAT SHE NEEDED FROM DOC'S...SO TODAY NOT BEEN A TOTAL WASH OUT...PLUS SITTING ON THE END OF THE PIER...A SLIGHT BREEZE BLOWING...NU AND I SITTING HAPPILY...WAFFLING...ENJOYING EACH OTHERS COMPANY...THAT WAS SPECIAL...FLY SANDAKAN TOMORROW...SO NEW PLACE,NEW THOUGHTS,NEW PEOPLE...LIFES WELL OK...I GUESS I JUST LIKE TO MOAN SOMETIMES.
19.1.08.
8.00AM...ALARM.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.55AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.20AM...TOAST/CUPPA TEA/2 PARACETEMOL.
9.45AM...PACKING COMPLETED.
10.00AM...WAITING FOR TAXI.
10.05AM...TAXI HERE.
10.20AM...AIRPORT.
10.45AM...CHECK IN.
11.05AM...DEPARTURE LOUNGE...CHATTING WITH ENGLISH CHAP WHO BROKE A BONE IN HIS FOOT IN BANGKOK...HE'S MANAGING WELL...BRAVE CHAP...I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE NEXT PLANE HOME!
11.25AM...BOARDING.
11.40AM...WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE OFF...IT'S ONLY 11.40AM...WE WERE DUE TO TAKE OFF AT 12.00 NOON...THESE ASIANS ARE A BIT KEEN!
11.50AM...IN THE AIR.
12.05PM...EATING CHEESE AND CUCUMBER SANDWICHES WE MADE EARLIER.
12.30PM...TOUCH DOWN.
12.40PM...BAGS COLLECTED...THEY ARE VERY SWIFT HERE.
12.50PM...IN TAXI HEADING FOR NEW ABODE.
1.20PM...NEW ABODE...IT LOOKS VERY MUSLIM...MAUVE PAINTED ROOM...ONLY COLD WATER...54 RINGETTS A NIGHT...OH WELL ITS ONLY FOR 3 NIGHTS...IT LOOKS CLEAN ENOUGH.
2.00PM...LOOKING FOR CAFE/BAR.
2.20PM...STILL LOOKING FOR CAFE/BAR.
3.30PM...WE HAVE WALKED THE WHOLE TOWN...IT COMPRISED OF 3 ROADS.
3.45PM...HAVING A CAN OF COKE.
4.00PM...KFC! ON CORNER...HOW LOW CAN I GO!
4.15PM...QUITE LOW!...ACTUALLY THE CHICKEN TASTES OK...THE CHIPS WERE THIN AND HARD.
5.00PM...SUPERMARKET...THEY HAVE BEER...EXPENSIVE THOUGH...OH WELL.
6.10PM...IN ROOM...READING...BOOKS IMPROVING.
7.20PM...CHICKEN NOODLE TAKEAWAY...1 FOR NU...1 FOR ME...4 RIGGETTS EACH!...EATS FROM THE STREET...WELL CHEAP...WELL TASTY/BEER.
20.1.08.
6.40AM...NU UP EARLY...LOOKING OUT FOR SEA EAGLES...WE ARE IN A ROOM OVER LOOKING THE HARBOUR...MANY BOATS.
7.00AM...BLINKING...BUT STILL SLEEPING...ITS TIME TO SHIFT.
7.20AM...SENT FOR HOT WATER...ONE THING THAT IS ALWAYS FREE IN THESE MUSLIM HOTELS...A FLASK OF HOT WATER...ANY TIME...NIGHT OR DAY.
7.30AM...COFFEE.
8.00AM...COLD SHOWER.
8.20AM...TOAST.
8.40AM...WAITING IN BUS STATION...ABOUT FIFTY YARDS FROM WHERE WE ARE STAYING.
8.50AM...TOLD BUS AS BROKEN DOWN THAT GOES TO THE ORANG ATAN CENTRE...NO BUS AT 9.00AM...NEXT ONE 10.00AM...OUCH!...GOTTA BE THERE ABOUT 9.30AM TO SEE THEM FEEDING!
9.00AM...TAXI...35 RIGGETTS...IT WAS ONLY GONNA BE 3 RIGGETTS ON THE BUS.
9.25PM...ORANG ATAN CENTRE.
9.50AM...WAITING FOR THE BEASTS TO APPEAR...MAYBE BECAUSE ITS SUNDAY THEY ARE ALLOWED A LIE IN...FEEDING TIME THIS MORNING IS 10.00A.M.
10.10AM..ORANGS...SHOWING OFF...EATING BANANA'S...VERY ATHELETIC...VERY ORANGI TANGY!
11.00AM...FILM ON ORANG ATANS...BLESS!
11.40AM...COFFEE/SOUVENIR SHOP.
12.05PM...IN TAXI BACK TO TOWN[YAWN].
12.40PM...IN TOWN...SEARCHING FOR TOUR SELLING PLACE.
1.00PM...FORGOT IT'S SUNDAY...ALL CLOSED...OUCH!
1.30PM...SUPERMARKET...BRANDY/COKE.
2.10PM...WALKING.
2.50PM...BACK IN ROOM.
3.10PM...NU WANTS NOODLES...I FANCY THEM TOO.
3.50PM...WONDERFUL YELLOW NOODLES/CHICKEN/MUSHROOM/ONION/PEPPERS ETC.
4.30PM...BRANDY AND COKE.
5.30PM...ATTEMPTING TO READ...NOT REALLY IN THE MOOD.
6.35PM...CHATTING WITH OTHER TRAVELLERS.
21.1.08.
8.30AM...NU FIRST TO RISE...LOOKING FOR EAGLES.
8.45AM...SENT FOR HOT WATER.
9.10AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.50AM...TOAST/CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...IN TOUR SHOP.
11.30AM...BOOKED TOUR TO TURTLE ISLAND...ONERNIGHT STAY IN WOODEN HUT...THEN WE ARE ON A BOAT UP SOME RIVER LOOKING FOR WILDLIFE...HAVE THEY HEARD OF BIRMINGHAM TOWN CENTRE?
12.40PM...FOUND POST OFFICE AT LAST...ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN...SILLY PLACE TO PUT IT...ITS THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN BUY STAMPS.
1.20PM...WALKING BACK TO OUR MAUVE ROOM...A MONITOR LIZARD...ABOUT AS LONG AS I AM TALL IS WADDLING ALONG THE PAVEMENT LOOKING FRIGHTENED...UGLY THING...SOME BOYS ARE CHASING IT...NU AND I KEPT OUT THE WAY...THE CHINESE EAT THEM...APPARENTLY THE CHINESE EAT ANYTHING!
2.05PM...SUPERMARKET...SUPPLIES FOR NEXT TWO DAYS...ALTHOUGH WE GET FED...WE LIKE TO TAKE OUR OWN DRINK!
2.55PM...BACK AT HOTEL[MAUVE ROOM]...NU NOT FEELING TO GOOD.
3.30PM...ON INTERNET...GOTTA BOOK A FLIGHT BACK TO KINABULU AND THEN A FLIGHT ONWARD TO MANILLA,PHILIPINES...ITS A NIGHTMARE!
5.10PM...SORTED...90 QUID FOR BOTH FOR TWO PLANE JOURNEYS.
6.00PM...PACKING...HAVING A GOOD SORT...WE WILL BE RETURNING TO THE MAUVE ROOM AFTER OUR EXPEDITION...BUT WE HAVE TO PUT OUR BAGS IN THE STORE ROOM.
7.30PM...SIGNATURE RESTAURANT...BIT UP MARKET...BUT WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THEY DO EXCELLENT FISH AND CHIPS.
9.00PM...WONDERFUL MEAL...FOLLOWED BY A WONDERFUL BANANA SPLIT.
22.1.08.
7.00AM...AWAKE.
7.20AM...SHOWER
7.50AM...CORNFLAKES/COFFEE/TOAST.
8.30AM...WAITING FOR PICK UP TO START OUR TRIP TO TURTLE ISLAND.
8.45AM...PICK UP MINIBUS ARRIVE.
9.15AM...JETTY.
9.30AM...IN BOAT HEADING FOR TURTLE ISLAND.
10.30AM...TURTLE ISLAND.
11.00AM...IN ROOM...VERY BASIC.
12.30PM...LUNCH...CHICKEN CURRY...INDIAN FLAVOUR...IN MALAYSIA THEY NEVER DEBONE THERE CHICKEN...SO NONE TO PLEASANT...RICE ALRIGHT...PINEAPPLE FOR DESSERT.
1.55PM...ON WHITE BEACH...NU SWIMMING...I'VE PLANTED MYSELF ON THE LIFE GUARDS PLATFORM.
3.00PM...BACK IN ROOM...TO HOT FOR ME...NU HAPPY ON BEACH...FELL ASLEEP.
5.00PM...NU BACK IN ROOM WITH ME...LOOKING A BIT TOMATOED!
6.00PM...GIUDE SHOWING US PICTURES AND SKELETONS OF TURTLES AND TALKING RAPID ENGLISH...HE WASN'T THE BEST...WATCHED A FILM TOO.
7.30PM...EVENING MEAL...BEEF CURRY...NO COMMENT...MORE FRUIT FOR DESSERT...LUCKERLY WE'D BOUGHT OUR DRINK FROM THE MAINLAND...DOUBLE THE PRICE HERE!
8.20PM...WAFFLING WITH FOUR DANISH LADS.
10.00PM...SITTING ON BENCH NEXT TO SANDS WAITING FOR MYRTLE THE TURTLE TO SHOW UP.
10.35PM...MYRT THE TURT IS DOING THE BUSINESS.
10.50PM...MYRT THE TURT...BIT OF A FLIRT...GIVING BIRTH!
11.15PM...ALL OVER.
11.30PM...MYRT WADDLING BACK TO SEA.
11.45PM...RANGER GATHERS EGGS TO REBURY IN SAFE PLACE.
12.10AM...TIME FOR BED.
23.1.08.
5.00AM...ALARM.
5.30AM...UP.
5.40AM...QUICK WASH.
6.10AM...IN BREAKFAST ROOM.
6.25AM...SCRAMBLED EGGS/COFFEE.
7.00AM...IN BOAT HEADING BACK TO MAINLAND.
7.20AM...BOAT STOPS...SOMETHING WRONG WITH ENGINE.
7.30AM...OFF WE GO AGAIN...WELL ROCKY SEA.
7.50AM...BOAT STOPS AGAIN.
8.00AM...OFF WE GO AGAIN.
8.15AM...AT JETTY AT LAST...DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GONNA MAKE IT...OWNER NEEDS TO GET THAT ENGINE SORTED.
8.35AM...BACK AT HOTEL...GIRL RECEPTIONIST TELLS US OUR FRIENDS FROM LANGKAWI HAVE TURNED UP.
9.00AM...IN SHOWER...GLORIOUS!
9.30AM...IN BREAKIE ROOM TALKING WITH MATT AND VICKI.
10.30AM...MINIBUS ARRIVES TO TAKE US TO SEPILOK FOR START OF TRIP UP RIVER.
11.00AM...SEPILOK...GOTTA WAIT HERE FOR NEXT PICK UP AT 12.454PM FOR KINABATTENGEN RIVER CRUISE.
11.15AM...RESTAURANT...SWEET/SOUR CHICKEN....SAUCE WELL WEAK.
12.30PM...INTO ANOTHER MINIBUS FOR 2 HOUR DRIVE TO RIVER.
12.50PM...FELL ASLEEP.
2.45PM...ON SOME BUMPY TRACK...I BLINK BACK TO LIFE AGAIN.
3.05PM...ARRIVE AT RIVER...ALTHOUGH ITS WARM...RAIN LASHING DOWN...WE WAIT UNDER A WOODEN SHELTER.
3.40PM...ITS STILL RAINING...BUT NOT SO HEAVILY...WE CLAMBER INTO A LONG CANOE TO GO TO ISLAND IN CENTRE OF LAKE.
3.55PM...ON CENTRAL ISLAND...BUM WELL WET.
4.15PM...I DECIDE I WOULD RATHER STAY UNDER SHELTER THAN ROAM UP AND DOWN A RIVER IN THE THE HOPE OF SEEING SOME WILD ANIMALS...RAIN STILL POURING...NU SETS OUT WITH OTHERS.
6.30PM...NU RETURNS...FULL OF THE JOYS...SHE AS SEEN WHAT SHE WANTED TO SEE...NU HAPPY...I'M HAPPY!
7.00PM...BACK IN BOAT TO MAINLAND.
7.20PM...BACK IN MINIBUS.
9.15PM...BACK IN MAUVE ROOM.
9.40PM...TUNA/TOMATO SANDWICH/BEER...CHATTING WITH FRIENDS.
24.1.08.
5.30AM...ALARM.
5.50AM...SHOWER.
6.05AM...PACKING.
6.40AM...CORNFLAKES/COFFEE.
7.05AM...TAXI.
7.30AM...AIRPORT.
7.45AM...CHECK IN.
8.10AM...DEPARTURE LOUNGE/COFFEE.
8.50AM...FLYING.
9.45AM...KOTA KINABULA AIRPORT...TERMINAL 1...NEED TERMINAL2...7K AWAY!
10.15AM...TAXI.
10.35AM...TERMINAL 2.
11.00AM...CHECK IN NOT TILL 12.30PM.
11.45AM...SWEET/SOUR CHICKEN...CAPPUCINO.
12.45PM...CHECK IN...THEY ARE GETTING ON MY NERVE'S...BAG CHECK...THEY'VE TAKEN OUR CAN OPENER OF US!
1.15PM...DEPARTURE LOUNGE...BORED.
2.15PM...OM PLANE HEADING FOR MANILLA?
4.15PM...LAND AT CLARK,MANILLA?
4.25PM...PASSPORT CONTROL.
4.40PM...NEED SOME PESO...ATM...NOT WORKING...THIS IS AN AIRPORT!...ITS GOT ONE CASH POINT AND THAT DOESN'T WORK!
5.00PM...TAXI...EXPLAIN WE NEED ATM...OK.
5.05PM...TAXI DRIVER TELLS US WE ARE NOT IN MANILLA...WHAT?!...WE ARE IN ANGELES...WHERE?!
5.10PM...WE ASK HIM TO TAKE US TO A TICKET OFFICE...WE NEED THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLIGHT TO CEBU...GOD KNOWS HOW WE ENDED UP HERE...PHILIPINE TICKETS NOT VERY CLEAR/CONFUSING...NU AND ME NOT HAPPY.
5.35PM...IN TICKET OFFICE...WE ARE INTRODUCED TO A WOMAN...WE HAVE TO FOLLOW HER TO ANOTHER OFFICE...BACK IN TAXI FOLLOWING HER.
5.55PM...AT HER OFFICE?...SHE QUOTES US 18,400 PESO[255 QUID]...WHAT!...NO WAY...NU GETTING WELL FRUSTRATED.
6.15PM...WALK OUT OF OFFICE.
6.25PM...ASK A WESTERN LOOKING GUY DIRECTIONS...IT JUST HAPPENS THAT HE OWNS AN HOTEL.
6.40PM...AT THE ANCHORAGE INN...1,000 PESO A NIGHT...ITS OK...ITS CLEAN...BUT THE AREA IS FULL[AND I MEAN FULL] OF GIRLIE BARS!...ITS PORNO STREET!
7.15PM...PORK/MASH SPUD/MIXED VEG...I'M IN HEAVEN!
8.30PM...IN OUR 'MIRRORED ROOM'.
9.00PM...NU DECIDED TO STAY IN AND WATCH TELE...I THOUGHT I'D TAKE A STROLL...LOOSEN THE ACHING JOINTS.
9.15PM...SHONA'S BAR...THEY'VE GOT A POOL TABLE...FULL OF SCANTILY CLAD GIRLS...HAD ONE BEER AND LEFT...HONEST!
10.05PM...BACK WITH NU...YOU SAID YOU WOULD ONLY BE HALF AN HOUR!...GOT A LITTLE LOST MY HONEY BUNCH.
10.15PM...WENT TO HOTEL BAR...NU FANCIED A BEER...I HAD A JACK D...CHATTING WITH CHAP WHO SEEMS TO KNOW HIS STUFF...THERES A FLIGHT TOMORROW...25 QUID EACH... AT 12.05PM...HE TELLS US WHERE TO GO...ALSO HE'S VERY KNOWLEDGABLE ON THE ISLANDS...NU'S IMPRESSED.
11.20PM...BED.
FUNNY OLD DAYS.
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Sunday, 27 January 2008
Thursday, 17 January 2008
thirty fourth...hello,hello from some place called Borneo!
14.1.08.
7.30AM...ALARM.
8.00AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.20AM...SHOWER.
8.55AM...TOAST/ANOTHER CUPPA.
9.25.AM...SAYING FAREWELLS.
10.00AM...IN TAXI...HEADING FOR AIRPORT.
10.20AM...AIRPORT.
10.35AM...QUICK BAG CHECK...QUICK CHECK IN.
11.05AM...BEER.
11.30AM...ON PLANE.
11.45AM...IN THE AIR.
12.45PM...LANDED SAFELY...BIT TIGHT 'AIR ASIA'...DIDN'T EVEN GET A SNIFF OF A CUP OF COFFEE!
1.05PM...COLLECTING BAGS FROM CAROUSEL.
1.25PM...GOING THRU NEXT CHECK IN FOR ONWARD FLIGHT...ALL GOES WELL.
1.40PM...DEPARTURE LOUNGE...FELT PECKISH...MY MEELEK...A SLIGHTLY SPICY DISH OF NOODLES...OK.
2.05PM...BOARDING.
2.15PM...TAKE OFF...ASIAN FLIGHTS ARE ALWAYS ON TIME...WE BRITISH HAVE A BIT TO LEARN!
3.05PM...TWO HOURS THIS FLIGHT AND NOT A SNIFF OF A FREEBIE DRINK...THESE ASIANS COULD LEARN A BIT FROM US FOREVER GIVING BRITS...'AIR ASIA'...NIL POINT!
4.45PM...LANDED...BREAKING LOUDLY.
5.05PM...BAG COLLECTION...THOUGHT WE'D LOST NU'S BAG...LAST TO COME THRU.
5.40PM...TAXI
6.15PM...HOTEL PARADISE!...NOT!...THE PLACE WAS DEAD...WE WERE THE ONLY ONE'S STAYING...THE BALCONY DOORS DID NOT FIT PROPERLY...THE ROOM HADN'T BEEN CLEANED...ALSO THEY DIDN'T SELL ALCOHOL!...NU'S HEAD DROPPED.
7.00PM...WENT TO GET OUR MONEY BACK...FELT DETERMINED...HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ME BEING DETERMINED?
7.10PM...OH...OK...MONEY BACK!
7.20PM...CHAPPIE IN HOTEL GAVE US A LIFT BACK TO CENTRE OF TOWN.
7.40PM...BOOKED INTO HOTEL KINABULU...IT'LL DO...NO WINDOW!...FOR ONE NIGHT...OK.
8.10PM...RESTAURANT...SWEET/SOUR CHICKEN...WOW...WAS IT GOOD.
8.55PM...ENQUIRED AT THE LAVENDER LODGE GUEST HOUSE...IT COULDN'T FAIL TO BE BETTER THAN WHERE WE ARE...BOOKED TWO NIGHTS.
9.20PM...HAVING A BEER IN FISH SQUARE...I CALL IT THAT BECAUSE ITS FULL OF TANKS WITH FISH WAITING TO BE BOILED OR FRIED FOR THE PLEASURE OF HUMAN COMSUMPTION...THEY QUOTED US 200 RIGGETTS FOR A LOBSTER...I BET IF I WAS A MALAYSIAN IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT 50 RIGGETTS!...IF THAT!
10.10PM...BACK AT HOTEL...IT FEELS DIRTY...OH WELL IT'S ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT.
15.1.08.
8.00AM...DIDN'T SLEEP WELL.
8.15AM...NU SENTS ME FOR HOT WATER FOR A CUPPA.
9.00AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
10.05AM...CHECK OUT...THEY HAD TO GO AND CHECK ROOM...AS IF THERE WAS ANYTHING WORTH TAKING!...YES THE SHEETS ARE STILL THERE!...KEY DEPOSIT BACK...THANK YOU...OUT THE DOOR WE GO...THANK GOD!
10.25AM...LAVENDER LODGE...OUR NEW ABODE FOR A FEW DAYS AT LEAST.
10.40AM...DROP BAGS IN ROOM...ITS GOT A WINDOW!...LADY RECEPTIONIST ENQIURES IF WE WOULD LIKE COFFEE AND TOAST...YES PLEASE!
11.00AM...DISCUSSING TRIPS WITH OWNER...HE WANTS TO BE HELPFUL...MAYBE OVER HELPFUL.
11.40AM...BOUGHT J.BLUNT LATEST CD IN THAILAND...ASK IF I CAN PUT IT ON IN LOUNGE?
12.05PM...LADY RECEPTIONIST SAYS ITS OK...I HAND IT OVER.
12.15PM...NOT PUT CD ON YET...SEEMS MORE CONCERNED WITH OTHER GUESTS...WHO'S MORE IMPORTANT THEN ME?!
12.30PM...AT LAST...EARS AGOG!
12.40PM...THERES TO MANY PEOPLE TALKING...ITS HARD TO HEAR...I THINK SHE'S TURNED THE VOLUME DOWN...ITS SO UNFAIR!
1.35PM...SORTED TOMORROWS TRIP...GO AT 8.10AM...LOTTA WALKING.
2.05PM...WALKING TOWARDS HARBOUR...NEED SOMETHING TO EAT.
3.00PM...AT AUSSIE BAR ON HARBOUR FRONT...ORDERED CHICKEN IN MUSHROOM SAUCE...BEER...WOULD HAVE PREFERED PORK...BUT THEY DON'T SELL PORK IN MUSLIM AREA'S.
3.20PM...THEY FORGOT THE MUSHROOM SAUCE!
3.30PM...I HAVE WATERY MUSHROOM SAUCE NOW...BUT BY NOW I'VE ALREADY DEVOURED HALF MY CHICKEN!
3.55PM...CHAPPIE PASSING SELLING BELTS AND SUNGLASSES...BELT FOR ME...40 RIGGETTS...SUNGLASSES FOR NU...RAY BAANS...YEAH RIGHT!...10 RIGGETTS.
4.25PM...WALK TO OPEN AIR MARKET...SMELLY OR WHAT!...BOUGHT TOMATO'S.
4.45PM...SUPERMARKET...WATER/CHEDDAR CHEESE!/BREAD/TUNA/CAMPBELLS CUPPA SOUP.
5.40PM...BEER.
6.10PM...AITKINSONS CLOCK TOWER...SOME ENGLISH GUY ERECTED IT YEARS AGO...A MINOR WOW.
7.05PM...BACK AT LODGE/HOTEL.
8.10PM...J.BLUNT CD PLAYING...THEY LIKE IT...CAN OF 7UP.
16.1.08.
6.30AM...WOKE WITH A BANG ON THE DOOR...OUR EARLY MORNING CALL.
6.55AM...SHOWER.
7.15AM...COFFEE/TOAST.
8.10AM...MINIBUS ARRIVES FOR OUR TRIP TO MOUNT KINABULU.
9.00AM...NABULU MARKET...NU TAKING PHOTO'S OF SURROUNDING AREA...BOUGHT HER A TSHIRT WITH SOMETHING ABOUT THE MOUNT SOWN ON THE FRONT...NU CHUFFED.
9.10AM...NU WEARING NEW TSHIRT.
10.00AM...MOUNT KINABULU PARK...GUIDE GIVES US A SHORT HISTORY IN WORDS AND PICTURES ABOUT THE PLACE.
10.30AM...OFF WE GO A TREKKING THRU THE TROPICAL FOREST.
10.50AM...HEAVENS OPEN...RAIN GLORIOUS RAIN...PONCHO ON!...GUIDE VERY INFORMATIVE.
11.40AM...MORE TREKKING...RAIN POURING...FELT WARM AND DRY UNDER MY PONCHO...WOULDN'T BE SEEN DEAD IN IT IN ENGLAND!...NU AND I DID WELL...RUGGED UPHILL TWO FOOT WIDE TREE LINED TRACK...GUIDE INFORMING US ABOUT FLOWERS AND TREES ALONG THE WAY.
12.45PM...BACK IN MINIBUS.
1.20PM...LUNCH...SWEET AND SOUR FISH...VERY,VERY NICE...SOUP WENT DOWN A TREAT AS WELL...NOT SURE WHAT WAS IN IT MIND!
2.35PM...TREE TOP CANOPY WALK...41 METRES HIGH...IT TOOK US 50 MINUTES TO WALK TOO...VERY SLIPPY
3.25PM...WALKING ROPE BRIDGES...VERY CAREFULLY...DARE NOT LOOK DOWN!
3.50PM...MAD DOG AND IRISH WOMAN...BUT WE'VE DONE IT!
4.25PM...BACK ON SOLID GROUND.
4.35PM...HOT SPRINGS...THE SPRING WATER WAS HOT...BUT WHO REALLY CARES?
4.55PM...BACK IN BUS...HEADING BACK TO LODGE...CRAZY DRIVER.
6.20PM...BACK AT LODGE.
6.30PM...BEER.
6.50PM...TUNA AND TOMATO SANDWICH...SHOWER CAN WAIT.
7.40PM...WATCHING BBC NEWS 24...BODY ACHING...ENJOYED THE DAY...WELL WORTH THE PAIN!
NU AND ME RULE OK!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
7.30AM...ALARM.
8.00AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.20AM...SHOWER.
8.55AM...TOAST/ANOTHER CUPPA.
9.25.AM...SAYING FAREWELLS.
10.00AM...IN TAXI...HEADING FOR AIRPORT.
10.20AM...AIRPORT.
10.35AM...QUICK BAG CHECK...QUICK CHECK IN.
11.05AM...BEER.
11.30AM...ON PLANE.
11.45AM...IN THE AIR.
12.45PM...LANDED SAFELY...BIT TIGHT 'AIR ASIA'...DIDN'T EVEN GET A SNIFF OF A CUP OF COFFEE!
1.05PM...COLLECTING BAGS FROM CAROUSEL.
1.25PM...GOING THRU NEXT CHECK IN FOR ONWARD FLIGHT...ALL GOES WELL.
1.40PM...DEPARTURE LOUNGE...FELT PECKISH...MY MEELEK...A SLIGHTLY SPICY DISH OF NOODLES...OK.
2.05PM...BOARDING.
2.15PM...TAKE OFF...ASIAN FLIGHTS ARE ALWAYS ON TIME...WE BRITISH HAVE A BIT TO LEARN!
3.05PM...TWO HOURS THIS FLIGHT AND NOT A SNIFF OF A FREEBIE DRINK...THESE ASIANS COULD LEARN A BIT FROM US FOREVER GIVING BRITS...'AIR ASIA'...NIL POINT!
4.45PM...LANDED...BREAKING LOUDLY.
5.05PM...BAG COLLECTION...THOUGHT WE'D LOST NU'S BAG...LAST TO COME THRU.
5.40PM...TAXI
6.15PM...HOTEL PARADISE!...NOT!...THE PLACE WAS DEAD...WE WERE THE ONLY ONE'S STAYING...THE BALCONY DOORS DID NOT FIT PROPERLY...THE ROOM HADN'T BEEN CLEANED...ALSO THEY DIDN'T SELL ALCOHOL!...NU'S HEAD DROPPED.
7.00PM...WENT TO GET OUR MONEY BACK...FELT DETERMINED...HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ME BEING DETERMINED?
7.10PM...OH...OK...MONEY BACK!
7.20PM...CHAPPIE IN HOTEL GAVE US A LIFT BACK TO CENTRE OF TOWN.
7.40PM...BOOKED INTO HOTEL KINABULU...IT'LL DO...NO WINDOW!...FOR ONE NIGHT...OK.
8.10PM...RESTAURANT...SWEET/SOUR CHICKEN...WOW...WAS IT GOOD.
8.55PM...ENQUIRED AT THE LAVENDER LODGE GUEST HOUSE...IT COULDN'T FAIL TO BE BETTER THAN WHERE WE ARE...BOOKED TWO NIGHTS.
9.20PM...HAVING A BEER IN FISH SQUARE...I CALL IT THAT BECAUSE ITS FULL OF TANKS WITH FISH WAITING TO BE BOILED OR FRIED FOR THE PLEASURE OF HUMAN COMSUMPTION...THEY QUOTED US 200 RIGGETTS FOR A LOBSTER...I BET IF I WAS A MALAYSIAN IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT 50 RIGGETTS!...IF THAT!
10.10PM...BACK AT HOTEL...IT FEELS DIRTY...OH WELL IT'S ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT.
15.1.08.
8.00AM...DIDN'T SLEEP WELL.
8.15AM...NU SENTS ME FOR HOT WATER FOR A CUPPA.
9.00AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
10.05AM...CHECK OUT...THEY HAD TO GO AND CHECK ROOM...AS IF THERE WAS ANYTHING WORTH TAKING!...YES THE SHEETS ARE STILL THERE!...KEY DEPOSIT BACK...THANK YOU...OUT THE DOOR WE GO...THANK GOD!
10.25AM...LAVENDER LODGE...OUR NEW ABODE FOR A FEW DAYS AT LEAST.
10.40AM...DROP BAGS IN ROOM...ITS GOT A WINDOW!...LADY RECEPTIONIST ENQIURES IF WE WOULD LIKE COFFEE AND TOAST...YES PLEASE!
11.00AM...DISCUSSING TRIPS WITH OWNER...HE WANTS TO BE HELPFUL...MAYBE OVER HELPFUL.
11.40AM...BOUGHT J.BLUNT LATEST CD IN THAILAND...ASK IF I CAN PUT IT ON IN LOUNGE?
12.05PM...LADY RECEPTIONIST SAYS ITS OK...I HAND IT OVER.
12.15PM...NOT PUT CD ON YET...SEEMS MORE CONCERNED WITH OTHER GUESTS...WHO'S MORE IMPORTANT THEN ME?!
12.30PM...AT LAST...EARS AGOG!
12.40PM...THERES TO MANY PEOPLE TALKING...ITS HARD TO HEAR...I THINK SHE'S TURNED THE VOLUME DOWN...ITS SO UNFAIR!
1.35PM...SORTED TOMORROWS TRIP...GO AT 8.10AM...LOTTA WALKING.
2.05PM...WALKING TOWARDS HARBOUR...NEED SOMETHING TO EAT.
3.00PM...AT AUSSIE BAR ON HARBOUR FRONT...ORDERED CHICKEN IN MUSHROOM SAUCE...BEER...WOULD HAVE PREFERED PORK...BUT THEY DON'T SELL PORK IN MUSLIM AREA'S.
3.20PM...THEY FORGOT THE MUSHROOM SAUCE!
3.30PM...I HAVE WATERY MUSHROOM SAUCE NOW...BUT BY NOW I'VE ALREADY DEVOURED HALF MY CHICKEN!
3.55PM...CHAPPIE PASSING SELLING BELTS AND SUNGLASSES...BELT FOR ME...40 RIGGETTS...SUNGLASSES FOR NU...RAY BAANS...YEAH RIGHT!...10 RIGGETTS.
4.25PM...WALK TO OPEN AIR MARKET...SMELLY OR WHAT!...BOUGHT TOMATO'S.
4.45PM...SUPERMARKET...WATER/CHEDDAR CHEESE!/BREAD/TUNA/CAMPBELLS CUPPA SOUP.
5.40PM...BEER.
6.10PM...AITKINSONS CLOCK TOWER...SOME ENGLISH GUY ERECTED IT YEARS AGO...A MINOR WOW.
7.05PM...BACK AT LODGE/HOTEL.
8.10PM...J.BLUNT CD PLAYING...THEY LIKE IT...CAN OF 7UP.
16.1.08.
6.30AM...WOKE WITH A BANG ON THE DOOR...OUR EARLY MORNING CALL.
6.55AM...SHOWER.
7.15AM...COFFEE/TOAST.
8.10AM...MINIBUS ARRIVES FOR OUR TRIP TO MOUNT KINABULU.
9.00AM...NABULU MARKET...NU TAKING PHOTO'S OF SURROUNDING AREA...BOUGHT HER A TSHIRT WITH SOMETHING ABOUT THE MOUNT SOWN ON THE FRONT...NU CHUFFED.
9.10AM...NU WEARING NEW TSHIRT.
10.00AM...MOUNT KINABULU PARK...GUIDE GIVES US A SHORT HISTORY IN WORDS AND PICTURES ABOUT THE PLACE.
10.30AM...OFF WE GO A TREKKING THRU THE TROPICAL FOREST.
10.50AM...HEAVENS OPEN...RAIN GLORIOUS RAIN...PONCHO ON!...GUIDE VERY INFORMATIVE.
11.40AM...MORE TREKKING...RAIN POURING...FELT WARM AND DRY UNDER MY PONCHO...WOULDN'T BE SEEN DEAD IN IT IN ENGLAND!...NU AND I DID WELL...RUGGED UPHILL TWO FOOT WIDE TREE LINED TRACK...GUIDE INFORMING US ABOUT FLOWERS AND TREES ALONG THE WAY.
12.45PM...BACK IN MINIBUS.
1.20PM...LUNCH...SWEET AND SOUR FISH...VERY,VERY NICE...SOUP WENT DOWN A TREAT AS WELL...NOT SURE WHAT WAS IN IT MIND!
2.35PM...TREE TOP CANOPY WALK...41 METRES HIGH...IT TOOK US 50 MINUTES TO WALK TOO...VERY SLIPPY
3.25PM...WALKING ROPE BRIDGES...VERY CAREFULLY...DARE NOT LOOK DOWN!
3.50PM...MAD DOG AND IRISH WOMAN...BUT WE'VE DONE IT!
4.25PM...BACK ON SOLID GROUND.
4.35PM...HOT SPRINGS...THE SPRING WATER WAS HOT...BUT WHO REALLY CARES?
4.55PM...BACK IN BUS...HEADING BACK TO LODGE...CRAZY DRIVER.
6.20PM...BACK AT LODGE.
6.30PM...BEER.
6.50PM...TUNA AND TOMATO SANDWICH...SHOWER CAN WAIT.
7.40PM...WATCHING BBC NEWS 24...BODY ACHING...ENJOYED THE DAY...WELL WORTH THE PAIN!
NU AND ME RULE OK!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
thirty third...relax lankawi
10.1.08.
9.40AM...AWAKE.
10.05AM...COFFEE/CORNFLAKES.
10.35AM...SHOWER.
11.30AM...BOOKED 3 NIGHTS AT PARADISE BEACH HOTEL,BORNEO?...SWIMMING POOL ETC...A BIT POSH!
12.30PM...A DAY OF LAZING IN THE SUN...I'VE GONE BROWN...BUT STARTING TO PEEL IN PLACES...PLUS I'M FAIRLY WHITE IN PLACES!...SPENT MOST OF THE DAY READING AND SUNNING.
5.00PM...HAD A CHICKEN/VEG CURRY...WANTED SOMETHING SPICY...IT TASTED LIKE SICK...NOT GOING THERE AGAIN!
11.1.08.
9.20AM...SITTING ON SIDE OF BED...NOT SURE WHETHER I WANNA GET UP...KETTLE ON.
10.00AM...KETTLE TWICE BOILED...BETTER GET GOING...NU THIRSTY!
10.15AM...SHOWER.
10.40AM...CORNFLAKES AND ANOTHER COFFEE.
11.05AM...LAST OF OUR AQUINTANCES DEPARTED THIS MORNING...SWOPPED EMAILS AND MOB NUMBERS.
12.15PM...SUN BEATING DOWN FROM DAWN TILL DUSK AND THEN ITS JUST HEAT...HEAT...HEAT!...SOMETIMES I WONDER HOW I COPE...STARTED WEARING FLIP FLOPS...TRYING TO TAN MY TOES.
3.00PM...STILL LAZING IN THE SHADE...READING...THE BOOK I'M READING GOES IN AND OUT...SOMETIMES IT GRIPS YOU...THEN LOADSA WAFFLE.
3.35PM...MANAGED TO GET SOME CHEDDAR CHEESE...HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY!
6.10PM...HAD A THAI CURRY TAKE AWAY...ITS ONE OF THE CHEAPEST MEALS YOU CAN GET...ALSO ONE OF THE TASTIEST...4 RIGGETT!
7.55PM...NU AND I SPENT THE EVENING CHATTING OVER A BOTTLE AND HALF OF ROSE.
12.1.08.
9.45AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.20AM...CORNFLAKES/ANOTHER CUPPA.
11.00AM...SHOWER.
12.05PM...NU HEADED FOR BEACH...I'VE GOT SHOPPING TO DO.
1.00PM...JOIN NU ON BEACH.
1.15PM...TOO HOT FOR ME...GO BACK TO HUT.
3.00PM...NU RETURNS...CUPPA CAMPBELLS CHICKEN/MUSHROOM SOUP/BREAD...YUMMY.
3.10PM...RAINING!
3.30PM...RAIN STOPPED...SWEAT DRIPPING OF MY NOSE.
4.00PM...NEW PEOPLE FROM HUT OPPOSITE JOIN US...HAVING A FEW BEERS.
6.00PM...THE NEW COUPLE WENT FOR A MEAL...NU AND I HAD A CHEESE TOASTIE...WILLIS STYLE...PERFECT.
7.00PM...WAFFLING...DRINKING WINE...WE HAVE TRAVELLED SO MUCH...WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY...SO MUCH TO SMILE ABOUT!
9.00PM...2 OZ LADS JOIN US...A BALLET DANCER...A VIOLINIST...FROM 'QUEENSLAND'...HONEST!
11.50PM...WONDERFUL TALKITIVE GUYS...WELL PLEASANT EVENING...BUT NOW WE ARE ALL YAWNING.
13.1.08.
9.55AM...CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO SURFACE...FEEL LANQUID.
10.20AM...KETTLE ON.
10.40AM...SHOWER.
11.10AM...CORNFLAKES/COFFEE/TOAST.
11.55AM...NU OFF TO BEACH...I'M STAYING IN THE SHADE...FEEL A BIT FEEBLE!
12.15PM...READING/BEERING.
2.00PM...JOIN NU ON BEACH...SHE'S SO HAPPY SOAKING UP THE SUN...DON'T THINK SHE'S MISSING ME!...I'M TRYING TO GET USED TO MY FLIP FLOPS!
2.50PM...STEAK/ONION BAGUETTE...HUMMUS PITTA BREAD...BEER.
3.40PM...BACK AT HUT...BACK IN THE SHADE.
6.00PM...BACK WITH NU ON BEACH...DRINKING COCKTAILS...WATCHING SUNSET...NU GETTING ROMANTIC...HAD FISH AND CHIPS...BLACKCURRANT ICECREAM CRUMBLE!
7.25PM...BACK AT HUT...GOTTA PACK...OPENED A BOTTLE OF WINE.
7.50PM...PACKING.
8.55PM...CHEESE/TOMATO TOASTIE.
10.00PM...FINISHED READING BOOK...BIT OF A ANTI CLIMAX...FINISHED WINE...BIT OF AN ANTI CLIMAX!
I'VE ENJOYED LANKAWI AND WOULD RECOMMEND.
BYE FOR NOWZ.
9.40AM...AWAKE.
10.05AM...COFFEE/CORNFLAKES.
10.35AM...SHOWER.
11.30AM...BOOKED 3 NIGHTS AT PARADISE BEACH HOTEL,BORNEO?...SWIMMING POOL ETC...A BIT POSH!
12.30PM...A DAY OF LAZING IN THE SUN...I'VE GONE BROWN...BUT STARTING TO PEEL IN PLACES...PLUS I'M FAIRLY WHITE IN PLACES!...SPENT MOST OF THE DAY READING AND SUNNING.
5.00PM...HAD A CHICKEN/VEG CURRY...WANTED SOMETHING SPICY...IT TASTED LIKE SICK...NOT GOING THERE AGAIN!
11.1.08.
9.20AM...SITTING ON SIDE OF BED...NOT SURE WHETHER I WANNA GET UP...KETTLE ON.
10.00AM...KETTLE TWICE BOILED...BETTER GET GOING...NU THIRSTY!
10.15AM...SHOWER.
10.40AM...CORNFLAKES AND ANOTHER COFFEE.
11.05AM...LAST OF OUR AQUINTANCES DEPARTED THIS MORNING...SWOPPED EMAILS AND MOB NUMBERS.
12.15PM...SUN BEATING DOWN FROM DAWN TILL DUSK AND THEN ITS JUST HEAT...HEAT...HEAT!...SOMETIMES I WONDER HOW I COPE...STARTED WEARING FLIP FLOPS...TRYING TO TAN MY TOES.
3.00PM...STILL LAZING IN THE SHADE...READING...THE BOOK I'M READING GOES IN AND OUT...SOMETIMES IT GRIPS YOU...THEN LOADSA WAFFLE.
3.35PM...MANAGED TO GET SOME CHEDDAR CHEESE...HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY!
6.10PM...HAD A THAI CURRY TAKE AWAY...ITS ONE OF THE CHEAPEST MEALS YOU CAN GET...ALSO ONE OF THE TASTIEST...4 RIGGETT!
7.55PM...NU AND I SPENT THE EVENING CHATTING OVER A BOTTLE AND HALF OF ROSE.
12.1.08.
9.45AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.20AM...CORNFLAKES/ANOTHER CUPPA.
11.00AM...SHOWER.
12.05PM...NU HEADED FOR BEACH...I'VE GOT SHOPPING TO DO.
1.00PM...JOIN NU ON BEACH.
1.15PM...TOO HOT FOR ME...GO BACK TO HUT.
3.00PM...NU RETURNS...CUPPA CAMPBELLS CHICKEN/MUSHROOM SOUP/BREAD...YUMMY.
3.10PM...RAINING!
3.30PM...RAIN STOPPED...SWEAT DRIPPING OF MY NOSE.
4.00PM...NEW PEOPLE FROM HUT OPPOSITE JOIN US...HAVING A FEW BEERS.
6.00PM...THE NEW COUPLE WENT FOR A MEAL...NU AND I HAD A CHEESE TOASTIE...WILLIS STYLE...PERFECT.
7.00PM...WAFFLING...DRINKING WINE...WE HAVE TRAVELLED SO MUCH...WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY...SO MUCH TO SMILE ABOUT!
9.00PM...2 OZ LADS JOIN US...A BALLET DANCER...A VIOLINIST...FROM 'QUEENSLAND'...HONEST!
11.50PM...WONDERFUL TALKITIVE GUYS...WELL PLEASANT EVENING...BUT NOW WE ARE ALL YAWNING.
13.1.08.
9.55AM...CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO SURFACE...FEEL LANQUID.
10.20AM...KETTLE ON.
10.40AM...SHOWER.
11.10AM...CORNFLAKES/COFFEE/TOAST.
11.55AM...NU OFF TO BEACH...I'M STAYING IN THE SHADE...FEEL A BIT FEEBLE!
12.15PM...READING/BEERING.
2.00PM...JOIN NU ON BEACH...SHE'S SO HAPPY SOAKING UP THE SUN...DON'T THINK SHE'S MISSING ME!...I'M TRYING TO GET USED TO MY FLIP FLOPS!
2.50PM...STEAK/ONION BAGUETTE...HUMMUS PITTA BREAD...BEER.
3.40PM...BACK AT HUT...BACK IN THE SHADE.
6.00PM...BACK WITH NU ON BEACH...DRINKING COCKTAILS...WATCHING SUNSET...NU GETTING ROMANTIC...HAD FISH AND CHIPS...BLACKCURRANT ICECREAM CRUMBLE!
7.25PM...BACK AT HUT...GOTTA PACK...OPENED A BOTTLE OF WINE.
7.50PM...PACKING.
8.55PM...CHEESE/TOMATO TOASTIE.
10.00PM...FINISHED READING BOOK...BIT OF A ANTI CLIMAX...FINISHED WINE...BIT OF AN ANTI CLIMAX!
I'VE ENJOYED LANKAWI AND WOULD RECOMMEND.
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
thirty second....gimme water
7.1.08.
9.05AM...SLEPT WELL...KETTLE ON.
9.20AM...COFFEE...MCV DIGESTIVES.
10.OOAM...ENQUIRING ABOUT HIRING A CAR FOR TOMORROW...GOTTA COME BACK LATER.
11.40AM...WENT TO ENQUIRE ABOUT A CAR AGAIN...LADY RECEPTIONIST GONE HOME EARLY...NOT WELL.
12.10PM...ENQUIRE WITH CHAPPIE WHO OWNS THE PLACE...SAYS HE'LL SORT IT...HE'S NOT FEELING TO GOOD EITHER.
12.40PM...A GIRL WHO WE HAD MET A FEW DAYS EARLIER COMES AND SITS WITH US AT OUR TABLE OUTSIDE OUR HUT...VERY CHATTY...KNOW HER LIFE STORY NOW!
1.15PM...OFF WE ALL GO TO THE OASIS RESTAURANT/BAR...FISH AND CHIPS...NO BAD...NOT SURE WHAT THE FISH WAS.
3.30PM...ENQIRING AGAIN WITH CHAPPIE WHO OWNS PLACE ABOUT A VEHICLE FOR TOMORROW...HE SAYS NO WORRIES...10.00AM TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE A CAR...NU NOT HAPPY...WE'VE NOT FILLED IN ANY FORMS...UNTIL SHE SEE'S THE CAR SHE WON'T BE HAPPY.
4.20PM...WE WALK TO NEXT BEACH...DON'T KNOW WHY WE BOTHERED...THIS IS THE POOR END OF TOWN.
5.30PM...BACK IN HUT.
7.00PM...JOIN VICKI AND MATT...ITS THERE LAST NIGHT...BEERS AND ONE BRANDY...5 OTHER PEOPLE JOIN US...STORIES TO TELL.
10.15PM...TIME FOR BED.
8.1.08.
9.10AM...UP...STRAIGHT INTO SHOWER...GOTTA SEE IF CAR IS SORTED.
9.40AM...NO ONE AT RECEPTION.
9.45AM...CAUGHT SIGHT OF OWNER WALKING.
10.00AM...HE MAKES AN EXCUSE...BUT PROMISES ME A CAR IN TWENTY MINS.
10.15AM...GOTTA MEET CAR RENTAL CHAPPIE ON CAR PARK.
10.35AM...CHAPPIE IN'PROTON' TURNS UP...RENT A WRECK!
10.50AM...IN OFFICE FILLING IN FORMS...COULD HAVE WRITTEN ANYTHING!...60 BAHT...WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR A TENNER!...A GIRL WHO IS STAYING IN THE HUT TWO DOORS DOWN JOINS US.
11.15AM...CABLE CAR...WATERFALLS HERE WE COME!
11.50AM...YACHTING HARBOUR...FANCY CAKE...CAN OF SPRITE...LOVELY...EXPENSIVE...SWEAT DRIPPING OF MY NOSE.
12.50PM...BACK IN RENT A WRECK...STEERING IS A BIT WONKY!...BUSHIES GONE!
1.20PM...CABLE CAR...NU AND TINA EXCITED!
3.10PM...CABLE CAR JAUNT OVER...AMAZING VIEWS.
3.45PM...WATERFALL...BIT OF A CLIMB...NU SHATTERED...NU SWIMMING...NU IN HER ELEMENT...ME CAMERA HAPPY.
5.10PM...ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN YACHTING HARBOUR...SEA FOOD PLATTER...OYSTERS/LOBSTER/CLAMS/MUSSELS[SALTY]/SALMON/PRAWNS/SQUID...DISH PILED HIGH...COST ALOT...BUT IT WAS WORTH IT...WELL FRESH!...I THINK THE LOBSTER DIED SMILING...POOR CHAP...HE WAS DELICIOUS!
6.05PM...STICKY FINGERS...DIDN'T ENJOY THE CLAMS OR MUSSELS...STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE...EXCELLENT.
7.30PM...CAR RETURNED...BACK AT HUT...TWO ENGLISH FROM CAMBRIDGE JOIN US.
10.00PM...EYELIDS FALTERING.
9.1.08.
7.45AM...ALARM...ISLAND HOPPING AT 9.00AM.
8.05AM...COFFEE.
8.20AM...SHOWER.
8.35AM...DIEST BICS AND ANOTHER COFFEE...I DO ENJOY A DUNK.
9.00AM...WAITING FOR PICK UP.
9.25AM...PICK UP ARRIVE.
9.50AM...ON BOAT...THE ROCKIEST BOAT I HAVE EVER BEEN ON!
10.10AM...ISLAND OF THE PREGNANT MAIDEN.
10.40AM...BUNTING ISLAND...LOADSA MONKEYS.
11.35AM...EAGLE WATCHING.
12.20PM...ANOTHER ISLAND...CAN'T REMEMBER ITS NAME...TOO HOT FOR ME...MY BACK IS ACHING FROM THE BOAT JOURNEY...HAD A BEER...NU SWAM.
1.40PM...BACK IN BOAT.
2.00PM...BACK ON MAIN ISLAND.
2.20PM...BACK AT HUT.
2.40PM...OASIS RESTAURANT...WAITING FOR MY SIRLION STEAK.
3.15PM...STEAK...BEST I'VE HAD FOR AWHILE...DOUSED IN MUSHROOM SAUCE.
4.05PM...NU SAYS I HAD BETTER SORT AIR TICKETS FOR BORNEO...THERES A PROMOTION ON...SO I HAD BETTER GET IT SORTED...WE ALL LIKE A BARGAIN!...I RECKON THE PROMOTION IS ALL YEAR ROUND!...BUT I DO AS I AM TOLD...OFF I TROT...NU SNUG ON HER BEACH LOUNGER!
4.20PM...BOOKING OFFICE...58 QUID EACH...THAT'LL DO!
4.55PM...WHAT A NIGHTMARE...THEY ARE SO SLOW...BUT ALL SORTED NOW...FLY 14TH JAN...11.45AM...ARRIVE K.LUMPAR 12.45PM...NEXT FLY 2.15PM...ARRIVE BORNEO 4.45PM.
5.10PM...BACK WITH NU ON BEACH...ITS TO HOT FOR ME.
5.30PM...HEAD BACK TO HUT.
7.00PM...INTERNET CAFE...NEED TO BURN PHOTO'S ON TO DISC.
8.30PM...TUNA/TOMATO SANDWICHES...BOTTLE OF ROSE...SOMETIMES I T5HINK I'VE EATEN AND DRUNK MY WAY ACROSS ASIA...I HAVEN'T...HAVE I?
ICE COLD WATER NEEDED!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
9.05AM...SLEPT WELL...KETTLE ON.
9.20AM...COFFEE...MCV DIGESTIVES.
10.OOAM...ENQUIRING ABOUT HIRING A CAR FOR TOMORROW...GOTTA COME BACK LATER.
11.40AM...WENT TO ENQUIRE ABOUT A CAR AGAIN...LADY RECEPTIONIST GONE HOME EARLY...NOT WELL.
12.10PM...ENQUIRE WITH CHAPPIE WHO OWNS THE PLACE...SAYS HE'LL SORT IT...HE'S NOT FEELING TO GOOD EITHER.
12.40PM...A GIRL WHO WE HAD MET A FEW DAYS EARLIER COMES AND SITS WITH US AT OUR TABLE OUTSIDE OUR HUT...VERY CHATTY...KNOW HER LIFE STORY NOW!
1.15PM...OFF WE ALL GO TO THE OASIS RESTAURANT/BAR...FISH AND CHIPS...NO BAD...NOT SURE WHAT THE FISH WAS.
3.30PM...ENQIRING AGAIN WITH CHAPPIE WHO OWNS PLACE ABOUT A VEHICLE FOR TOMORROW...HE SAYS NO WORRIES...10.00AM TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE A CAR...NU NOT HAPPY...WE'VE NOT FILLED IN ANY FORMS...UNTIL SHE SEE'S THE CAR SHE WON'T BE HAPPY.
4.20PM...WE WALK TO NEXT BEACH...DON'T KNOW WHY WE BOTHERED...THIS IS THE POOR END OF TOWN.
5.30PM...BACK IN HUT.
7.00PM...JOIN VICKI AND MATT...ITS THERE LAST NIGHT...BEERS AND ONE BRANDY...5 OTHER PEOPLE JOIN US...STORIES TO TELL.
10.15PM...TIME FOR BED.
8.1.08.
9.10AM...UP...STRAIGHT INTO SHOWER...GOTTA SEE IF CAR IS SORTED.
9.40AM...NO ONE AT RECEPTION.
9.45AM...CAUGHT SIGHT OF OWNER WALKING.
10.00AM...HE MAKES AN EXCUSE...BUT PROMISES ME A CAR IN TWENTY MINS.
10.15AM...GOTTA MEET CAR RENTAL CHAPPIE ON CAR PARK.
10.35AM...CHAPPIE IN'PROTON' TURNS UP...RENT A WRECK!
10.50AM...IN OFFICE FILLING IN FORMS...COULD HAVE WRITTEN ANYTHING!...60 BAHT...WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR A TENNER!...A GIRL WHO IS STAYING IN THE HUT TWO DOORS DOWN JOINS US.
11.15AM...CABLE CAR...WATERFALLS HERE WE COME!
11.50AM...YACHTING HARBOUR...FANCY CAKE...CAN OF SPRITE...LOVELY...EXPENSIVE...SWEAT DRIPPING OF MY NOSE.
12.50PM...BACK IN RENT A WRECK...STEERING IS A BIT WONKY!...BUSHIES GONE!
1.20PM...CABLE CAR...NU AND TINA EXCITED!
3.10PM...CABLE CAR JAUNT OVER...AMAZING VIEWS.
3.45PM...WATERFALL...BIT OF A CLIMB...NU SHATTERED...NU SWIMMING...NU IN HER ELEMENT...ME CAMERA HAPPY.
5.10PM...ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN YACHTING HARBOUR...SEA FOOD PLATTER...OYSTERS/LOBSTER/CLAMS/MUSSELS[SALTY]/SALMON/PRAWNS/SQUID...DISH PILED HIGH...COST ALOT...BUT IT WAS WORTH IT...WELL FRESH!...I THINK THE LOBSTER DIED SMILING...POOR CHAP...HE WAS DELICIOUS!
6.05PM...STICKY FINGERS...DIDN'T ENJOY THE CLAMS OR MUSSELS...STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE...EXCELLENT.
7.30PM...CAR RETURNED...BACK AT HUT...TWO ENGLISH FROM CAMBRIDGE JOIN US.
10.00PM...EYELIDS FALTERING.
9.1.08.
7.45AM...ALARM...ISLAND HOPPING AT 9.00AM.
8.05AM...COFFEE.
8.20AM...SHOWER.
8.35AM...DIEST BICS AND ANOTHER COFFEE...I DO ENJOY A DUNK.
9.00AM...WAITING FOR PICK UP.
9.25AM...PICK UP ARRIVE.
9.50AM...ON BOAT...THE ROCKIEST BOAT I HAVE EVER BEEN ON!
10.10AM...ISLAND OF THE PREGNANT MAIDEN.
10.40AM...BUNTING ISLAND...LOADSA MONKEYS.
11.35AM...EAGLE WATCHING.
12.20PM...ANOTHER ISLAND...CAN'T REMEMBER ITS NAME...TOO HOT FOR ME...MY BACK IS ACHING FROM THE BOAT JOURNEY...HAD A BEER...NU SWAM.
1.40PM...BACK IN BOAT.
2.00PM...BACK ON MAIN ISLAND.
2.20PM...BACK AT HUT.
2.40PM...OASIS RESTAURANT...WAITING FOR MY SIRLION STEAK.
3.15PM...STEAK...BEST I'VE HAD FOR AWHILE...DOUSED IN MUSHROOM SAUCE.
4.05PM...NU SAYS I HAD BETTER SORT AIR TICKETS FOR BORNEO...THERES A PROMOTION ON...SO I HAD BETTER GET IT SORTED...WE ALL LIKE A BARGAIN!...I RECKON THE PROMOTION IS ALL YEAR ROUND!...BUT I DO AS I AM TOLD...OFF I TROT...NU SNUG ON HER BEACH LOUNGER!
4.20PM...BOOKING OFFICE...58 QUID EACH...THAT'LL DO!
4.55PM...WHAT A NIGHTMARE...THEY ARE SO SLOW...BUT ALL SORTED NOW...FLY 14TH JAN...11.45AM...ARRIVE K.LUMPAR 12.45PM...NEXT FLY 2.15PM...ARRIVE BORNEO 4.45PM.
5.10PM...BACK WITH NU ON BEACH...ITS TO HOT FOR ME.
5.30PM...HEAD BACK TO HUT.
7.00PM...INTERNET CAFE...NEED TO BURN PHOTO'S ON TO DISC.
8.30PM...TUNA/TOMATO SANDWICHES...BOTTLE OF ROSE...SOMETIMES I T5HINK I'VE EATEN AND DRUNK MY WAY ACROSS ASIA...I HAVEN'T...HAVE I?
ICE COLD WATER NEEDED!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Monday, 7 January 2008
thirty first.....bacardi
3.1.08.
6.45AM...ALARM.
7.00AM...SHOWER.
7.20AM...HADN'T UNPACKED...SO DIRTIES IN TO DIRTY BAG...CLEAN WEAR ON.
7.40AM...BREAKFAST...NO BREAD!...JUST A COFFEE WILL DO.
8.00AM...HANDED IN KEY...GOT DEPOSIT BACK PLUS PASSPORT.
8.20AM...IN TUK TUK ON THE WAY TO FERRY PORT...200 BAHT.
8.45AM...FERRY PORT...COFFEE...BOUGHT TICKETS...300 BAHT EACH.
1030AM...SPEEDING ACROSS THE WATER...SOME THAI GUY SINGER ON TV SCREEN TRYING TO BE FUNNY...SO UNFUNNY...THOUGH I HAVE TO ADMIT I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD HE WAS SAYING...HAD A BRANDY AND LEMONADE.
11.40...DOCKED...FAIRLY PLEASANT JOURNEY...PASSPORTS STAMPED.
12.05PM...IN TAXI TO PANTAI BEACH.
12.35PM...TAXI DROPS US OFF AT PANTAI BEACH GUESTHOUSE...NO ROOMS AVAILABLE TO SATURDAY...OUCH...I'D CHECKED THE NET AND THEY HAD PLENTY TWO DAYS AGO...PLUS THE PRICE AS DOUBLED!...IT'S A PLACE WE WANNA STAY BECAUSE IT'S NEAR THE BEACH IN A NICE AREA...SO I BOOK FOUR DAYS STARTING SATURDAY...GOTTA FIND A PLACE TO STAY FOR TWO NIGHTS NOW...SINCE MINIBUS FROM THAILAND WE'VE MADE A COUPLE OF FRIENDS...THEY STAYED IN THE MUSLIM HOTEL AND CAME IN THE TUK TUK WITH US AND ARE WITH US NOW IN THE SAME POSITION...BEING A BIT YOUNGER AND A BIT MORE SPRIGHTLY THEY SET OF TO LOOK FOR A PLACE...WE BOOKED INTO THE NEAREST OVERPRICED HOTEL...FOR TWO NIGHTS IT'LL DO.
2.00PM...OUR NEW FOUND ALLIES JOIN US AT THE WATER HOLE OPPOSITE OUR HOTEL...THEY'D HAD NO LUCK...EVERY WHERE DECENT WAS BOOKED.
3.00PM...2,3 BEERS LATER WE ARE ALL TRYING TO PUT THE WORLD TO RIGHTS.
3.20PM...WE ARE IN MALAYSIA AND I'VE JUST TASTED THE BEST THAI FRIED CHICKEN RICE.
4.30PM...BACK AT HOTEL...OUR FRIENDS BOOK IN TOO.
4.50PM...SHOWER.
6.30PM...OUT STROLLING...NU INVESTS IN TWO NEW TOPS...ITS VERY QUIET.
7.15PM...BEACH.
7.50PM...IKEA DEBRIS RESTAURANT...HAM AND CHEESE TOASTIE...OH DEAR...FANTASTIC STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE.
9.05PM...WALKING BACK TO HOTEL.
9.35PM...TELE DON'T WORK...READING...GOODNIGHT.
4.1.08.
8.05AM...DIDN'T SLEEP TO WELL...NOT SURE WHETHER I'M HAPPY WITH THE BED.
8.25AM...COFFEE.
8.45AM...SHOWER.
10.00AM...THE STREETS ARE QUIET...LOOKING FOR BREAKFAST...EVERYWHERE CLOSED.
1045AM...WALKED TO SUN CAFE...CLOSED!...IT SAID WESTERN BREAKFAST ON MENU WHEN I READ IT LAST NIGHT...NU ASKS SOMEONE...ITS FRIDAY...HOLY DAY...OH AND OUCH.
11.30AM...THE CHINESE IS OPEN...WE SIT DOWN...CHINKY MAN IN DIRTY TROUSERS ASKS IF WE WANT SPRING ROLLS...NO...COFFEE WILL DO...ARE SURE YOU DON'T WANT SPRING ROLLS...YES...COFFEE WILL DO!
11.40AM...COFFEE ARRIVES WITH CARNATION SWEETENED MILK...OUCH.
11.45AM...DO YOU HAVE FRESH MILK?
11.48AM...CHINKY RETURNS WITH POWDERED MILK!
11.55AM...TASTING COFFEE.
12.05PM...AFTER 3 SIPS PAY 4 RIGGETT AND LEAVE...[6.5 TO THE POUND].
12.30PM...BAR/RESTAURANT JUST OPENED...IN WE GO...NU HAD OMELLETTE...JUST COFFEE FOR ME.
1.30PM...STILL AT SAME OUTLET...THAI FRIED CHICKEN RICE...NOT AS GOOD AS YESTERDAY'S.
5.00PM...BACK IN ROOM...NEED SHOWER.
5.30PM...ON BED...READING.
7.30PM...TASTE BUDS SAY PIZZA.
8.05PM...T.JAYS...NUMBER 1 PIZZA PLACE IN TOWN...APPARENTLY?
8.30PM...SALAMI/MUSHROOM PIZZA...HOW MUCH SALT!?...NU HAD FISH AND CHIPS...STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE TO DIE FOR...HAD TWO!
9.35PM...HEADING BACK TO ROOM.
5.1.08.
8.10AM...DON'T THINK I SLEPT THE LAST TWO HOURS...PROBABLY DID...IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL LIKE I DID...AT ABOUT 3AM I SAT EATING MALTESES ON THE SIDE OF THE BED...STRANGE NIGHT...TOO MUCH SALT ON THAT PIZZA I RECKON.
8.25AM...COFFEE.
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.45AM...SITTING ON BED...PACKED AND READY TO GO...MOVING TO OUR LITTLE HUT BY BEACH TODAY...GOTTA A FRIDGE AND WE CAN COOK FOR OURSELVES.
10.10AM...DROP BAGS OFF AT RECEPTION...HUT NOT AVAILABLE TO NOON.
10.45AM...MUSLIM BREAKFAST PLACE...TASTY CHEESE OMELLETTE...CAPPUCINO OK.
11.30AM...DEPARTMENT LIKE STORE...10 CANS OF BEER TO CHRISTIAN OUR FRIDGE...BOTTLE OF ROSE...AND NU AS NEW FLIP FLOPS...WITH HER TWO NEW TOPS AND TROUSERS SHE HAD MADE UP IN VIETNAM...SHE'S GETTING QUITE 'WITH IT'.
12.55PM...SETTLING IN TO OUR NEW ABODE.
1.40PM...NU SENDS ME OUT FOR SUPPLIES...CORNFLAKES/MILK/BREAD/BUTTER/TUNA AND TOMS.
2.35PM...READING...WELL HOT...WELL STICKY...MIGHT HAVE A SHOWER...MIGHT HAVE A BACARDI?
2.50PM...BACARDI AND COKES!
4.00PM...MATT AND VICKI...OUR TRAVEL COMPANIONS JOIN US.
5.30PM...TINA JOINS US.
7.00PM...A DUTCH COUPLE JOIN US.
7.30PM...NU MAKES TUNA/TOM SANDWICHES.
9.00PM...TWO IRISH GIRLS JOIN US...THE PARTY IS HAPPENING...BACARDI AND BEER FLOWING.
11.30PM...3 LITRE BOTTLES OF BACARDI AND SEVERAL BEERS LATER...TIME FOR BED.
6.1.08.
9.30AM...FEEL ROTTEN.
10.00AM...TOAST/CORNFLAKES/COFFEE.
10.30AM...WHOLE BODY ENERGILESS.
11.00AM...MORE COFFEE/PARACETEMOL.
12.10PM...UNDERWATER SEA WORLD...FISH GALORE...BIG/SMALL...THE BEAUTIFUL/THE UGLY...IF YOU EVER COME TO LANKAWI...IT'S A MUST SEE!
3.00PM...BACK IN HUT.
3.15PM...IN BED.
5.25PM...TIME TO GET UP...GOING FOR A MEAL WITH MATT AND VICKI AT 6.00PM.
6.30PM...RESTAURANT...POTATO AND LEEK SOUP...LOVELY...SIRLION STEAK?...NOT AS SIRLION AS I WOULD LIKE...STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE...DELICIOUS.
9.00PM...PLAYING CARDS...MATT EXPLAINING GAME...CUPPA TEA.
11.00PM...BED.
CUPPA TEA.
BYE FOR NOWZ.
6.45AM...ALARM.
7.00AM...SHOWER.
7.20AM...HADN'T UNPACKED...SO DIRTIES IN TO DIRTY BAG...CLEAN WEAR ON.
7.40AM...BREAKFAST...NO BREAD!...JUST A COFFEE WILL DO.
8.00AM...HANDED IN KEY...GOT DEPOSIT BACK PLUS PASSPORT.
8.20AM...IN TUK TUK ON THE WAY TO FERRY PORT...200 BAHT.
8.45AM...FERRY PORT...COFFEE...BOUGHT TICKETS...300 BAHT EACH.
1030AM...SPEEDING ACROSS THE WATER...SOME THAI GUY SINGER ON TV SCREEN TRYING TO BE FUNNY...SO UNFUNNY...THOUGH I HAVE TO ADMIT I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD HE WAS SAYING...HAD A BRANDY AND LEMONADE.
11.40...DOCKED...FAIRLY PLEASANT JOURNEY...PASSPORTS STAMPED.
12.05PM...IN TAXI TO PANTAI BEACH.
12.35PM...TAXI DROPS US OFF AT PANTAI BEACH GUESTHOUSE...NO ROOMS AVAILABLE TO SATURDAY...OUCH...I'D CHECKED THE NET AND THEY HAD PLENTY TWO DAYS AGO...PLUS THE PRICE AS DOUBLED!...IT'S A PLACE WE WANNA STAY BECAUSE IT'S NEAR THE BEACH IN A NICE AREA...SO I BOOK FOUR DAYS STARTING SATURDAY...GOTTA FIND A PLACE TO STAY FOR TWO NIGHTS NOW...SINCE MINIBUS FROM THAILAND WE'VE MADE A COUPLE OF FRIENDS...THEY STAYED IN THE MUSLIM HOTEL AND CAME IN THE TUK TUK WITH US AND ARE WITH US NOW IN THE SAME POSITION...BEING A BIT YOUNGER AND A BIT MORE SPRIGHTLY THEY SET OF TO LOOK FOR A PLACE...WE BOOKED INTO THE NEAREST OVERPRICED HOTEL...FOR TWO NIGHTS IT'LL DO.
2.00PM...OUR NEW FOUND ALLIES JOIN US AT THE WATER HOLE OPPOSITE OUR HOTEL...THEY'D HAD NO LUCK...EVERY WHERE DECENT WAS BOOKED.
3.00PM...2,3 BEERS LATER WE ARE ALL TRYING TO PUT THE WORLD TO RIGHTS.
3.20PM...WE ARE IN MALAYSIA AND I'VE JUST TASTED THE BEST THAI FRIED CHICKEN RICE.
4.30PM...BACK AT HOTEL...OUR FRIENDS BOOK IN TOO.
4.50PM...SHOWER.
6.30PM...OUT STROLLING...NU INVESTS IN TWO NEW TOPS...ITS VERY QUIET.
7.15PM...BEACH.
7.50PM...IKEA DEBRIS RESTAURANT...HAM AND CHEESE TOASTIE...OH DEAR...FANTASTIC STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE.
9.05PM...WALKING BACK TO HOTEL.
9.35PM...TELE DON'T WORK...READING...GOODNIGHT.
4.1.08.
8.05AM...DIDN'T SLEEP TO WELL...NOT SURE WHETHER I'M HAPPY WITH THE BED.
8.25AM...COFFEE.
8.45AM...SHOWER.
10.00AM...THE STREETS ARE QUIET...LOOKING FOR BREAKFAST...EVERYWHERE CLOSED.
1045AM...WALKED TO SUN CAFE...CLOSED!...IT SAID WESTERN BREAKFAST ON MENU WHEN I READ IT LAST NIGHT...NU ASKS SOMEONE...ITS FRIDAY...HOLY DAY...OH AND OUCH.
11.30AM...THE CHINESE IS OPEN...WE SIT DOWN...CHINKY MAN IN DIRTY TROUSERS ASKS IF WE WANT SPRING ROLLS...NO...COFFEE WILL DO...ARE SURE YOU DON'T WANT SPRING ROLLS...YES...COFFEE WILL DO!
11.40AM...COFFEE ARRIVES WITH CARNATION SWEETENED MILK...OUCH.
11.45AM...DO YOU HAVE FRESH MILK?
11.48AM...CHINKY RETURNS WITH POWDERED MILK!
11.55AM...TASTING COFFEE.
12.05PM...AFTER 3 SIPS PAY 4 RIGGETT AND LEAVE...[6.5 TO THE POUND].
12.30PM...BAR/RESTAURANT JUST OPENED...IN WE GO...NU HAD OMELLETTE...JUST COFFEE FOR ME.
1.30PM...STILL AT SAME OUTLET...THAI FRIED CHICKEN RICE...NOT AS GOOD AS YESTERDAY'S.
5.00PM...BACK IN ROOM...NEED SHOWER.
5.30PM...ON BED...READING.
7.30PM...TASTE BUDS SAY PIZZA.
8.05PM...T.JAYS...NUMBER 1 PIZZA PLACE IN TOWN...APPARENTLY?
8.30PM...SALAMI/MUSHROOM PIZZA...HOW MUCH SALT!?...NU HAD FISH AND CHIPS...STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE TO DIE FOR...HAD TWO!
9.35PM...HEADING BACK TO ROOM.
5.1.08.
8.10AM...DON'T THINK I SLEPT THE LAST TWO HOURS...PROBABLY DID...IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL LIKE I DID...AT ABOUT 3AM I SAT EATING MALTESES ON THE SIDE OF THE BED...STRANGE NIGHT...TOO MUCH SALT ON THAT PIZZA I RECKON.
8.25AM...COFFEE.
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.45AM...SITTING ON BED...PACKED AND READY TO GO...MOVING TO OUR LITTLE HUT BY BEACH TODAY...GOTTA A FRIDGE AND WE CAN COOK FOR OURSELVES.
10.10AM...DROP BAGS OFF AT RECEPTION...HUT NOT AVAILABLE TO NOON.
10.45AM...MUSLIM BREAKFAST PLACE...TASTY CHEESE OMELLETTE...CAPPUCINO OK.
11.30AM...DEPARTMENT LIKE STORE...10 CANS OF BEER TO CHRISTIAN OUR FRIDGE...BOTTLE OF ROSE...AND NU AS NEW FLIP FLOPS...WITH HER TWO NEW TOPS AND TROUSERS SHE HAD MADE UP IN VIETNAM...SHE'S GETTING QUITE 'WITH IT'.
12.55PM...SETTLING IN TO OUR NEW ABODE.
1.40PM...NU SENDS ME OUT FOR SUPPLIES...CORNFLAKES/MILK/BREAD/BUTTER/TUNA AND TOMS.
2.35PM...READING...WELL HOT...WELL STICKY...MIGHT HAVE A SHOWER...MIGHT HAVE A BACARDI?
2.50PM...BACARDI AND COKES!
4.00PM...MATT AND VICKI...OUR TRAVEL COMPANIONS JOIN US.
5.30PM...TINA JOINS US.
7.00PM...A DUTCH COUPLE JOIN US.
7.30PM...NU MAKES TUNA/TOM SANDWICHES.
9.00PM...TWO IRISH GIRLS JOIN US...THE PARTY IS HAPPENING...BACARDI AND BEER FLOWING.
11.30PM...3 LITRE BOTTLES OF BACARDI AND SEVERAL BEERS LATER...TIME FOR BED.
6.1.08.
9.30AM...FEEL ROTTEN.
10.00AM...TOAST/CORNFLAKES/COFFEE.
10.30AM...WHOLE BODY ENERGILESS.
11.00AM...MORE COFFEE/PARACETEMOL.
12.10PM...UNDERWATER SEA WORLD...FISH GALORE...BIG/SMALL...THE BEAUTIFUL/THE UGLY...IF YOU EVER COME TO LANKAWI...IT'S A MUST SEE!
3.00PM...BACK IN HUT.
3.15PM...IN BED.
5.25PM...TIME TO GET UP...GOING FOR A MEAL WITH MATT AND VICKI AT 6.00PM.
6.30PM...RESTAURANT...POTATO AND LEEK SOUP...LOVELY...SIRLION STEAK?...NOT AS SIRLION AS I WOULD LIKE...STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE...DELICIOUS.
9.00PM...PLAYING CARDS...MATT EXPLAINING GAME...CUPPA TEA.
11.00PM...BED.
CUPPA TEA.
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Thursday, 3 January 2008
thirty...happy new year
28.12.07.
8.55AM...SLEPT WELL...NU MAKING COFFEE...SHE FEELS BETTER THIS MORNING.
9.35AM...OUT WALKING MAIN STREET.
10.00AM...BREAKFAST...OMELLETTE/BREAD/JAM/BUTTER...OMELETTE WAS WONDERFUL.
11.00AM...PAYING BILL...428 BAHT...WHAT!...THEN THEY SAY 248 BAHT...WHAT!...THEN I GET THE MENU...IT ADDS UP TO 195 BAHT...THEN THEY SAY 209 BAHT...CANT BE BOTHERED TO ARGUE ANY MORE...TOLD THEM THEY SHOULD NOT TRY TO RIP PEOPLE OFF...THEY CALL US EORIENERS FALANGS...IT MEANS WHITE PERSON...I CALL THEM THAILANGS...THAI MEANING TOTALLY HIDEOUS ARSY IDIOTS.
11.45AM...HOTEL BOOKING AGENCY...WE HAVE ONLY TWO NIGHTS WHERE WE ARE STAYING...SO WE WILL NEED A NEW PLACE TO STAY.
12.15PM...GOD ITS A NIGHTMARE...EVERYWHERE DECENT FULL.
1.00PM...THE THAI GIRL DID HER BEST...EVENTUALLY FOUND SOMEWHERE BUT IT IS WELL PRICEY...3,500 BAHT ANIGHT...WE DECIDE WE BETTER TAKE IT ELSE WE WILL BE SLEEPING ON THE BEACH...[WHICH ACTUALLY TO ME IS QUITE APPEALING!]...PLUS WE HAVE TO PAY 2,400 BAHT EACH FOR OUR N.YEARS ENTERTAINMENT/MEAL...NOT OPTIONAL...YOU HAVE TO PAY.
1.35PM...NEAREST BAR...BEER...ALSO THEY DO ENGLISH STYLE BACON SANDWICH WITH MUSHROOMS...WONDERFUL.
3.00PM...SITTING ON BALCONY...WONDERFUL WARM AIR BLOWING...WONDERFUL SCENERY...ITS COSTING THE EARTH...BUT WHO CARES...I DO!...THAILAND IS ONE OF THE WORST COUNTRIES I HAVE EVER BEEN TOO...IT MIGHT HAVE THE SUN AND THE SCENERY...BUT THE PEOPLE ARE THE LOWEST OF THE LOW...RATTLE SNAKE BELLY LICKERS!
5.00PM...LOOKING AROUND SHOPS...COULD BE BLACKPOOL OR YARMOUTH.
5.40PM...INDIAN RESTAURANT...CHICKEN MADRAS/NAAN/SAMOSA'S.
6.05PM...BIT INTO A CHILLI...HEAD BLOWN OFF!
6.35PM...HALF BOTTLE OF RED...TRYING TO DULL THE SPICEY HEAT...THE TASTE/FLAVOUR WAS WONDERFUL...IT WAS JUST THAT DAMN CHILLI!
8.05PM...BACK IN ROOM...VODKA AND COKES...THE SKY A DEVOURING RED...FEEL RELAXED.
29.12.07.
8.40AM...NOT SURE IF THE INDIAN AGREED WITH ME...OR DID I HAVE ONE TO MANY VODKA'S?!
9.20AM...PACKING/COFFEE.
9.40AM...SHOWER.
10.10AM...PAID MINI BAR BILL.
10.30AM...BACON AND MUSHROOM SANDWICH/COFFEE.
11.00AM...MANAGED TO GET ACOPY OF THE DAILY MAIL...ITS JUST LIKE BEING IN SPAIN OR GREECE.
12.05PM...WAITING FOR PICK UP TO OUR NEW ABODE.
12.15PM...PICK UP ARRIVE.
12.50PM...AT RESORT...ROOM 612.
1.35PM...AT POOL SIDE...LOOKING AROUND...4 DAYS IS GONNA BE ENOUGH!
3.40PM...STILL BY POOL.
5.00PM...BACK IN ROOM.
5.15PM...HAVING A BATH...A RARE LUXURY.
7.00PM...WALK TO ON SITE RESTAURANT...THE PLACE IS EMPTY APART FROM A MOTHER/FATHER AND BABY.
7.40PM...EATING PORK STEAK...NO...ITS A PORK CHOP IN SOME THAI SAUCE...MENU SAID PORK STEAK...HELP...SOMEONE GET ME OUTA HERE!
9.00PM...BACK IN ROOM...FOOTIE KICKS OFF AT 10.00PM[7 HOURS AHEAD HERE].
10.00PM...W.HAM/MAN.U.
10.20PM...SCREEN GOES BLANK!
10.25PM...SEARCHING CHANNELS.
10.30PM...CHELSEA/NEWCASTLE...IT'LL DO.
30.12.07.
8.40AM...STILL TIRED... BREAKFAST FINISHES AT 10.00AM...SO I BETTER MAKE A MOVE.
8.55AM...SHOWER...NU MAKING COFFEE.
9.10AM...TRYING TO DRY MYSELF...STICKNESS IS ME...AIR CON ON BUT NOT DOING A LOT.
9.20AM...WITH DIFFICULTY I PUT MY SHIRT ON.
9.25AM...SHORTS ON...LETS GO FOR BREAKFAST.
9.40AM...GREETED BY SOME THAI CHAPPIE WHO THINKS EVERY ENGLISH PERSON IS A COCKNEY.
9.50AM...CORNFLAKES/MILK...COFFEE.
10.05AM...OMELLETTE...HALF WAY THRU...IT GETS CRUNCHY...EGG SHELL!...FORGET IT...I'LL HAVE A BANANA.
10.15AM...BUS TO CHEWANG...NEAREST VILLAGE...MCDONALDS/SUB SARNIES/BOOTS/ENGLISH STYLE PUBS AND CAFES.
10.55AM...SUPERMARKET...BREAD/CHEESE/WATER/WET WIPES/SHAVERS/FOAM/WINE/CUPPA SOUPS.
12.30PM...WALKED INTO A RESIDENCE ONLY HOTEL SWIMMING AREA...WHO CARES...THEY DON'T KNOW WHO'S WHO.
1.00PM...NU HAPPILY SWIMMING IN POOL.
3.00PM...BACK ON BUS.
3.30PM...BACK AT FANCY PANTS HOTEL.
4.00PM...BREAD/CHEESE/TOM...AWESOME.
4.30PM...CUPPA SOUP...AWESOME.
5.30PM...PLAYING CARDS...3-0 TO YOURS TRULY!
8.00PM...FOOTIE ON TELE.
8.20PM...EVERYTHING GOING FINE...THEN THE TELE STOPS WORKING!
8.25PM...HAVING A VODDY!
31.12.07.
8.45AM...AM I HUNGRY?
9.05AM...SHOWER...NU MAKING COFFEE.
9.45AM...BREAKFAST...CORNFLAKES ETC...DON'T THINK I'LL BOTH WITH THE EGG SHELL OMELLETTE!
10.30AM...BY THE POOL...NU DIPPING IN AND OUT.
12.05PM...GOTTA MOVE ON TO BEACH BECAUSE THEY WANT TO START SETTING UP TABLES FOR TONIGHTS NEW YEAR GALA BASH!
12.50PM...TALKING WITHA CANADIAN COUPLE...HE WORKS EO SKY TELEVISION...HE'S A CRASHING BORE.
2.20PM...TUNA SALAD SANDWICH/CHIPS...THE SUNS OUT...SLIGHT BREEZE.
4.00PM...MADE WAY BACK TO ROOM.
5.00PM...LAUNDRY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RETURNED BY NOW...NOTHING TO WEAR TONIGHT...I WANT BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BALL!
5.30PM...HAVING A BATH...NU PHONING ABOUT LAUNDRY.
5.40PM...AN IRON AND IRONING BOARD TURN UP!...NU ON PHONE AGAIN.
6.00PM...HAVING A VODDY.
6.10PM...LAUNDRY AT LAST RETURNED.
6.40PM...DRESSED...READY TO GO.
7.00PM...SITTING AT OUR ALLOCATED TABLE...NEAREST STAGE...FEW DROPS OF RAIN.
7.10PM...GLORIOUS,GLORIOUS RAIN A TUMBLING...BIG FAT DROPS!...HEAD FOR SHELTER.
7.25PM...WENT BACK TO ROOM TO GET UMBRELLA'S.
8.00PM...RAIN CEASED...RESUME POSITIONS.
8.30PM...FOOD...LOADSA THE STUFF...BUT NOTHING TICKLED MY TASTE BUDS.
8.45PM...ORDERED WINE...HORRENDOUS PRICE.
9.05PM...TALKING WITH A GREEK GUY.
9.15PM...THAI DANDERS DOING SOME SORT OF DANCE TO SOME SORT OF DRUM BEAT ETC.
10.00PM...DANCING WITH GREEK GUY!
10.30PM...MUSICAL CHAIRS...AN 8 YEAR OLD GIRL WON...THE PRIZE...AN UMBRELLA...YES...AN UMBRELLA!
11.00PM...LUCKY DIP/LOTTERY BY ROOM NUMBERS...EVERY TIME THEY READ THE NUMBER OUT I PROCLAIMEDTO BE THE WINNER...NU USHERED ME BACK TO THE TABLE...PEOPLE WERE IN STITCHES...GOOD WINE!
11.25PM...SOME THAI GUY PLAYING GUITAR...TWO THAI GIRLS SINGING...ITS SO AWFUL ITS OK...FOR SOME AWFUL REASON ITS OK!
11.35PM...SHOULD I ORDER ANOTHER BOTTLE OF WINE?
1.1.08.
9.05AM...NU GO HEADACHE...I SEEM SURPRISINGLY FRESH.
9.20AM...SHOWER.
9.35AM...COFFEE.
9.55AM...CORNFLAKES ETC.
10.40AM...RAIN LASHING DOWN...SEA STORMY...HEAD BACK TO ROOM.
12.05PM...DECIDED TO TAKE SHUTTLE BUS TO CHEWANG AT 1.00PM...EVEN THOUGH ITS THE HOTEL SHUTTLE BUS,YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY 400 BAHT RETURN PER PERSON...THE THAI'S WILL TAKE YOU FOR EVERY PENNY...THEY ARE A SAD BUNCH!
1.00PM...IN SHUTTLE BUS...RAINING MISERABLY.
1.30PM...CHEWANG...NEED MAINLY CREAMS/LOTIONS AND TABLETS.
2.40PM...TROPICAL MURRAYS BAR[IRISH]...MIXED GRILL FOR ME...PLAICE AND CHIPS FOR NU...TWO CUPS OF TEA...EXCELLENT MEAL...AFTER LAST NIGHTS FARE...IT WAS WELCOME!
4.10PM...WALKING MAIN STREET...BOUGHT J.BLUNTS NEW CD...1 QUID...SOME ODD LOOKING PEOPLE...I WONDER IF ANYONE THINKS NU AND ME ARE ODD?...CAN'T SEE IT MYSELF.
5.00PM...WEMT DOWN TO BEACH...SEA HOWLING/GROWLING.
5.30PM...BACK ON BUS.
6.10PM...BACK IN ROOM...SOME PIERCE BROSNAN FILM ON...WATCHABLE...ONLY CAUSE WE ARE BORED AND THE RAIN IS CONSTANT.
8.30PM...WATCHING FOOTIE...FINISHING OFF WINE.
10.00PM...GOODNIGHT.
2.1.08.
4.45AM...ALARM.
5.00PM...SHOWER.
5.10AM...COFFEE.
5.30AM...DRESSED AND PACKED.
5.50AM...WAITING FOR MINIBUS.
6.20AM...MINIBUS ARRIVES...20 MINS LATE.
7.50AM...MINIBUS DRIVER GOT LOST PICKING UP OTHER PASSENGERS...MISSED 8.00AM FERRY.
8.05AM...DOCKSIDE...LOADED IN TO COACH.
8.35AM...AT ANOTHER DOCKSIDE.
9.00AM...SHUFFLED ON TO A BOAT...ANOTHER RUST BUCKET...THE SAILING WAS SMOOTH...HAD A BEER...FINISHED THE LAST OF THE CHEESE...HAD A CUPPA SOUP.
1040AM...DOCK AT DONSAK...HERDED ONTO A COACH FOR SURAT THANI.
12.15PM...OFF WE GET IN SOME SIDE STREET...EVERYBODY LOOKS PUZZLED...THE THAIS HAVE A FUNNY WAY OF DOING THINGS...THEY NEVER EXPLAIN WHATS GOING ON...THEY GIVE US STICKY LABELS TO STICK TO OUR JERSEYS TO SAY WHERE WE ARE HEADING...THERES ONLY FIVE PEOPLE GOING OUR WAY.
1.10PM...MIMIBUS ARRIVES...THERES ALREADY FOUR PEOPLE ON IT...THERES MORE BAGHS THAN THERE IS ROOM...THAILANG THROWS MINE AT ME...I NEARLY HIT HIM...NU HELD ME.
140PM...ASLEEP.
3.00PM...LEG STRETCH.
5.00PM...SWAPPING BUSES AT SIDE OF MOTORWAY!...RAIN LASHING DOWN.
6.00PM...DROPPED OFF AT HOTEL...ABOUT 8 QUID A NIGHT FOR BOTH...IT'LL DO.
6.45PM...DROPPED BAGS IN ROOM...QUICK WASH...DOWN STAIRS TO RESTAURANT.
7.00PM...WHAT...YOU DON'T DO ALCOHOL!...ITS A MUSLIM HOTEL!
7.15PM...WALK ROUND CORNER TO NEARESR RESTAURANT/SMALL CAFE...CHICKEN FRIED RICE/BEER...EXCELLENT!
8.40PM...ASKED FOR WHISKEY...A BOTTLE OF BRANDY CAME...OK...CHAPPIE STARTS PLAYING GUITAR...PLAYS SOME ENGLISH TUNES...WE WERE THE ONLY WESTERNERS IN THE PLACE...MADE US FEEL WELCOME.
10.00PM...STILL DRINKING BRANDY...I DIDN'T REALISE AT FIRST...BUT I'VE ACTUALLY BOUGHT THE WHOLE BOTTLE!...NO WORRIES!
10.20PM...HUGGING THAI GUY...DON'T KNOW WHY!
11.00PM...DEPARTED...EXCELLENT EVENING...IF YOU ARE EVER IN SUTAN...GO TO THE BINLHA RESTAURANT.
THE YOUNG ONES!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
8.55AM...SLEPT WELL...NU MAKING COFFEE...SHE FEELS BETTER THIS MORNING.
9.35AM...OUT WALKING MAIN STREET.
10.00AM...BREAKFAST...OMELLETTE/BREAD/JAM/BUTTER...OMELETTE WAS WONDERFUL.
11.00AM...PAYING BILL...428 BAHT...WHAT!...THEN THEY SAY 248 BAHT...WHAT!...THEN I GET THE MENU...IT ADDS UP TO 195 BAHT...THEN THEY SAY 209 BAHT...CANT BE BOTHERED TO ARGUE ANY MORE...TOLD THEM THEY SHOULD NOT TRY TO RIP PEOPLE OFF...THEY CALL US EORIENERS FALANGS...IT MEANS WHITE PERSON...I CALL THEM THAILANGS...THAI MEANING TOTALLY HIDEOUS ARSY IDIOTS.
11.45AM...HOTEL BOOKING AGENCY...WE HAVE ONLY TWO NIGHTS WHERE WE ARE STAYING...SO WE WILL NEED A NEW PLACE TO STAY.
12.15PM...GOD ITS A NIGHTMARE...EVERYWHERE DECENT FULL.
1.00PM...THE THAI GIRL DID HER BEST...EVENTUALLY FOUND SOMEWHERE BUT IT IS WELL PRICEY...3,500 BAHT ANIGHT...WE DECIDE WE BETTER TAKE IT ELSE WE WILL BE SLEEPING ON THE BEACH...[WHICH ACTUALLY TO ME IS QUITE APPEALING!]...PLUS WE HAVE TO PAY 2,400 BAHT EACH FOR OUR N.YEARS ENTERTAINMENT/MEAL...NOT OPTIONAL...YOU HAVE TO PAY.
1.35PM...NEAREST BAR...BEER...ALSO THEY DO ENGLISH STYLE BACON SANDWICH WITH MUSHROOMS...WONDERFUL.
3.00PM...SITTING ON BALCONY...WONDERFUL WARM AIR BLOWING...WONDERFUL SCENERY...ITS COSTING THE EARTH...BUT WHO CARES...I DO!...THAILAND IS ONE OF THE WORST COUNTRIES I HAVE EVER BEEN TOO...IT MIGHT HAVE THE SUN AND THE SCENERY...BUT THE PEOPLE ARE THE LOWEST OF THE LOW...RATTLE SNAKE BELLY LICKERS!
5.00PM...LOOKING AROUND SHOPS...COULD BE BLACKPOOL OR YARMOUTH.
5.40PM...INDIAN RESTAURANT...CHICKEN MADRAS/NAAN/SAMOSA'S.
6.05PM...BIT INTO A CHILLI...HEAD BLOWN OFF!
6.35PM...HALF BOTTLE OF RED...TRYING TO DULL THE SPICEY HEAT...THE TASTE/FLAVOUR WAS WONDERFUL...IT WAS JUST THAT DAMN CHILLI!
8.05PM...BACK IN ROOM...VODKA AND COKES...THE SKY A DEVOURING RED...FEEL RELAXED.
29.12.07.
8.40AM...NOT SURE IF THE INDIAN AGREED WITH ME...OR DID I HAVE ONE TO MANY VODKA'S?!
9.20AM...PACKING/COFFEE.
9.40AM...SHOWER.
10.10AM...PAID MINI BAR BILL.
10.30AM...BACON AND MUSHROOM SANDWICH/COFFEE.
11.00AM...MANAGED TO GET ACOPY OF THE DAILY MAIL...ITS JUST LIKE BEING IN SPAIN OR GREECE.
12.05PM...WAITING FOR PICK UP TO OUR NEW ABODE.
12.15PM...PICK UP ARRIVE.
12.50PM...AT RESORT...ROOM 612.
1.35PM...AT POOL SIDE...LOOKING AROUND...4 DAYS IS GONNA BE ENOUGH!
3.40PM...STILL BY POOL.
5.00PM...BACK IN ROOM.
5.15PM...HAVING A BATH...A RARE LUXURY.
7.00PM...WALK TO ON SITE RESTAURANT...THE PLACE IS EMPTY APART FROM A MOTHER/FATHER AND BABY.
7.40PM...EATING PORK STEAK...NO...ITS A PORK CHOP IN SOME THAI SAUCE...MENU SAID PORK STEAK...HELP...SOMEONE GET ME OUTA HERE!
9.00PM...BACK IN ROOM...FOOTIE KICKS OFF AT 10.00PM[7 HOURS AHEAD HERE].
10.00PM...W.HAM/MAN.U.
10.20PM...SCREEN GOES BLANK!
10.25PM...SEARCHING CHANNELS.
10.30PM...CHELSEA/NEWCASTLE...IT'LL DO.
30.12.07.
8.40AM...STILL TIRED... BREAKFAST FINISHES AT 10.00AM...SO I BETTER MAKE A MOVE.
8.55AM...SHOWER...NU MAKING COFFEE.
9.10AM...TRYING TO DRY MYSELF...STICKNESS IS ME...AIR CON ON BUT NOT DOING A LOT.
9.20AM...WITH DIFFICULTY I PUT MY SHIRT ON.
9.25AM...SHORTS ON...LETS GO FOR BREAKFAST.
9.40AM...GREETED BY SOME THAI CHAPPIE WHO THINKS EVERY ENGLISH PERSON IS A COCKNEY.
9.50AM...CORNFLAKES/MILK...COFFEE.
10.05AM...OMELLETTE...HALF WAY THRU...IT GETS CRUNCHY...EGG SHELL!...FORGET IT...I'LL HAVE A BANANA.
10.15AM...BUS TO CHEWANG...NEAREST VILLAGE...MCDONALDS/SUB SARNIES/BOOTS/ENGLISH STYLE PUBS AND CAFES.
10.55AM...SUPERMARKET...BREAD/CHEESE/WATER/WET WIPES/SHAVERS/FOAM/WINE/CUPPA SOUPS.
12.30PM...WALKED INTO A RESIDENCE ONLY HOTEL SWIMMING AREA...WHO CARES...THEY DON'T KNOW WHO'S WHO.
1.00PM...NU HAPPILY SWIMMING IN POOL.
3.00PM...BACK ON BUS.
3.30PM...BACK AT FANCY PANTS HOTEL.
4.00PM...BREAD/CHEESE/TOM...AWESOME.
4.30PM...CUPPA SOUP...AWESOME.
5.30PM...PLAYING CARDS...3-0 TO YOURS TRULY!
8.00PM...FOOTIE ON TELE.
8.20PM...EVERYTHING GOING FINE...THEN THE TELE STOPS WORKING!
8.25PM...HAVING A VODDY!
31.12.07.
8.45AM...AM I HUNGRY?
9.05AM...SHOWER...NU MAKING COFFEE.
9.45AM...BREAKFAST...CORNFLAKES ETC...DON'T THINK I'LL BOTH WITH THE EGG SHELL OMELLETTE!
10.30AM...BY THE POOL...NU DIPPING IN AND OUT.
12.05PM...GOTTA MOVE ON TO BEACH BECAUSE THEY WANT TO START SETTING UP TABLES FOR TONIGHTS NEW YEAR GALA BASH!
12.50PM...TALKING WITHA CANADIAN COUPLE...HE WORKS EO SKY TELEVISION...HE'S A CRASHING BORE.
2.20PM...TUNA SALAD SANDWICH/CHIPS...THE SUNS OUT...SLIGHT BREEZE.
4.00PM...MADE WAY BACK TO ROOM.
5.00PM...LAUNDRY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RETURNED BY NOW...NOTHING TO WEAR TONIGHT...I WANT BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BALL!
5.30PM...HAVING A BATH...NU PHONING ABOUT LAUNDRY.
5.40PM...AN IRON AND IRONING BOARD TURN UP!...NU ON PHONE AGAIN.
6.00PM...HAVING A VODDY.
6.10PM...LAUNDRY AT LAST RETURNED.
6.40PM...DRESSED...READY TO GO.
7.00PM...SITTING AT OUR ALLOCATED TABLE...NEAREST STAGE...FEW DROPS OF RAIN.
7.10PM...GLORIOUS,GLORIOUS RAIN A TUMBLING...BIG FAT DROPS!...HEAD FOR SHELTER.
7.25PM...WENT BACK TO ROOM TO GET UMBRELLA'S.
8.00PM...RAIN CEASED...RESUME POSITIONS.
8.30PM...FOOD...LOADSA THE STUFF...BUT NOTHING TICKLED MY TASTE BUDS.
8.45PM...ORDERED WINE...HORRENDOUS PRICE.
9.05PM...TALKING WITH A GREEK GUY.
9.15PM...THAI DANDERS DOING SOME SORT OF DANCE TO SOME SORT OF DRUM BEAT ETC.
10.00PM...DANCING WITH GREEK GUY!
10.30PM...MUSICAL CHAIRS...AN 8 YEAR OLD GIRL WON...THE PRIZE...AN UMBRELLA...YES...AN UMBRELLA!
11.00PM...LUCKY DIP/LOTTERY BY ROOM NUMBERS...EVERY TIME THEY READ THE NUMBER OUT I PROCLAIMEDTO BE THE WINNER...NU USHERED ME BACK TO THE TABLE...PEOPLE WERE IN STITCHES...GOOD WINE!
11.25PM...SOME THAI GUY PLAYING GUITAR...TWO THAI GIRLS SINGING...ITS SO AWFUL ITS OK...FOR SOME AWFUL REASON ITS OK!
11.35PM...SHOULD I ORDER ANOTHER BOTTLE OF WINE?
1.1.08.
9.05AM...NU GO HEADACHE...I SEEM SURPRISINGLY FRESH.
9.20AM...SHOWER.
9.35AM...COFFEE.
9.55AM...CORNFLAKES ETC.
10.40AM...RAIN LASHING DOWN...SEA STORMY...HEAD BACK TO ROOM.
12.05PM...DECIDED TO TAKE SHUTTLE BUS TO CHEWANG AT 1.00PM...EVEN THOUGH ITS THE HOTEL SHUTTLE BUS,YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY 400 BAHT RETURN PER PERSON...THE THAI'S WILL TAKE YOU FOR EVERY PENNY...THEY ARE A SAD BUNCH!
1.00PM...IN SHUTTLE BUS...RAINING MISERABLY.
1.30PM...CHEWANG...NEED MAINLY CREAMS/LOTIONS AND TABLETS.
2.40PM...TROPICAL MURRAYS BAR[IRISH]...MIXED GRILL FOR ME...PLAICE AND CHIPS FOR NU...TWO CUPS OF TEA...EXCELLENT MEAL...AFTER LAST NIGHTS FARE...IT WAS WELCOME!
4.10PM...WALKING MAIN STREET...BOUGHT J.BLUNTS NEW CD...1 QUID...SOME ODD LOOKING PEOPLE...I WONDER IF ANYONE THINKS NU AND ME ARE ODD?...CAN'T SEE IT MYSELF.
5.00PM...WEMT DOWN TO BEACH...SEA HOWLING/GROWLING.
5.30PM...BACK ON BUS.
6.10PM...BACK IN ROOM...SOME PIERCE BROSNAN FILM ON...WATCHABLE...ONLY CAUSE WE ARE BORED AND THE RAIN IS CONSTANT.
8.30PM...WATCHING FOOTIE...FINISHING OFF WINE.
10.00PM...GOODNIGHT.
2.1.08.
4.45AM...ALARM.
5.00PM...SHOWER.
5.10AM...COFFEE.
5.30AM...DRESSED AND PACKED.
5.50AM...WAITING FOR MINIBUS.
6.20AM...MINIBUS ARRIVES...20 MINS LATE.
7.50AM...MINIBUS DRIVER GOT LOST PICKING UP OTHER PASSENGERS...MISSED 8.00AM FERRY.
8.05AM...DOCKSIDE...LOADED IN TO COACH.
8.35AM...AT ANOTHER DOCKSIDE.
9.00AM...SHUFFLED ON TO A BOAT...ANOTHER RUST BUCKET...THE SAILING WAS SMOOTH...HAD A BEER...FINISHED THE LAST OF THE CHEESE...HAD A CUPPA SOUP.
1040AM...DOCK AT DONSAK...HERDED ONTO A COACH FOR SURAT THANI.
12.15PM...OFF WE GET IN SOME SIDE STREET...EVERYBODY LOOKS PUZZLED...THE THAIS HAVE A FUNNY WAY OF DOING THINGS...THEY NEVER EXPLAIN WHATS GOING ON...THEY GIVE US STICKY LABELS TO STICK TO OUR JERSEYS TO SAY WHERE WE ARE HEADING...THERES ONLY FIVE PEOPLE GOING OUR WAY.
1.10PM...MIMIBUS ARRIVES...THERES ALREADY FOUR PEOPLE ON IT...THERES MORE BAGHS THAN THERE IS ROOM...THAILANG THROWS MINE AT ME...I NEARLY HIT HIM...NU HELD ME.
140PM...ASLEEP.
3.00PM...LEG STRETCH.
5.00PM...SWAPPING BUSES AT SIDE OF MOTORWAY!...RAIN LASHING DOWN.
6.00PM...DROPPED OFF AT HOTEL...ABOUT 8 QUID A NIGHT FOR BOTH...IT'LL DO.
6.45PM...DROPPED BAGS IN ROOM...QUICK WASH...DOWN STAIRS TO RESTAURANT.
7.00PM...WHAT...YOU DON'T DO ALCOHOL!...ITS A MUSLIM HOTEL!
7.15PM...WALK ROUND CORNER TO NEARESR RESTAURANT/SMALL CAFE...CHICKEN FRIED RICE/BEER...EXCELLENT!
8.40PM...ASKED FOR WHISKEY...A BOTTLE OF BRANDY CAME...OK...CHAPPIE STARTS PLAYING GUITAR...PLAYS SOME ENGLISH TUNES...WE WERE THE ONLY WESTERNERS IN THE PLACE...MADE US FEEL WELCOME.
10.00PM...STILL DRINKING BRANDY...I DIDN'T REALISE AT FIRST...BUT I'VE ACTUALLY BOUGHT THE WHOLE BOTTLE!...NO WORRIES!
10.20PM...HUGGING THAI GUY...DON'T KNOW WHY!
11.00PM...DEPARTED...EXCELLENT EVENING...IF YOU ARE EVER IN SUTAN...GO TO THE BINLHA RESTAURANT.
THE YOUNG ONES!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
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