Saturday, 21st January, Mizam Guesthouse, Teluk Nipah, Palau Pangkor, Malaysia 8:57pm
So we escaped Penang. It was a rush and a whir of buses and ferries, and we made everything at the last minute (and I mean last minute! Both the bus to Lumut and the ferry to Pangkor were held in order for us to […]
Saturday, 21st January, Ali’s Guest House, Batu Ferringhi, Penang, 11:25am
After a red-eyed 7am flight (meaning leaving the hotel at 5am, after getting to bed at 12am. There’s a story behind this. Hmm…okay, quick summation. Basically we went back to the same hotel we’d originally stayed at [Classic Place], only to be given a crappy twin-bed […]
Tuesday, 17th January, Little Creek Hideaway Resort, Kanchanaburi, 9:50pm
There is something crick-crick-cricking outside our bungalow window, and we have no idea what it is, but it sounds like it’s getting closer. This is Bug Paradise. I’ve already flicked a grasshopper and a beetle off our bed, and am looking forward to the safety of our […]
Sunday, 15th January, Classic Place Hotel, Bangkok, 12am
Well I’ve missed quite a few days of typing, so I have to break this entry down and just do a quick recap, because I’m tired and I just don’t want to forget what happened. Basically I’ve been sick for pretty much a week, ever since the “Police […]
Monday, 9th January, Roong Ruong Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand
So our last day in Luang Prabang involved numerous encounters with crazy people. We spent most of the day just walking back and forth along the main street, helping Jen find some gifts for friends at home. James and I were too tired to be bothered doing […]
Thursday, 5th January, Namsok Guest House, Luang Prabang, Laos
What fun yesterday was! We met Jen and Kareem at 8:30, had breakfast, and then headed to find a boat we could rent for the day. We figured that between the four of us, it would end up costing the same as a tour, or less, but […]
Tuesday, 3rd January, Namsok Guest House, Luang Prabang, Laos, 11pm
This is a “Memento” entry. It starts here, tonight, and then maybe, soberness permitting, heads backwards. For now, I just have to talk about tonight. An experience. With new friends, Jen and Kareem. Well, it was all to do with Jen, really, but Kareem was told […]
Friday, 30th December, Vang Vilay Hotel, Vang Vieng, Laos, 7:45am
James and I are beginning to wish we’d spent a month in Laos and only two weeks in Vietnam. This country is incredible, and it still feels relatively untouched. Vietnam was so commercialised and, in all honesty, a bit boring. We’re not the first to think […]
Sunday, 25th December, CHRISTMAS DAY!!, Mountain View Hotel, Sapa, 8:10pm
Sapa.
your fog is so immense
your mountains apparently exist
we cannot see them.
In your streets
the words echo
“…you buy?”
O
Sapa!
We buy!
The overnight train to Sapa was intense . The train derailed fifty trillion times. At least, it sounded like it did. Grinding, screeching, churning mechanical movements, sudden slamming of brakes […]
Tuesday, December 20th, Camellia Hotel, Hanoi, 7:45pm
Halong Bay is heaven. There’s no better way to describe Halong Bay than marvellous, beautiful, stunning, unique. The way to see it is on a three day-two night cruise (some people do two days, one night, but you lose so much doing it that way). On the first […]