we arrived in Singapore last night.
and i feel like Jasmine from the movie Aladdin.
this place is crazy.
so clean, especially in comparison to other cities in Asia.
5 hour bus ride...the last 20 minutes being luxurious because we switched to a super V.I.P. bus.
simon, richelle, derek and i wandered around an unknown area for awhile, and then stumbled across "Sleepy Sams" which is more like a bed and breakfast than a hostel.
it is LUXURY.
they love love love ikea here apparently.
i had a hot shower this morning.
followed by free breakfast, and free internet.
the food here is amazing...last night we had a late dinner of chicken satay...the best i've ever had i think.
our server's name was "moose".
he only had 3 teeth.
and doesn't like rootbeer because it is only drank by "root" people aka rude.
last night i slept on a soft pillow for the first time in weeks.
woke up at 5:30 am due to the outrageous singing voices creeping up from the mosque outside our window.
now we are on our way to the Singapore Zoo, and then it's off to sip Singapore slings and shop in chinatown!
Monday, June 25, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
perhentianlands
i just discovered the my brown back is covered in odd bumps...
hmmm...
right now i am sitting at a restaurant called "tummy rumbles" and it is up on a hill overlooking this place, this glorious palce.
we arrived here a couple days ago, and i instantly fell in love.
the water is crystal clear and the bluest blue you have ever seen.
our first night was spent in a shack with cockroaches escaping from the walls.
ok cockroach. but STILL...
the next day we moved to a different place...cheaper too.
it's called lemongrass and it is lovely.
last night and the night before, it rained...on both derek and i.
today they are fixing our leaking roof for our...surprisingly. cuz so far, everything we have seen in malaysia, is built once and then left to crumble...no fixing up...QB would crap themselves.
the people here are great...
today we wrote our dad's fathers day messages in the sand and took a photoshoot...
tomorrow we are going on a day trip around the islands here...a day of snorkelling in the most beautiful water...i am pumped.
my skin is brown brown brown...
and i am so relaxed, it's ridiculous.
the food is cheap and really good...BBQ fish on the beach...
everything else is rather pricey...like the internet i'm currently using...
crap. my time is up.
i will post more asap.
love love love
me
hmmm...
right now i am sitting at a restaurant called "tummy rumbles" and it is up on a hill overlooking this place, this glorious palce.
we arrived here a couple days ago, and i instantly fell in love.
the water is crystal clear and the bluest blue you have ever seen.
our first night was spent in a shack with cockroaches escaping from the walls.
ok cockroach. but STILL...
the next day we moved to a different place...cheaper too.
it's called lemongrass and it is lovely.
last night and the night before, it rained...on both derek and i.
today they are fixing our leaking roof for our...surprisingly. cuz so far, everything we have seen in malaysia, is built once and then left to crumble...no fixing up...QB would crap themselves.
the people here are great...
today we wrote our dad's fathers day messages in the sand and took a photoshoot...
tomorrow we are going on a day trip around the islands here...a day of snorkelling in the most beautiful water...i am pumped.
my skin is brown brown brown...
and i am so relaxed, it's ridiculous.
the food is cheap and really good...BBQ fish on the beach...
everything else is rather pricey...like the internet i'm currently using...
crap. my time is up.
i will post more asap.
love love love
me
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
miles and miles of malaysia...
i don't even know what day it is anymore, or how long we've been here.
whatever the case, we are leaving Langkawi Island tomorrow at 5:30 pm.
we have a LOT of modes of transportation ahead of us...
one 25 minute taxi ride to the jetty.
one hour ferry ride back to the mainland.
then the killer...a 10 hour bus ride through the night and through the mountains.
(not to worry, the lady was very reassuring, saying "it's a V.I.P. bus"...like that means anything in Asia)
after the bus we hop in another quick taxi ride over to the next jetty.
one more quick ferry and then Shabam!
we will be at the Perhentian Islands...the littler of the two around noon the following day.
as lovely as it is here, i am more than ready for a new place to explore.
and i'm ready for a place with more then 3 places to eat.
today we had a gross dinner on the beach...
bruschetta to start which was a glob of tomato paste on bread with a hunk of cheese melted on top. gourmet? not so much.
after the lovely appetizer i had fried rice which had large piece of garlic (which so far on this island, make my mouth BURN and tingle...can't figure it out.) i couldn't eat it...it was spicy and it wasn't supposed to be. so i ordered nachos to boot. ha. i love being able to afford it all. for once.
oh ya. and my ice tea tasted like marshmallows...it's a normal thing here. can't figure that out either.
Perhentian Kecil is an island with no atms or banks, no public phones and internet is sparse and 5 times more expensive than here! so this will be the last you hear from me for a couple of days i'd imagine.
i best be on my way. i have to pack up our hut, de-ant everything and get some sleep.
whatever the case, we are leaving Langkawi Island tomorrow at 5:30 pm.
we have a LOT of modes of transportation ahead of us...
one 25 minute taxi ride to the jetty.
one hour ferry ride back to the mainland.
then the killer...a 10 hour bus ride through the night and through the mountains.
(not to worry, the lady was very reassuring, saying "it's a V.I.P. bus"...like that means anything in Asia)
after the bus we hop in another quick taxi ride over to the next jetty.
one more quick ferry and then Shabam!
we will be at the Perhentian Islands...the littler of the two around noon the following day.
as lovely as it is here, i am more than ready for a new place to explore.
and i'm ready for a place with more then 3 places to eat.
today we had a gross dinner on the beach...
bruschetta to start which was a glob of tomato paste on bread with a hunk of cheese melted on top. gourmet? not so much.
after the lovely appetizer i had fried rice which had large piece of garlic (which so far on this island, make my mouth BURN and tingle...can't figure it out.) i couldn't eat it...it was spicy and it wasn't supposed to be. so i ordered nachos to boot. ha. i love being able to afford it all. for once.
oh ya. and my ice tea tasted like marshmallows...it's a normal thing here. can't figure that out either.
Perhentian Kecil is an island with no atms or banks, no public phones and internet is sparse and 5 times more expensive than here! so this will be the last you hear from me for a couple of days i'd imagine.
i best be on my way. i have to pack up our hut, de-ant everything and get some sleep.
Friday, June 8, 2007
langkawi island...
oh i love doing nothing all day.
ans that's exactly what i've done since we got here at Langkawi Island...
...which is right on the Thai/Malay border.
it's a beautiful island, and the weather has been nearly perfect.
it is hot hot hot. around 35 above everyday with a chance of thunderstorm all the time.
we are staying at a place called gecko guesthouse in a little hut down a dirt road.
we have pet monkeys at our place and we are a hop skip and a jump away from the beautiful beach.
i have new dee stee books to read...
just had dinner on the beach and watched the sunset...
didn't accomplish a single thing today and am totally fine with that.
i'm too lazy to even go into more detail....
and i don't even know if anyone reads these anyway since nobody ever comments. ha.
i'm not bitter, really.
i'm off to wander the streets lit up with christmas lights.
peace out.
the.
end.
ans that's exactly what i've done since we got here at Langkawi Island...
...which is right on the Thai/Malay border.
it's a beautiful island, and the weather has been nearly perfect.
it is hot hot hot. around 35 above everyday with a chance of thunderstorm all the time.
we are staying at a place called gecko guesthouse in a little hut down a dirt road.
we have pet monkeys at our place and we are a hop skip and a jump away from the beautiful beach.
i have new dee stee books to read...
just had dinner on the beach and watched the sunset...
didn't accomplish a single thing today and am totally fine with that.
i'm too lazy to even go into more detail....
and i don't even know if anyone reads these anyway since nobody ever comments. ha.
i'm not bitter, really.
i'm off to wander the streets lit up with christmas lights.
peace out.
the.
end.
Monday, June 4, 2007
i'd like that saran wrapped up please...
well we've been in this city for about 4 days or maybe 5...
i've lost count.
we went to the bus station today to try to book a train or bus to get the H out of dodge.
no such luck.
all i got out of that place was an instant headache from all the yelling...
and a sweatier body.
(if that's possible.)
no, i'm pretty sure it was around 35 above outside, and at least 42 inside.
plus a fazillion percent humidity.
there were only two spots open on the sketch night bus and they were nowhere near each other, and i'm not ready to sit by some creeper during the night in this place. so we'll wait another day to go.
it rained again this afternoon and we really didn't accomplished much today.
i did however manage to make it to the post office to pick up some boxes to send stuff home...
about 13 or 14 kilos...gulp.
lucky for me, it's super super cheap otherwise i would be giving it all to the beggars in the streets. even then, i don't think they'd be THAT pumped on my junk.
we are going to go to the Batu Caves either tomorrow or the day after, as well as the Lake Gardens, should be fun. until then i'm gonna sit back with my bag of lychee's and mangosteen and go read the new chuck palahniuk book that derek bought! (if he lets me...)
ps. here's some more facts about KL:
...they wrap everything in saran wrap. shoes for sale, drying meat, small children...you name it.
...they don't serve real popcorn at theaters! just caramel...bleh. but they do on the other hand serve mashed potatoes instead!
i've lost count.
we went to the bus station today to try to book a train or bus to get the H out of dodge.
no such luck.
all i got out of that place was an instant headache from all the yelling...
and a sweatier body.
(if that's possible.)
no, i'm pretty sure it was around 35 above outside, and at least 42 inside.
plus a fazillion percent humidity.
there were only two spots open on the sketch night bus and they were nowhere near each other, and i'm not ready to sit by some creeper during the night in this place. so we'll wait another day to go.
it rained again this afternoon and we really didn't accomplished much today.
i did however manage to make it to the post office to pick up some boxes to send stuff home...
about 13 or 14 kilos...gulp.
lucky for me, it's super super cheap otherwise i would be giving it all to the beggars in the streets. even then, i don't think they'd be THAT pumped on my junk.
we are going to go to the Batu Caves either tomorrow or the day after, as well as the Lake Gardens, should be fun. until then i'm gonna sit back with my bag of lychee's and mangosteen and go read the new chuck palahniuk book that derek bought! (if he lets me...)
ps. here's some more facts about KL:
...they wrap everything in saran wrap. shoes for sale, drying meat, small children...you name it.
...they don't serve real popcorn at theaters! just caramel...bleh. but they do on the other hand serve mashed potatoes instead!
Friday, June 1, 2007
chaotic KL...
ahoy hoy from kuala lumpur!
we arrived this morning and it has been non-stop chaos.
oh how i have missed the chaos that is Asia.
the smells on the other hand?
not so much.
Kuala Lumpur is a beautiful and ugly city all wrapped up in one.
there are lovely lucious parks and 5 star hotels next to shacks surrounded by garbage and rabid kitties.
there's no ghetto here, it's mixed in with all the beauties.
it's all a big smorgasborg of incredibly breathtaking sights...good and bad.
but i love it.
there are only two colors in KL:
concrete.
and greeeeeen.
i have to admit i do want to just take pictures and escape to a beach, or a jungle or something. anything.
it's too chaotic for right now. i know that when we come back here again (as we will many times, cuz it's the hub of all of our flights and trains, etc.) that i will love love love it, but right now i think we need to get out.
it is a nice change of pace, price-wise from australia...for example...
i just ate a roll of oreo's, a can of mango ice tea, and bought a pack of tylonel and a popsicle pete for da rude all for under $3 canadian. how many times does that ever happen? not very many. if ever.
malaysians love things that are either REALLY small or REALLY large.
for example:
their teeny tiny drinking boxes and little baby bottles of milk. so small.
their billboards....larger.than.life.
today we took many modes of malaysian transport...
1. flew with malaysian airlines to KL
2. KLIA express train to city center.
3. taxi to hostel.
4. monorail to the LRT center (sky-train-esque)
5. free shuttle bus to biggest mall in s.e.asia
then more skytrains and stuff.
i just found it odd that one could get around the city so easily and for so cheap AND in a million different ways! not in winnipeg...and not for $1 either!
we were pretty proud of ourselves for not getting lost...that is until it mattered most...
when we were 3 minutes from home and it started POURING.
only in asia can it be a million above and pouring rain and you don't cool off...
ricky martin is playing in the background, and i totally just caught myself singing along. barf.
i can't believe i went to a big mall in asia and didn't buy anything.
but the topshop and topman were pretty rad. not on this face's budget. not yet.
tomorrow i will go to markets. day and night. the night one sounds promising.
i will bargain for bags of mangosteen, and designer knock offs of sunnies and oversized purses.
then i will be alright in this city for at least another day.
we are also hitting up the petronas towers...take some pictures and then who knows where to next!
i should get to bed, i only slept for about 2 hours or so on the plane...
i was having too much fun watching cheesy movies...
..."because i said so..."?
guilty.
love.
e.
we arrived this morning and it has been non-stop chaos.
oh how i have missed the chaos that is Asia.
the smells on the other hand?
not so much.
Kuala Lumpur is a beautiful and ugly city all wrapped up in one.
there are lovely lucious parks and 5 star hotels next to shacks surrounded by garbage and rabid kitties.
there's no ghetto here, it's mixed in with all the beauties.
it's all a big smorgasborg of incredibly breathtaking sights...good and bad.
but i love it.
there are only two colors in KL:
concrete.
and greeeeeen.
i have to admit i do want to just take pictures and escape to a beach, or a jungle or something. anything.
it's too chaotic for right now. i know that when we come back here again (as we will many times, cuz it's the hub of all of our flights and trains, etc.) that i will love love love it, but right now i think we need to get out.
it is a nice change of pace, price-wise from australia...for example...
i just ate a roll of oreo's, a can of mango ice tea, and bought a pack of tylonel and a popsicle pete for da rude all for under $3 canadian. how many times does that ever happen? not very many. if ever.
malaysians love things that are either REALLY small or REALLY large.
for example:
their teeny tiny drinking boxes and little baby bottles of milk. so small.
their billboards....larger.than.life.
today we took many modes of malaysian transport...
1. flew with malaysian airlines to KL
2. KLIA express train to city center.
3. taxi to hostel.
4. monorail to the LRT center (sky-train-esque)
5. free shuttle bus to biggest mall in s.e.asia
then more skytrains and stuff.
i just found it odd that one could get around the city so easily and for so cheap AND in a million different ways! not in winnipeg...and not for $1 either!
we were pretty proud of ourselves for not getting lost...that is until it mattered most...
when we were 3 minutes from home and it started POURING.
only in asia can it be a million above and pouring rain and you don't cool off...
ricky martin is playing in the background, and i totally just caught myself singing along. barf.
i can't believe i went to a big mall in asia and didn't buy anything.
but the topshop and topman were pretty rad. not on this face's budget. not yet.
tomorrow i will go to markets. day and night. the night one sounds promising.
i will bargain for bags of mangosteen, and designer knock offs of sunnies and oversized purses.
then i will be alright in this city for at least another day.
we are also hitting up the petronas towers...take some pictures and then who knows where to next!
i should get to bed, i only slept for about 2 hours or so on the plane...
i was having too much fun watching cheesy movies...
..."because i said so..."?
guilty.
love.
e.
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