Month: July 2018

George Town

George Town

Day 54 – George Town, Malaysia I started my day by asking the hostel if they had laundry services -no- or where I could find them. After clear explanations from the guy at the reception (left-left right-right, they are everywhere you will find them), I resolved to take my laundry with me on my way…

By Elisabeth 23/07/2018 Off

Malaysia

Malaysia

Day 53 – Penang aka George Town, Malaysia After a stressful morning where my clean laundry arrived late just before I was supposed to be picked-up for my bus to Malaysia (the bus was also late), I departed in a luxury mini-bus.  The border crossing was one of the easiest, no card to fill (I…

By Elisabeth 22/07/2018 Off

Useful game

Do you know this game where you have these tiles piled up in a tower and you have to take out as many tiles as possible, one at a time, before the tower falls down, preferably when it’s someone else’s turn? Well, that game is the perfect height to hold a charger up. Because really,…

By Elisabeth 21/07/2018 Off

Things travels are fun for

Things travels are fun for

– Learning your passport number by heart. – Never forgetting again the code to your padlock. – Trying new foods, just because, and regretting it -or putting it on your list of must-have. – Walking into a shop and going out bewildered without having bought anything, because nothing was remotely familiar. – And being convinced…

By Elisabeth 20/07/2018 Off

Hogwarts

Hogwarts

Day 51 – Krabi, Thailand I let my gorgeous island this morning for the mainland. I’m staying at Hogwarts… Hostel. Yes, there is a theme. I have finely a strong internet connexion, so I have uploaded many more picture of Ko Yao Noi island, please see in the gallery. But a few words about these…

By Elisabeth 20/07/2018 Off

Cooking

I miss cooking. And supermarkets. Here, buying food on the street is so cheap that travellers don’t cook. Hostels don’t offer a kitchen. I haven’t really seen supermarkets: you have mini-marts, and they are closer to highway rest stations than small convenience store. They will sell you an amazing range of drinks (…including juice from…

By Elisabeth 18/07/2018 Off

Sea, sand, sun

Sea, sand, sun

Day 46 – Ko Yao Noi, Thailand I wanted a bungalow by the beach, I wanted blue sea and palm trees, and I’ve found my paradise. To reach it, now, was the fun part. First, you take a taxi half-way through the island, and that’s expensive. Then, you take a speedboat to your island -the…

By Elisabeth 16/07/2018 Off

La tourista, esta la vida

Day 45 – Phuket, Thailand (I don’t speak Spanish, so I’m quite sure that my title doesn’t mean a thing.) To be poetic about it, the porcelain goddess called me to her altar and had me worship all day. In between bouts of sickness, I asked the hostel to keep me a second night -they…

By Elisabeth 14/07/2018 Off

Foot massage

Day 44 – Chiang Mai, Thailand Today is a full day. This morning I went to the post office to send a parcel home; I choose sea shipping, so it should arrive in 3 months. I am in no rush. The post office staff was very helpful, choosing the right box, helping me fill it,…

By Elisabeth 13/07/2018 Off

Back in Thailand

Day 42 – Chiang Rai, Thailand So I left Laos behind me, crossing the border in one of the easiest crossing to date, and went back to Thailand. The bus dropped me in Chiang Rai, where I promptly took a tuk-tuk to my hostel. My hostel was very obviously closed, with a piece of paper…

By Elisabeth 12/07/2018 Off