Cameron Highlands
Day 55 – Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia My first impressions are bittersweet. I took an afternoon bus, which means that my impressions are from the view through the window. (Very comfortable bus, with ample leg-room.) Since we are now in high hills, I believe the altitude is between 1500m and 2000m above sea level,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…