Well my second trip in Asia finally got underway. Thank god because you can only spend so long in Bangkok city without going crazy. We met our group on the first night (another diverse one but in a good way) only to find that two of them had decided to meet us in Krabi instead. The day we were due to leave Ian, who had been with me since I arrived in Bangkok Airport, decided he was too sick to travel and went home to England instead. But I still had Meera and Kimberly (sometimes). We set off for a few days in the National Park in Khao Sok, Thailand on another horrible overnight train. It was worth it though the park was beautiful. The resort was like a tropical paradise with the best banana lassi ever. The park itself is a rain forest quite nice to walk around but it got a steep for my dodgy hip. The next stop was Krabi where we collected our two fallen angels only to lose one again a few days later. People going missing was a bit of a habit on this trip. Krabi was amazing and had a gorgeous beach with massages and beauty treatments at one end. There’s a lot of island hopping to be done here. We took a trip to Phi Phi island where the movie the beach was filmed. It was lovely there but you can see its already getting very touristy which means it’ll be destroyed in a few years. Our next destination was Malaysia. This is a great country with really friendly people. We stayed in Penang for a few days where I finally found my cinema to watch Harry Potter and let the tourism take a backseat for a few hours. We also found a fun reggae bar here. So fun in fact that I managed to get twisted which resulted in me missing my bus to Kuala Lumpur the next day. Thanks to our tour guide leaving me instructions to get there and with the help of a lovely Dutch couple I finally made it there. KL is a great city. Lots of shopping and sight seeing to be done here. We took a trip up the Menara Tower, over 300 meters tall. I managed to make the bus on time to our next stop in Malaca. The hotel we stayed in here was really basic but the staff were so nice and friendly I’d stay here again. The town here was very nice. Malaysia in general was fantastic and the level of English speakers definitely improved the further south you go. The only thing that bothered me was the early morning wake up calls from the Mosques. At the crack of dawn everyday the singing starts well its more like wailing it only lasts few minutes but its enough to wake you up. After a while you find yourself singing along even though you have no clue what they’re saying. The last stop on the trip was Singapore. I loved it here. Everything you could possibly want to buy is all on Orchard Road. But its really expensive compared to the rest of South East Asia. The train system here is very easy to use. They have a fantastic zoo and bird park and they have a night safari which is basically a zoo at night but it was good craic. So there ends another part of my adventure and more sad farewells. Now I’m in Perth starting my Australian leg of the tour. I stayed at Scarborough Beach for a couple of days. Already I love the place.
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