Scuba diving was amazing, we did 3 dives so the day was pretty jam packed. I hired an underwater camera so got some cool pics including some of a family of clown fish. Ther was so much colour downb ther it was great. I did get a bit of a bad ear thought, by the last dive so couldnt get that deep, its still not quite right so i went to a chemist.
The next day we headed up to cape tribulation on a coach trip, with a really funny coach driver called billy, who told us lots of stories. We saw a baby croc on the daintree river, and then went for a walk in the junglem and had luch near cape trib beach. It was v pretty but not that sunny and there wer stingers so no swimming. We did swim in mossam gorge on the way back which was v refreshing.
The next morning we picked up the campers, we some how managed to pay the 3,000 dollar bond per camper via toms parent at midnight! we also managed to get to big campers due to a mess up with the booking.
We then headed south! By the evening we arrived at mission beach, and we decided to go to a camp site. They are very hot inside, which makes sleep a bit difficult but we manage. In the morning it was tipping it down so we didnt stay on the beach! we decided to just head south fot more sunny weather. By the late afternoon we arrived in townsville, wer we could get to magnetic island the next day. We slept o the side of the road and in the morning it was still raining so we decided not to go to the islands. We sopent the morning looking for jump leads as wre had managed to run down the battery of on3e of the campers! we then headed more south stopping in Ayre for a drink, then in bowen for the night wer we slept in an empty carpak right next to the beach!
This morning we woke to the sea breeze, i went for a run along the beach and up this hill wer there wer amazing views all around. We hung around the beaches near bowen in the mornuing, the headed to arie beach wer you can get to the witsindays. We booked a trip 2moro which should be fun.
We also saw a big snake today whilst washing up, and a possum in a tree just next to the campers!
sorry no time to check spelling!
Josh
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Singapore to Cairns
We left KL on and early morning flight and arrived in Singapore at around 11 am. We wer amazed by the amount of cargo ships just docked in the middle of the sea , ther we hundreds. We the got the mrt (underground/skytrain) to the station near out hostel, it was only a few mins walk. IT was very nice 4 beds, air con and bathroom.
We the headed into town and first went to marine bay which tom thought sounded nice, but ended up just being a building site! haha. we asked the ticket man what there was to do ther and he said nothing! so we headed to city hall wer there was a bit more to do. WE saw all the fancy buildings and went on the Singapore flyer, basically the London eye in Singapore. There is loads of building work still going on in Singapore, when its finished it will be amazing. IN the evening we stayed in town and listened to the band that wer playing for free on the waterfront, it was an amzing location, with all the skyscrapers and water behind. Also an old Chinese man got up and started dancing at the front, we wer all crying with laughter.
The next morning we got a taxi to a cable car station on a mountain. The heavens opened and ther was a massive thunder storm whilst we wer up ther which was exciting, then it stopped and we got on the cable car to sentosa (a tourist resort island). You had to pay for everything extra, so we just headed to the beach, and had some fish and chips, watching the hundreds of massive ships off shore.
That evening and night we flew to cairns via Darwin, with about 1 hour sleep, arriving in cairns at 8am local time. Very tired, we just sat by the pool on the sea front (stinger season means no sea swimming and it didn't look that nice anyway). We all got very burnt!
Tom and I just booked a trip to the great barrier reef 2moro, to do 3 scuba dives. It should be amazing. And we also may do a trip to cape tribulation. Then we pick up our campers and heads south!
Hope ur all well.
We the headed into town and first went to marine bay which tom thought sounded nice, but ended up just being a building site! haha. we asked the ticket man what there was to do ther and he said nothing! so we headed to city hall wer there was a bit more to do. WE saw all the fancy buildings and went on the Singapore flyer, basically the London eye in Singapore. There is loads of building work still going on in Singapore, when its finished it will be amazing. IN the evening we stayed in town and listened to the band that wer playing for free on the waterfront, it was an amzing location, with all the skyscrapers and water behind. Also an old Chinese man got up and started dancing at the front, we wer all crying with laughter.
The next morning we got a taxi to a cable car station on a mountain. The heavens opened and ther was a massive thunder storm whilst we wer up ther which was exciting, then it stopped and we got on the cable car to sentosa (a tourist resort island). You had to pay for everything extra, so we just headed to the beach, and had some fish and chips, watching the hundreds of massive ships off shore.
That evening and night we flew to cairns via Darwin, with about 1 hour sleep, arriving in cairns at 8am local time. Very tired, we just sat by the pool on the sea front (stinger season means no sea swimming and it didn't look that nice anyway). We all got very burnt!
Tom and I just booked a trip to the great barrier reef 2moro, to do 3 scuba dives. It should be amazing. And we also may do a trip to cape tribulation. Then we pick up our campers and heads south!
Hope ur all well.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
KL
After the rain the sun came out and we spent out last few hours in Thailand on Patong beach, buying things of beach sellers, and watching the parasailers which i was tempted to have a go at. Our flight was very short but due to the time difference we arrives at about midnight, we then waited for ages for a bus to take us to the centre. we finally arrived at our hostel at 3am!
Today was our day in kular lumpur. this morning we went to the top of the 4th tallest tower in the world, Menara Kuala Lumpur, which was really cool. we then went to the Petronas Towers. which are the tallest twin towers in the world and used to be the tallest buildings in the world, we couldn't go to the top but we went to the shopping centre and park around the bottom. The funniest thing was all these Malaysian girls coming up to us and asking for their pictures with us, first in a group, the separately with there arms round us. It was well funny! haha. And loads of people keep staring at us. Kular Lumpur is no where near as touristy as Thailand, so i guess there just not used to white people, especially blond hair, which is more blond now due to the sun!
Tomorrow we fly to Singapore, and then the next day to cairns!
Today was our day in kular lumpur. this morning we went to the top of the 4th tallest tower in the world, Menara Kuala Lumpur, which was really cool. we then went to the Petronas Towers. which are the tallest twin towers in the world and used to be the tallest buildings in the world, we couldn't go to the top but we went to the shopping centre and park around the bottom. The funniest thing was all these Malaysian girls coming up to us and asking for their pictures with us, first in a group, the separately with there arms round us. It was well funny! haha. And loads of people keep staring at us. Kular Lumpur is no where near as touristy as Thailand, so i guess there just not used to white people, especially blond hair, which is more blond now due to the sun!
Tomorrow we fly to Singapore, and then the next day to cairns!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Leaving Thailand in the rain!
From my last post you heard that out accommodation wasn't that great! but we had a really fun few days in Ko pangan, chillin on the beach, playing volley ball, and meeting loads of people at the resort, swedes, Australians, Chileans, Canadians and loads of English.
Our last night was the full moon party, 10,20, 30,000 people on the beach, different people quoted different numbers, lots of loud music, and we all behaved our selves (one of us only just haha).
Our last days was fun, we went to watch the owners son , Jon, play football for his school, they all had matching Thailand shirts and wer playing against a team all wearing real madrid shirts. Mrs T, the owner also showed us how to make pad thai! so now we can make it in out camper vans! She also gave us all a Thailand football shirt with or rawan beach resort printed on it. They wer a very kind family, and we enjoyed staying ther despite the accommodation.
The journey from ko pangan was very long, we got on out sleeper boat at around 10pm, and arrived i surat thani at 5am, wer we satin a travel agent for 2 hours, the moved to anther travel agent, then finally got on a minibus to patong beach, phucket.
This was one of the worst hit areas by the tsunami, it feels really weird to think so many people dies here only a few years ago. Its still really touristy, the beach full of sun beds, and the sea dirty, with loads of water sports going on. Its not that pretty.
We woke this morning to pouring rain, and its still going! Anyway,. we leave this evening for kualur lumpur on a plane, we have two nights booked ther, the fly to Singapore, have a day and a night, then of to oz! we ended up booking loads of flights as we are running out of time, and its not too expensive.
Hope your all well, please do leave a comment!
Josh
Our last night was the full moon party, 10,20, 30,000 people on the beach, different people quoted different numbers, lots of loud music, and we all behaved our selves (one of us only just haha).
Our last days was fun, we went to watch the owners son , Jon, play football for his school, they all had matching Thailand shirts and wer playing against a team all wearing real madrid shirts. Mrs T, the owner also showed us how to make pad thai! so now we can make it in out camper vans! She also gave us all a Thailand football shirt with or rawan beach resort printed on it. They wer a very kind family, and we enjoyed staying ther despite the accommodation.
The journey from ko pangan was very long, we got on out sleeper boat at around 10pm, and arrived i surat thani at 5am, wer we satin a travel agent for 2 hours, the moved to anther travel agent, then finally got on a minibus to patong beach, phucket.
This was one of the worst hit areas by the tsunami, it feels really weird to think so many people dies here only a few years ago. Its still really touristy, the beach full of sun beds, and the sea dirty, with loads of water sports going on. Its not that pretty.
We woke this morning to pouring rain, and its still going! Anyway,. we leave this evening for kualur lumpur on a plane, we have two nights booked ther, the fly to Singapore, have a day and a night, then of to oz! we ended up booking loads of flights as we are running out of time, and its not too expensive.
Hope your all well, please do leave a comment!
Josh
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Scuba Diving
Our last day in Ko Toa was really cool. Tom and I got up at 6.45am for our morning scuba dive. We didnt really have a clue wat was going on, as most people ther had done loads of dives before, but we got on the boat and all our equipment ready successfully.We did two dives just off the little island we went to the other day. We went down about 18m and toms cold didnt make his ears hurt too much which was gd. we saw a clown fish which are now really are cos of the nemo film, loads of sting rays, moray eel and loads of other cool fish big and small.
That afternoon we caught the two hour ferry to ko pangan, and arrived at out accomodation. Not that nice is the best description without being too rude. A two story block of apartments each room has a double matress on the floor, a fan, a squatting tiolet and a cold shower in the bathroom. But we dont spend much time ther anyway. Its right near the beach, and the owners are very friendly.
We are here until wednesday, then we have nothing booked yet!
That afternoon we caught the two hour ferry to ko pangan, and arrived at out accomodation. Not that nice is the best description without being too rude. A two story block of apartments each room has a double matress on the floor, a fan, a squatting tiolet and a cold shower in the bathroom. But we dont spend much time ther anyway. Its right near the beach, and the owners are very friendly.
We are here until wednesday, then we have nothing booked yet!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Ko Tao!
Its amazing here, spent a few more days on the beach, done loads of snorkeling. Yesterday we went to a smaller island with a sand bar which was really cool, we saw loads of fish in the sea, we also went on a snorkeling trip round the island, we saw reef sharks and turtles!
On the down side my camera broke! it was supposed to be waterproof, but something has gone wrong somewhere, iv got to send it back to Bristol to be mended! well annoying.
On another down side dobson and i wer ill the other day after some dodgy chicken, which meant we had to postpone our scuba dive.
We did our scuba review today and are going to dive 2moro, which should be cool. The in the afternoon we are off to Ko Phangan!
On the down side my camera broke! it was supposed to be waterproof, but something has gone wrong somewhere, iv got to send it back to Bristol to be mended! well annoying.
On another down side dobson and i wer ill the other day after some dodgy chicken, which meant we had to postpone our scuba dive.
We did our scuba review today and are going to dive 2moro, which should be cool. The in the afternoon we are off to Ko Phangan!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Ko samui to Ko tao
We spent a few days on ko samui on probably one of the cheapest resorts on the island. however, it was nice and cosy to have three in a double bed, and will in the single bed, it was ok for about 3 pounds a night.
3 days on the beach and in the warm sea was enough to get pretty sun burnt, especially our knees! the last few days have gone pretty much like this:
get up about 10, buy some cheap breky from the 7 eleven (cheap supermarket), lie on the Beach, go for a swim, lie on the beach, go for a swim, buy some lunch, lie on the beach etc.. buy some dinner .....
and also we did some jet biking, it was quite expensive for only 15 mins, but it was amazing, we went sooo fast!
we got up at 6 this morning!!!! to get our ferry to ko toa, we arrive at about 12. i like this island much better than ko samui, its much smaller, with only about one main road, some of which is a dirt track.
we have already bought snorkels and seen loads of fish and corals in the clear water. tom and i may go for a scuba dive some time, but its quite expensive.
ive been enjoying reading 'the beach' which is a story set in Thailand especially these island, so that had been cool.
so yer been pretty busy, we are here for 5 days and the to ko pagnang a bigger island, and are going to the full moon party, which should be interesting.
hope your all doin good back in england (or else where in the world - nz, india, kenya etc), I heard its snowing in some parts!
3 days on the beach and in the warm sea was enough to get pretty sun burnt, especially our knees! the last few days have gone pretty much like this:
get up about 10, buy some cheap breky from the 7 eleven (cheap supermarket), lie on the Beach, go for a swim, lie on the beach, go for a swim, buy some lunch, lie on the beach etc.. buy some dinner .....
and also we did some jet biking, it was quite expensive for only 15 mins, but it was amazing, we went sooo fast!
we got up at 6 this morning!!!! to get our ferry to ko toa, we arrive at about 12. i like this island much better than ko samui, its much smaller, with only about one main road, some of which is a dirt track.
we have already bought snorkels and seen loads of fish and corals in the clear water. tom and i may go for a scuba dive some time, but its quite expensive.
ive been enjoying reading 'the beach' which is a story set in Thailand especially these island, so that had been cool.
so yer been pretty busy, we are here for 5 days and the to ko pagnang a bigger island, and are going to the full moon party, which should be interesting.
hope your all doin good back in england (or else where in the world - nz, india, kenya etc), I heard its snowing in some parts!
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