Staying at Ethawan Guest House from a great recommendation.
$5 room which includes breakfast! ....and with the food at the right prices in Kuta, it is pretty affordable.
This town really reminds me of San Diego. Beaches packed with surfers.
Other than the beach, we have nothing to do ... This place is filled with tiny stalls selling imitation D&G, Coach, Chanel, Prada, Jimmy Choo, ETC wallets and purses. Of course since this is a surf place there are actual full sized stores with imitation billabong, roxy, volcom, quiksilver, and hurley clothes and so much more. They pull it off pretty well and I think everyone believes they are real.
The beach is nice, It kind of reminds me of Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro but the sand is finer and the water is cool and refreshing.
Looking forward to moving on up or down the coast. Then we fly out of Jakarta in 18 days.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Ok KL
No one let us get away with saying "Kuala Lumpur"
constantly corrected and taught they call the city "K.L."
We arrived at 5am by an overnight bus and I was sooo tired.
After 8 months of taking day and over night buses we now know what seats are ideal and less desirable. In this case we got the last 2 tickets from Kuala Besut (Perhentian Island dock town) to Kuala Lumpur and had NO CHOICE! We got the last seats on the bus and the seats did not recline! We didn't get sleep and took a taxi to Chinatown. After circling the town and ending up exactly where the taxi driver dropped us off we found the guest house that was recommended to us.
We walked all over town looking for it and it ended up being right where we were dropped off. so sad. Even more sad, it was full and the only room available when the guests checked out was too expensive. Next hotel: booked. Next hotel: Monkey Inn, available and the tiniest room I have ever seen. Almost no room for our backpacks and we are paying 55 ringgit. divide by 3.1 and you have the U.s. dollar value.
We napped and MISSED the free breakfast. Gotta choose sleep over food sometimes.
constantly corrected and taught they call the city "K.L."
We arrived at 5am by an overnight bus and I was sooo tired.
After 8 months of taking day and over night buses we now know what seats are ideal and less desirable. In this case we got the last 2 tickets from Kuala Besut (Perhentian Island dock town) to Kuala Lumpur and had NO CHOICE! We got the last seats on the bus and the seats did not recline! We didn't get sleep and took a taxi to Chinatown. After circling the town and ending up exactly where the taxi driver dropped us off we found the guest house that was recommended to us.
We walked all over town looking for it and it ended up being right where we were dropped off. so sad. Even more sad, it was full and the only room available when the guests checked out was too expensive. Next hotel: booked. Next hotel: Monkey Inn, available and the tiniest room I have ever seen. Almost no room for our backpacks and we are paying 55 ringgit. divide by 3.1 and you have the U.s. dollar value.
We napped and MISSED the free breakfast. Gotta choose sleep over food sometimes.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Georgetown and FORT Corn Wallace
What a crazy town, this George town.
I am loving the Chinese Dim Sum for Breakfast and Indian stand with tasty samosas for lunch.
Remembering how great the Indian Iced Tea is. I have never in my life eaten this much Indian food. Thank you South East Asia. Never too spicy, constantly delicious.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Heading to MALAYSIA!!
So so so so sad to leave the Thai Islands, but I am excited to explore a new COUNTRY!
Hopefully everything works out.
We are in Trang in Thailand and take a minibus to Pulau Penang, Malaysia. We will head to a recommended spot ... The Perhentian Islands! Sounds amazing. Only JUST heard of it and we heard great stories about how beautiful the Islands are.
Oh my lanta, I enjoyed Ko Lanta!
motorbiked around another island. We loved it.
Only here two nights, but it had quite a few things to see with a motorbike.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Issues/Protests in Bangkok and Thailand in general
Some of these incidents occurred at or near areas frequented by U.S. citizens. These incidents appear to be motivated by domestic politics and do not appear to be acts of international terrorism. Travel to Thailand remains generally safe. However, the possibility of more such attacks cannot be ruled out. U.S. citizens are reminded to exercise caution and vigilance at all times.
We are definitely safe on Phi Phi Islands but we are still considering moving quicker to Malaysia (which is our next destination).
Just as a heads up to anyone who is concerned, we have registered on the state website.
this keeps the U.S. government informed as to where we are generally in our travels and will send us email alerts if anything is happening in the city or country we are in at the time.
Phi Phi and a man Sea. (Andaman Sea)
We have arrived !!! the Phi Phi Islands. Currently at Phi Phi Don.
Got here, no reservations. BUT, it's not high season. thankfully. There was an actual chart listing all the guesthouses (or as many as would fit) and their going rates for 1 bed, 2 beds, dorm, fan a/c. ETC. A friendly lady (looking for commission) approached us to help us book something. We came across the name of a place that we heard from a tour agent, who of course wanted us to book the room a day in advance for much more money. We checked the charts and decided to book a night at "Up Hill Cottage." Literally, on the hill a little further away from the beach. STILL, only 10 minutes walk. This place was only 600BAHT (20 USD$). I will use the term "only" because comparatively speaking, this is a steal. The other rooms are 1000 baht to 30,000 baht. (up to $1,000 a night).
As our Lonely Planet guide puts it. It is seriously an insane deal for as heavenly as the beaches are here. The blue green sea, the soft golden sand and the numerous bays that line up one after another to surprise you with yet another peaceful place to soak the sun. Lobster style.
We immediately went to Loh Da Lum Bay the other side of the pier. The water felt like warm sweat and was hardly refreshing nor escape from the heat. Swimming out further I was able to sit on a coal rock and watch large black fish and schools of tiny silver fish swim along. This was what I wanted.
After, 7 applications of sunblock, 4 intervals of reading and sweating so profusely I needed to swim, we left. We walked to the other end of the beach and out for lunch.
The cheapest restaurant we were able to find had a special for Pad Thai Chicken 60baht (less than $2 dollars). Had a lemon shake which was a lemon iceeee drink and very refreshing and tasty!
We went up to the viewpoint for the sunset. The first viewpoint out of three had before and after pictures of the Tsunami that hit December 26, 2004.
http://www.theage.com.au/ftimages/2004/12/29/1103996584693.html
From the 3rd viewpoint up steep steep steps ...The sunset was another winner.
Enjoying our porch in the evening we see lightning in the distance and a sudden storm takes over. It rained for 10 minutes fairly relentlessly hard, then calmed a bit.
Successful day 1 on Phi Phi Island.
Got here, no reservations. BUT, it's not high season. thankfully. There was an actual chart listing all the guesthouses (or as many as would fit) and their going rates for 1 bed, 2 beds, dorm, fan a/c. ETC. A friendly lady (looking for commission) approached us to help us book something. We came across the name of a place that we heard from a tour agent, who of course wanted us to book the room a day in advance for much more money. We checked the charts and decided to book a night at "Up Hill Cottage." Literally, on the hill a little further away from the beach. STILL, only 10 minutes walk. This place was only 600BAHT (20 USD$). I will use the term "only" because comparatively speaking, this is a steal. The other rooms are 1000 baht to 30,000 baht. (up to $1,000 a night).
As our Lonely Planet guide puts it. It is seriously an insane deal for as heavenly as the beaches are here. The blue green sea, the soft golden sand and the numerous bays that line up one after another to surprise you with yet another peaceful place to soak the sun. Lobster style.
We immediately went to Loh Da Lum Bay the other side of the pier. The water felt like warm sweat and was hardly refreshing nor escape from the heat. Swimming out further I was able to sit on a coal rock and watch large black fish and schools of tiny silver fish swim along. This was what I wanted.
After, 7 applications of sunblock, 4 intervals of reading and sweating so profusely I needed to swim, we left. We walked to the other end of the beach and out for lunch.
The cheapest restaurant we were able to find had a special for Pad Thai Chicken 60baht (less than $2 dollars). Had a lemon shake which was a lemon iceeee drink and very refreshing and tasty!
We went up to the viewpoint for the sunset. The first viewpoint out of three had before and after pictures of the Tsunami that hit December 26, 2004.
http://www.theage.com.au/ftimages/2004/12/29/1103996584693.html
From the 3rd viewpoint up steep steep steps ...The sunset was another winner.
Enjoying our porch in the evening we see lightning in the distance and a sudden storm takes over. It rained for 10 minutes fairly relentlessly hard, then calmed a bit.
Successful day 1 on Phi Phi Island.
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