http://blogs.bootsnall.com/cybersusst Not safe for a woman? Psh... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:10:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since I've blogged last I've travelling a bit of Thailand, left my passport on a bus, finished my pottery course in Malaysia, spent 2 hours queuing up to get into Singapore, got sick in India and damn near starved to skinny-hood, given up, gone home, and then decided to give ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/cybersusst/well-that-was-quite-a-month.html Over the past few months I've been getting disapproving looks from people when I say I'm a backpacker, yet have never been to Bangkok. A few times people have even started stories only to trail off with "Oh, you've never been, I forgot..." Well, I'm finally in the club. I was ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/cybersusst/my-initiation-into-the-backpacking-underworld.html For 3 weeks* I was commuter in Kuala Lumpur. My daily routine involved skipping across 7 lanes of traffic, jumping on the monorail in time to catch the connecting train after which I would sprint to get the bus to my place of study. I have to wait for my ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/cybersusst/im-off-on-an-adventure.html I couldn't resist the pun in the title considering how many I have been hurled at me over the last few weeks! After leaving the paradise island of Tioman, I headed back to Kuala Lumpur and got settled into life in the Trekker Lodge again. When a girl moved ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/cybersusst/potting-around-kuala-lumpur.html It's really hard to take photos underwater, most of the ones I took came out blue and dull, as colour fades as you go deeper. Here are a few I think are ok. First a quick photo of the place I was staying. And of the people this craziness happened ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/cybersusst/photos-from-the-deep-blue.html After a few days of Pangkor Island I really wasn’t expecting much from Tioman. But Pulau Tioman, on the other side of Malaysia, was a world apart from that other place. I only went there to kill a few days while waiting for my flight to India (for which I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/cybersusst/in-search-of-white-sand.html So I made it safely to Malysia! Was a little worried when I read about Asia’s budget airlines and lots of people who knew things about airplanes said people generally shouldn’t get in them. But ask any budget traveller if safety or money is more important and the majority will ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/cybersusst/roaming-malaysia.html Laptop hasn't been working for the last two weeks. It came back to life so I will get up to date soon.... After bidding farewell to South America I flew to Australia to see what was happening down under. When I first landed I stayed with my friend Sue. Her buddies ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/cybersusst/everybody-needs-good-neighbours.html Photos on this entry don't seem to be coming up. I'll fix them when I get a moment... After 262 days, 12 flights, 15 nights spent on buses, 11 countries, and 1 baptism it was finally time to say goodbye to South America. Jenny and I saw a mini tornado ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/cybersusst/adios-south-america.html Long story, but it was a long day. Most days I have on the road are fun. I get up, figure out where I am and what time it is, and then it’s 12 hours of thinking of things to do, places to see and finding food to eat. Us travellers ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/cybersusst/some-days-arent-so-great-on-the-road.html