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The end of book one

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Just as Michael Corleone  in the Godfather part 1, as Mad Max at the end of Mad Max 1, as Axel Foley in Beverly Hill’s Cop 1, as Luke Skywalker at the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, as Danny Ocean at the end of Ocean’s Eleven, and most likened to us, as Troy Bolton from High School Musical 1, we are, just as all of these long living and most important fictional characters did, leaving S.E. Asia and going to Australia as of 20:15 today.

I was going to write a proper entry about us leaving, but everything came out sounding over sentimental and cheesy, I feel that by comparing myself to things that don’t exist you, the dear reader, can impose your own image of our departure firmly in your mind. Hum the music from The Hulk T.V. series as you do, the sad sounding classical piece where Dr. Banner walks away from the camera, turning back every now and then to wave goodbye. Goodbye Asia, Goodbye!

Koh Phi Phi- Paradise, if you know where to look

Monday, October 6th, 2008

So our change of plans lead us to Koh Phi Phi and my first impressions were… not great. It’s a bit like falaraki in the center of the village. ‘Geezers’ in England shirts drinking cheap buckets with girls dolled up to the nines dancing around handbags. Lauren was shocked at how much it had changed from the quaint, picturesque island she had know in 2006, a few months post tsunami.

After 2 nights of staying in the godawful R.S. guesthouse in the center viliage, we have moved out a little bit. Gone are the lager louts, the thumping basslines, the aggro, instead there is blissful calm and smiling locals.

Phi phi is only little though, so it takes us all of 10 minutes to walk into the town where the bars are, but we are far enough away that we get a choice.

Anyway.

Today we rented a kyak from the beach and made our way off of the mainland around the coast of the island to a little place called ‘monkey island,’ it was all kinds of awesome. By chance we timed it just right that a boatload of 30 or so people were leaving just as we were arriving and so for our entire stay on the little cove there was only 5 or so other couples populating the tiny beach. On the island itself monkeys are abound. You can hold out bananas for them to feed from you hand and another tourist brought with him some monkey nuts and this went down very well indeed with the simian population. It really was a relaxing and cool way to get close to the cute little furry animals.

That’s all for now, with internet being 4 times the price as in Bangkok I don’t wanna run up a bill higher than our accommodation.

Koh Phi Phi

Saturday, October 4th, 2008
After an easy enough 15 hours or so on busses and boats, we've made it to the mecca of the Andaman coast, Koh Phi Phi. First impressions is that it isn't a bazillion worlds away from Koh Tao, similar sorts ... [Continue reading this entry]

Bangkok, hangovers and changes of plan

Friday, October 3rd, 2008
So back in ole' Bangkok once more with the exception that in it's utilisation as a transport hub for us has failed itself this time. It seems that we cannot get to the Perinthian Islands without a ludicrous amount of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Very few pics of Nam and Bodia

Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Sadly, getting anything resembling decent internet speeds in Cambodia is a bit like (insert funny impossibility of your liking here) as a result, the pics are few and aren't our favourite, just the ones that happened to be first on ... [Continue reading this entry]

Must be pre-flight jitters

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Last night, Lauren and I were talking about the food we miss from home. We were watching the Sopranaos too, which didn't help (have you ever noticed how many scenes in that show has food in it?!) The subject eventually ... [Continue reading this entry]

Loosing Gracefully

Friday, August 22nd, 2008
I am going to put all of my faith in you folk back home. I genuinely hope, with all my heart, that someone other than Lauren and I watched the 64kg Olympic boxing match between the Dominican Republic and France. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Pictures from the end of Koh Tao/ Full Moon Party

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
bbbbb.jpgaaaaa.jpgccccc.jpg  These are from August's Full Moon Party on Koh Pagnan.

Koh Tao: Recommendations

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
First of all, assuming you are not on a honeymoon or anything, try and stay on Sairee. It is the epicentre of many things to do. The first thing you should get yourself involved with is a bar called Vibe ... [Continue reading this entry]

Invading Teeny Boppers

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Kicking about Sairee Beach on Koh Tao waiting for our taxi to be take us to the harbour. As happened last month, and I get the strong impression occurs at the same time through all of the summer months, the ... [Continue reading this entry]