Got tired of the beach so headed inland for a bit of mountain water sports i.e. more white water rafting. This river was a bit different to Thailand, since it included a 4m drop down the face of a dam, all survived without casualties. Got some photos, plus a short video of the dam drop with the waterproof camera, but Bali has such a slow net connection there is no hope of getting them online for a while. Hopefully I will have more luck when I get to Australia.
Kitesurfing has been slightly defeated by a lack of wind and low tides, so still have not successfully got on the board yet.
Saturday 28 July 2007
Monday 23 July 2007
Sinapore and Bali
Caught the train from KL to Singapore last thursday, six hours, but only £10, and that was for first class. Since Chrissy & Mark had invited me for dinner that night, it meant catching the early train, so no lie in that day.
Singapore was slightly cooler than KL, but just as rainy, but I managed to dodge most of the showers so didn't get too wet.
For those of you reading this who are not of Gosport descent, Chrissy is a family friend who has moved out to singapore with her husband Mark, and son Freddy.
Spent Friday and Saturday exploring Singapore, meeting up with Chrissy & Mark for lunch on Saturday, before flying out to Bali on Saturday evening, arriving here just after midnight. As expected there is a kitesurfing school right by the hotel, but Sunday they were having a big competition, so no lessons, so I spent the time taking photos and reading the Deathly Hallows (no I'm not going to give away the ending).
Today was the start of the Kitesurfing lesson, more body dragging before attempting to get up on the board, so far fairly unsuccessfully. An american called Eric is at about the same level as me, so at least I wasn't alone in my failure. Decided to spend the afternoon showing Eric how to sail, so took out a Hobie, which would have gone better had the rudders staid down. And so far it hasn't rained in Bali (touch wood) which makes a nice change.
Singapore was slightly cooler than KL, but just as rainy, but I managed to dodge most of the showers so didn't get too wet.
For those of you reading this who are not of Gosport descent, Chrissy is a family friend who has moved out to singapore with her husband Mark, and son Freddy.
Spent Friday and Saturday exploring Singapore, meeting up with Chrissy & Mark for lunch on Saturday, before flying out to Bali on Saturday evening, arriving here just after midnight. As expected there is a kitesurfing school right by the hotel, but Sunday they were having a big competition, so no lessons, so I spent the time taking photos and reading the Deathly Hallows (no I'm not going to give away the ending).
Today was the start of the Kitesurfing lesson, more body dragging before attempting to get up on the board, so far fairly unsuccessfully. An american called Eric is at about the same level as me, so at least I wasn't alone in my failure. Decided to spend the afternoon showing Eric how to sail, so took out a Hobie, which would have gone better had the rudders staid down. And so far it hasn't rained in Bali (touch wood) which makes a nice change.
Tuesday 17 July 2007
Kuala Lumpur
Another day, another capital city. The journey from the Cameroon highlands didn't get off to the best of starts when I got to the bus station, only to be told that the original bus was kaput due to faulty brakes, and I had to wait for another bus. It then proceeded to pour down for the rest of the journey, including when I had to get off the bus in KL, and then the Taxi driver had trouble finding the hotel.
its rained just about every day since I got here, but today I managed to arrange it so that I was indoors (actually on the twin tower skybridge as seen above) when it rained, so I'm feeling dry for once.
Done the usual city stuff over the last 2 days, including a nice free water laser show tonight, I attempted to take some pictures, but was slightly hampered by the lack of a tripod, so tomorrow I will probably go off and see some nearby caves.
Saturday 14 July 2007
Cameron Highlands
Decided to take a side trip between Penang and KL and head up into the welcome cool of the Cameron Highlands. Met three other travelers on the Minibus up here, and managed to find a reasonable & cheap guest house despite it being a weekend and the Malaysian school holidays.
Got to go now - a choclate cake is calling - I'll update later
Later update - apologies for the delay, the cake hasn't taken me that long to eat.
As you may have seen the I did a little tour, starting with a trip up to the misty peaks & damp mossy forest, then taking in a tea plantation and factory, a butterfly farm and a jungle waterfall, complete with native guide (he dresses up like that for the tourists) and blowpipe. managed to team up with a dutch guy for most of the time so had someone to talk to over meals.
Got to go now - a choclate cake is calling - I'll update later
Later update - apologies for the delay, the cake hasn't taken me that long to eat.
As you may have seen the I did a little tour, starting with a trip up to the misty peaks & damp mossy forest, then taking in a tea plantation and factory, a butterfly farm and a jungle waterfall, complete with native guide (he dresses up like that for the tourists) and blowpipe. managed to team up with a dutch guy for most of the time so had someone to talk to over meals.
Thursday 12 July 2007
Penang
Another day, another island paradise, its a tough life being a footloose traveller. :)
Decided to get some cool air and take the Penang Tram up to the top of the island, but the tram broke down about a quarter of the way up, leading to a slightly precarious walk back down alongside the track - I suppose it could have been worse, we could have been at the top with no way down.
Off to the Cameron Highlands tomorrow, a 3 1/2 hour van journey away. Strangely it costs the same to get from my hotel to Georgetown, the main town on the island, as from Georgetown to the highlands, go figure.
PS Laptop semi repaired - one of the memory banks was faulty, and had to be removed. I will have to wait till I get to Singapore before I can replace it tough
Saturday 7 July 2007
Sun, sand and kitesurfing
Yes I am still alive, unfortunatly my Mac isn't looking so well, so I havent been able to get on the net for a while, and there won't be any pictures either till its sorted out. No apple service dealer on this island either:( so it will have to wait till I get to Penang.
Still I've been stuck on a tropical island, so even with no net access, I've still been busy, mainly in learning to kitesurf, which has mainly be hampered b the fact that the wind has been fairly light, untill I give up and go and do something else, which is enevitably just before the wind picks up, so I still haven't got up on the board - still only 2 more beach resorts to go till I hit Aus, so there is still a chance.
Still I've been stuck on a tropical island, so even with no net access, I've still been busy, mainly in learning to kitesurf, which has mainly be hampered b the fact that the wind has been fairly light, untill I give up and go and do something else, which is enevitably just before the wind picks up, so I still haven't got up on the board - still only 2 more beach resorts to go till I hit Aus, so there is still a chance.
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