hi all- hope things are ok. Jackie, can you email me, i dont have your email address, then i can send you some pics via email.
diana, si wonders who is your player of the season, si reckons his is nicky forster. Tell matt cheers for the texts re scores, i dont have enough credit to reply to him.
sophie XXX
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Perth, Western Australia!!
We arrived in Perth yesterday!! Had a great day and night in Kuala Lumpar, went up the twin towers viewing bridge, very high!! Great view of the city. Then got the bus to Singapore, had 3 nights there, was really good, full of shopping malls in the centre, Orchid road. We stayed in the 'Red Light District' Geylang- interesting!! Were proper tourists and did the 'city sightseeing bus' but it was great, best way to see the city as it was even more humid in Singapore. Went over to sentosa island and saw a really lovely evening light show there.
Staying in a nice hostel in 'cotteslow'- a beach town in Perth, BEAUTIFUL beaches, sea really rough though, lots of surfers here. Will prob move to a hostel nearer Perth centre in a day or so as its quite a long bus ride in. things not cheap here, dollar is pretty much double the pound, and Perth seems to be pretty pricey. Si likes tooheys beer and plenty of wine here for me in OZ!!!
Just off to explore Perth now, as not really seen much yet.
soonies...!
Staying in a nice hostel in 'cotteslow'- a beach town in Perth, BEAUTIFUL beaches, sea really rough though, lots of surfers here. Will prob move to a hostel nearer Perth centre in a day or so as its quite a long bus ride in. things not cheap here, dollar is pretty much double the pound, and Perth seems to be pretty pricey. Si likes tooheys beer and plenty of wine here for me in OZ!!!
Just off to explore Perth now, as not really seen much yet.
soonies...!
Friday, 25 April 2008
Malaysia - Penang!
Hello again!
Getting from Thailand over the border was quite an event. Our train was at 00-45 but didn't arrive till 06-30!! No explanation why till we got on the train and one of the other passengers said there had been a breakdown. It broke down again as we got out of Thailand and as a result we had to get a coach from there to Butterworth, Malaysia.
Anyway got the ferry to Penang ok and found a cheap but comfy hostel. Friendly people here.
Seen the main sights here Georgetown, The peak looking over the island. All very nice.
We leave tonight after two days here. We get the overnight coach down to Kuala Lumpar where we will update you again.
S & S :)
Getting from Thailand over the border was quite an event. Our train was at 00-45 but didn't arrive till 06-30!! No explanation why till we got on the train and one of the other passengers said there had been a breakdown. It broke down again as we got out of Thailand and as a result we had to get a coach from there to Butterworth, Malaysia.
Anyway got the ferry to Penang ok and found a cheap but comfy hostel. Friendly people here.
Seen the main sights here Georgetown, The peak looking over the island. All very nice.
We leave tonight after two days here. We get the overnight coach down to Kuala Lumpar where we will update you again.
S & S :)
Monday, 14 April 2008
Koh Phangan!!!
Hi all! we have been in koh phangan now for two days, got a bungalow on the beach again.Not quite as nice as silver beach but still very beautiful, just a little more basic. Its currently thai new year, which means there is 3 days of water throwing festivities!! crazy! we went for a walk into the town yesterday and got totally soaked, people chucked bukets full of water over us, rubbed powder in our faces and squirted us with super soaker pistols!! great way to cool down in the heat!! we have yet to venture out from the beach today but are bracing ourselves for another soaking when we do! great fun!
think we are going on a jungle trek tomorrow! that will be a shock to us a we've literally sat around on the beach for the last week! and are planning to head over to koh tao for a day or two,(the smallest of the 3 islands) and do some snorkelling there.Also going to try and go to an elephant enclosure, where you can ride the elephants, thats meant to be lovely.
we leave here on the 22nd and get an overnight train down to malaysia, where we have about a week, fly out of singapore to perth on the 30th.
Anyway, better go, our hammock on the beach, under the palms is calling us....!XX
think we are going on a jungle trek tomorrow! that will be a shock to us a we've literally sat around on the beach for the last week! and are planning to head over to koh tao for a day or two,(the smallest of the 3 islands) and do some snorkelling there.Also going to try and go to an elephant enclosure, where you can ride the elephants, thats meant to be lovely.
we leave here on the 22nd and get an overnight train down to malaysia, where we have about a week, fly out of singapore to perth on the 30th.
Anyway, better go, our hammock on the beach, under the palms is calling us....!XX
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
ko samui!!! thailand.
we are having a really lovely time in ko samui,its beautiful here, and so lovely to be right by the sea. its still boiling hot, but we have a lovely breeze from the sea. we've got a beach front bungalow, literally right on the beach, its great. the resort we are staying at has a lovely open air restaurant, where the thai food is delicious and cheap- not been doing much as its sooo hot, but its lovely being very lazy, sitting on the beach reading, having a swim in the clear blue water, a spot of lunch on the beach... (hope you are all jealous!) had an early morning swim this morning before it got too hot-lovely. we are not far from Lamai beach and town centre, although difficult to walk there, as there is only one main road, and no real pavement, so we are constantly dodging the traffic! we are here until satuday, then get the boat accross to ko pnang nan (dont think thats how its spelt) we've got a beach bungalow there for 10 nights. we are there for the full moon party so that should be fun. ko tao (the next neighbouring island) is meant to be great for snorkelling, so will head over there at some point too.
hope you are all ok!!!!X
hope you are all ok!!!!X
Thursday, 3 April 2008
bye bye bangkok!!!!!
last day in bangkok, we cant wait to reach the beaches and be by the sea!!! went out in khaosan road last night, si drank lots of cheap beer and i had some yummy cocktails!! great makets down there, and great stalls with amazing pad thai noodle dishes on, soph had to have seconds cos she liked it so much, oh well atleast its cheap!hope you all ok! X
bramble
just to say i am so sorry to hear about mary cooper, thats really sad, but i guess she had wanted to go really. bet everyone is really sad. send my love to everyone, especially marjorie. missing you all loads, hope everything else is ok. be in touch soon.love soph XXX
bangkok!!
Hi everybody, this is our second day in Thailand.
Too hot in Bangkok. 95 degrees plus humidity. It seems that most people locals included don't do much till the afternoon when it's slightly cooler. Noisy, messy and smelly here but very cheap. Lots of students drinking vodka and red bull out of buckets!
We are booked on an overnight bus tomorrow heading south to Koi Samui. Looking forward to that. We have a beach bungalow booked. There is a ten day national thai holiday starting friday so everything is booking up quick.
thai taxi drivers are freaks, we literally got dumped on the road side in the blazing heat yesterday, as the taxi friver decided he didnt know where he was going!!!! they dont like putting the meter on either, trying to rip off us english tourists!!
stayed first night in a really basic but cheap hostel khao san road (main road for all backpackers) next day we found a nice hotel, not far from there, still mega chep, but with proper air con, we needed it in the heat!!! flight from hong kong was fine, via singapore which was a bit annoying, but singapore airlines were great, lovely food and drinks onboard and the cabin crew are all dressed in beautiful oriental dresses.
enjoying the cheap thai food, will be in touch when we reach the islands if we can get acces to the internet. just heading out now to china town and khao san road for the evening. vodka red bull here we come!
be in touch soon, si and soph X
Too hot in Bangkok. 95 degrees plus humidity. It seems that most people locals included don't do much till the afternoon when it's slightly cooler. Noisy, messy and smelly here but very cheap. Lots of students drinking vodka and red bull out of buckets!
We are booked on an overnight bus tomorrow heading south to Koi Samui. Looking forward to that. We have a beach bungalow booked. There is a ten day national thai holiday starting friday so everything is booking up quick.
thai taxi drivers are freaks, we literally got dumped on the road side in the blazing heat yesterday, as the taxi friver decided he didnt know where he was going!!!! they dont like putting the meter on either, trying to rip off us english tourists!!
stayed first night in a really basic but cheap hostel khao san road (main road for all backpackers) next day we found a nice hotel, not far from there, still mega chep, but with proper air con, we needed it in the heat!!! flight from hong kong was fine, via singapore which was a bit annoying, but singapore airlines were great, lovely food and drinks onboard and the cabin crew are all dressed in beautiful oriental dresses.
enjoying the cheap thai food, will be in touch when we reach the islands if we can get acces to the internet. just heading out now to china town and khao san road for the evening. vodka red bull here we come!
be in touch soon, si and soph X
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