Monday, 15 March 2010

What to do...

I don't know if I can resist..


















































Sunday, 25 October 2009

Langkawi - Malaysia















We arrived in Malaysia on Friday the 23rd of October. We went to Langkawi which is a big island between Thailand and Malaysia. We got a room 5m from the beach and we were so tired of traveling so we jumped straight into the sea! The water was not even close to being refreshing, it must have been over 32*C, so so so HOT! We watched the sunset on the beach and realized that this was a place for relaxing.. We've had a couple of really lazy days, which we needed after crazy Phi Phi.. Went running on the beach in the morning and ran past a massive stingray which looked more like an alien. It was so big both me and Ingrid had to lift it up together to get a better look at both sides of this weird looking creature:) It was kind of pink underneath and brown with mad eyes on the other side. We actually got a fright when we saw it's eyes.. Felt really sorry for him/her/it you name it..

We've met a swedish boy called Peter, and we went missioning into the Malaysian jungle with him today. Went hiking, saw some waterfalls, got savaged by a lot of mad and blood thirsty leeches! While we were in the jungle the rain started pouring down, but we carried on and those crazy creatures obviously woke up and started throwing themselves at us!! I had at least 12 of them trying to penetrate my skin but I'm so quick to remove them so they never got a chanse, haha.. The only ones they got to was Ingrid and Peter, and THEY went crazy, screaming and waking up every other jungle animals and insects. I saw a couple of at least 2m long iguanas, massive ones.. Started thinking of those meateating ones at Galapagos Islands.. Aaaaah..! And YES I saw a loooong, thin, ugly snake which gave me goosebumps as well..
We've made friends with a baby monkey, well it likes me more than I like him so we've had a couple of good laughs.. You will see it in the pictures:)

Anyways.. Ingrid, Marthe and Peter are leaving for Panang (another Malaysian island) tomorrow without me.. I'm going back to Koh Tao to see Toby, Calum and John.. Will hopefully do some diving , maybe a nightdive even..;) Excited!
And the adventure carries on and on..

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Phi Phi Island - Thailand












Amazing, crazy, party- place!
Marthe and Ingrid left Koh Tao 3 days before me, they went to Railay Beach and did rockclimbing and other cool things.
We all met up at Phi Phi and it was time for new adventures! We have spent a lot of time on the beach with Miranda from Holland, two german guys, Phil and Mo and Kealy and Mel. This place is all about beaches, parties and dancing! So that's what we've done to be honest, haha..
We went diving one day and we were lucky enough to see two Leopard sharks and turtles! So so cool.. We've seen Maya beach (where the movie "The Beach" was filmed..) I must say I prefer the beach in the movie.. Our instructor brought his camera under water so we've got some really cool pics from the dives!!
We don't know how long we're gonna stay here, but we have to be in Singapore on the 1st of Nov, because we are flying to Australia! The time is running too quickly, I need more time...

Sunday, 18 October 2009

Koh Tao - Thailand

























We left Cambodia after seing amazing temples and experiencing a flooded Siem Reap. We got on the plane and went straight to Bangkok, then Koh Samui. When we arrived at Samui we found out that we just missed the boat to Tao, AND that the full moon party had been the night before! Pretty ridiculous to be honest.. So we stayed one night at Buddah Beach and left with a boat to Koh Tao. Marthe was going to do her Open Water Diver License and Ingrid and I was going to relax on the beach for a couple of days.. Well, what happened was that I also decided to do the course so we started the course the night we arrived. After 4 days we were certified and had some amazing moments under water! I am not scared of fish anymore!!! Too stoked about that! After finishing the course we decided to do the Advanced Adventurer so that we could dive down to 30 m. We had the scariest night dive, swimming around with tourches and we saw glowing algues!! AMAZING!
We met a lot of cool and interesting people, and had so much fun! I will never forget the adventures of Koh Tao and the under water world!!

Monday, 5 October 2009

Siem Reap, Cambodia






We left Vietnam early in the morning on Friday the 2nd of October. We jumped on the bus at 07.30 and arrived in a flooded Siem Reap at 20.00. I slept most of the trip, I was exhausted and the bus always makes me feel like sleeping.. Our backpacks were soaking wet from the floods we had been driving through, so we swore a couple of times before we jumped into a tuk-tuk. Rocked up at a nice hotel in town and started planning our stay in Cambodia..
We spent the whole of Saturday watching temples and taking millions of photoes. We got up at 04.00 on Sunday morning to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat, pretty amazing I must say!
We went out to a floating village by boat and tried to do as much as possible for three days in Siem Reap. We went out with a cambodian friend last night, he showed us how cambodians party! It was very interesting.. Haha!
We woke up this morning and booked tickets to Koh Samui, Thailand. So we're here now, enjoying it!!!
One thing is for sure, I'm going back to Vietnam and Cambodia!!!

Ho Chi Minh City/ Saigon






We woke up on Wednesday morning the 30th of September. I was on my way downstairs to the hotel reception when I saw that the whole first floor was flooded with brown water.. I freaked out for a moment before I helped the staff to move the computers upstairs. We were supposed to leave for the airport that day.. We called the embassy in Hanoi and asked them what to do. We didn't have any information or access to any media except our cellphones.. Anyway, the hotel refused to give us our passports before we had paid our bills, fair enough.. But the ATM's had been out of order for 3 days.. In the end we had to give our creditcards to some australians and they went to Danang (another town) in a taxi and drew money for us all.. Pretty ridiculous indeed! So we missed our flight at 12.00. Anyway, we were evacuated by boat from the stairs inside the hotel and taken to a place where the roads were dry. We caught a taxi to the airport and jumped on the first plane to Ho Chi Minh City.. When we arrived in Saigon, we had no idea of where to go.. We were thinking of going to Malaysia, Thailand or basically anywhere.. We really wanted to go to Cambodia so we decided to stay one night in Saigon. We found a hostel in the backpacker part of town, met some crazy english guys and danced all nigth long.. We ended up spending to days in Ho Chi Minh before we left for Cambodia on the 2nd of October. What a crazy mission!