Wow, I just realised that I haven’t been posting anything for quite a while. But that’s the thing with travelling as I already said – most of the time you’re moving faster than you realise and time just flies by.
So last time I had just said goodbye to beloved India (country number 1 in those 7 days) which hasn’t been that easy. Especially when you end up in Singapore (country number 2). Don’t get me wrong…Singapore’s not that bad (not very interesting either though) but I was a bit overwhelmed finding myself in a huge city that’s cleaner and more modern than all the places I had seen since October and above all the most artificial I have ever seen in my life. It seems like there’s a rule, law or ban on everything. You can’t even buy chewing gum in the whole state! (They must have a flourishing black market for that – who can live a lifetime without chewing gum?)
In the afternoon of day 2 I had found a little hideaway – a beautiful park in the middle of the city full of my favourite plant, the Frangipani tree. But after spending about 36 hours walking around town feeling like Alice in Wonderland I was glad to move on even though I didn’t even really have the time to take a rest.
At night I met the one and only (almost) Dr. Gregor Buczak at the airport and we were starting our mission to get to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia (country number 3) by midnight. It was New Year’s Eve and we had planned to see the fireworks from the rooftop bar of the hostel that we had booked. But of course nothing worked out as we had planned it and so we spent the turn of the year in a taxi jamming to old skool rap songs with our driver, sipping the vodka that Gregor had brought in wise foresight. The party continued on the roof top of our hostel where (this is to Tom and Gerda) I met good old Chris again. He says hi to you guys.
Well….this is where I stopped writing about a week ago…meanwhile I’m in Laos, and I’ll try to give you a briefsummary of the last weeks.
After KL Greg and I went to Thailand for a couple of days (country number 4 in just a week time) just to relax. First we chilled at a wonderful resort with the right amount of OMMMMM on Koh Lanta, then hopped to Koh Phi Phi for a short partying and climbing trip. 2 days later I dragged my aching body on a plane back to KL, left the Doctor in Thailand and met up with Mr. Craig T-Bone Maxwell Mace from New Zealand who will be travelling with us from now on.
After two days in KL we headed back to Thailand and found the Doctor on a beautiful small island (Koh Mak) at a place called Sunset Resort and I swear I have never been to a place as relaxed, chilled and beautiful as that. I should really upload some pictures soon because it’s hard to describe that place with words. So I’ll just leave it for now and provide you with some visual stimulation soon.
From Koh Mak we made our way back to Bangkok to catch the bus to the north the same day, crossed to border to Laos, took another Tuk Tuk and here we are…Vientiane, the capital of Laos. It’s too early to say something about Laos but our plans are just awesome. The next two weeks will be full of extraordinary culinary experiences in Luang Prabang, some tubing in Vang Vieng (you’ll find out what that is soon), a kayaking trip starting in Pakse and a few relaxed days at our destination called Four thousand Islands before we head to Cambodia.
Hope I’ll find a computer on the way to share some pictures with you and let you know what we are up to.
Until then…cheeeerio!
Nini
