Cameron Highlands

Cameron Highlands was a small town hidden amoungst mountains and tea-plantations. We went on an afternoon tour visiting what it is most well known for - the tea plantations plus a rose garden, a butterfly garden, a chinese temple and a strawberry farm. We stayed in a really cozy hostel that was only 3 pounds each a night.

On the first day we were strolling round town and suddenly we were both desperate for the toilet; the nearest place was a massage parlour that looked quite nice on the side of the road. We would have felt rude just going in and using their toilets so we thought we would treat ourselves to a massage aswell. After using their (dirty!) toilets, I got a foot massage and Ollie a back massage. I was downstairs whilst Ollie went upstairs behind a curtain and all I hear was the occasional 'ouch' and slapping noises. Meanwhile I was having the most painful foot massage I have ever experienced; it pretty much just involved him bending his finger and digging it in to my foot as hard as possible. I have no idea if they are actually supposed to hurt, but I kept saying 'ouch' and he just kept giving me a reassuring nod. 15 minutes later Ollie came down the stairs looking quite disheveled, informing me he had also just had an extremely painful massage. I still had 15 minutes left so Ollie just sat there holding my hand, whilst I lay there wincing and trying my hardest to relax.

Next time I think we will just hold on...

KL - Day 2

After the KL tower we went to the Bukit Nanas Forest reserve right next to the tower and I managed scrap monkey poo all along this railing with my hand. After that palarva we didnt even see any monkeys but it was quite fun to walk around a forest in the middle of a city.

KL Day 1

Finally met up with Ollie, and we stayed our first night in the Radius International Hotel - this was the view from our window; was so lovely to see him and we spent the rest of the night drinking, listening to music and having a good ol catch up. (Josie you will be pleased to hear I am getting in to Bob Dylan in a big way at the moment)

I saw these two guys chilling by the fountain so joined them by giving my feet a well-deserved cool down.





We wandered up to central market where I finally gave in to having my feet eaten alive by a load of fish. When I asked the lady if my feet would be smooth afterwards; she looked at me as if i had just asked if the world was round and said 'of course!... this is a spa!'. It was incredibly ticklish and I couldnt help but let out a few/many inappropriate squeals.

Stick one of these on the wall and it will bring you good-luck!


We visited a chinese temple - I love them. They are filled with burning incense and bright colours - very relaxing places to be.


My first day in KL was spent wandering round Chinatown, The Central Market, Merdeka Square, and Little India with Claire, we managed to fit quite a lot in! The above dish cost me under a pound from a little market resturant in Chinatown and was incredible.

'Proper temples' and a spot of shopping.

The next day I got a taxi to Wat Po/the sleeping buddha (where we were originallly supposed to go before the tuktuk scam!). It was absolutely huge - I had no idea - and definately worth the visit. I also went to the grand palace to see the emerald buddha; I dont think this is so much worth a visit - it cost me 350baht and is just a little green buddha in a temple.

It was then time to catch my flight to KL so made my way to the airport!

A quick little moan: the public transport and traffic in Bangkok is awful; I also miss english breakfasts and cafes.

On monday Zanne and I went to a massive shopping Plaza 'MBK' as it was pouring down with rain. It was a wierd combination of house-of-frazer-esq products mixed with stuff you could find on any street market - including fake tiffany bracklets, gucci bags etc. I got an early night that night and Zanne flew out to Hanoi.

Chatuchak.. Soi Cowboy...

Rosanne and I decided it would be a good day to see some temples so got a boat up Chao Phraya River. Unfortunetly we fell for a tuk-tuk scam that said it would take us round all the temples for 10baht each.... when actually it just used us to get petrol tokens. We still saw some nice temples though - just not the main ones, and in the end it drove off without us anyway so we saw them all for free! I then went up to Chatauchak market (biggest market in asia!) where I bought a few dresses and tops for about 3quid each! They were also selling dogs/rabbits... even squirrels! Zann was still quite jet-lagged and had been to Chatuchak the day before so headed back to the hostel for a kip.

That night we went out with two lovely boys - Glynn and Leon to Soi Cowboy - aparently a slightly more upmarket red-light district with less lady-boys. After waiting for a lesbian show that ever happened we headed to a bar in Nasa and drank till it closed.

When I say ping you say pong.

I'm now blogging from Malaysia - but before I tell you about KL I will update you on what happened back in Bangkok!

After a hectic tuktuk ride, I arrived at 'Soi 1 Guesthouse' in Sukumvit - a completely different area to the Khosan Road. I met a lovely girl here - Rosanne, and after a delicious thai meal (more prawns, more rice, more crab meat..) we made are way to the infamous pat pong for a ping pong show. I certainly got more than I bargained for when I got a ping-pong 'ponged' at my leg by one of the thai girls... after cigarettes were smoked, balloons were popped and trumpets were blown we decided to make our way to another bar. Here we got chatted up by a ladyboy (a very convincing lady, but after she made us feel her stubble I soon changed my mind!) she also showed us what a great job the surgeons had done... an image that will unfortunately stay with me for the rest of my life. After a few more drinks we ended up at 'Bossys' and danced the night away with two thai girls!