well,finally i've gotten round to sending you an update albeit brief haha i know,i always say that n it still ends up like a book even though i dont really tell you much hey!well i think i left you in my little house in chaloklum in which i lived with my two little dogs for two and a half months,doing yoga n all that jazz and i think i told you that two friends were flying out to meet ross and i from home for a couple of weeks yes?anyway,so they arrived in koh samui,greeted by ross and shown around the island and were fast introduced into the hustle and bustle of thai culture and landed with a bang in which they thoroughly enjoyed before heading over to koh pha ngan to meet yours truly!it was emotional for me to leave my house, my little dogs and mr ong and his wife of whom i'd grown very fond but finally i got off my arse and moved into had rin (party central) to await the new arrivals and also to finally stay with my little dog seamus whom i had grown very fond of some five years previous!he was only a baby then and stayed with me on the mountain for a few months so it was emotional to see him again!now,i have dogs wherever i go but he's my top boy n it was nice to spend some time with him again after all these years and clean him up a bit as he doesnt get to the sea due to other (big bullies ; )dogs territories etc i'll spare you the rest im sure you get the picture but i'll send a picture of the clumsy little lad anyway as finally ive found a computer that will let me upload photos so expect a few more!if i get up early enough to send some that is!anyway so my friends scott and chris made it over to koh pha ngan and we went about showing them the all of the most beautiful parts of the island that we could think of ie, thai culture,viewpoints,waterfalls,beaches,local delicacies(in all their many wonderful forms!hehe etc and after a couple of days in partyville we then headed back to the much more laid back chaloklum and had my old house back and used that as a base as its easy access to most of the island and with our own kitchen etc we could cook them up a few thai treats!infact our last night in the house the owner mr ong and his friend cooked for us thai style barbecued kingfish and numerous other thai delights and in turn we jammed with the guitars and sang for him as he loves a good get together over a whiskey or two and a great night was had by all!
you're gonna have to bear with me here as its 1am and my eyes are a little sketchy but if i don't write this now i never will!:> ) ok so after this,leaving chaloklum for a second time,we then all headed over to our favourite beach which you by now all know that is thong nai pan!ok the rest is a little hazy from here on in!after a reluctant fairwell to the lads (hey boys!! hope you're well!x) ross went with them to see them off in koh samui and i stayed in thong nai pan and at first did really well and got back on track with my yoga,running,swimming etc but theres only so long before temptation grabs a hold in this lovely but devilish little bay!when you stay in a house in a quiet little fishing village its one thing,but when you stay in a close nit set of bungalows in a friendly resort full of cool people and you all eat in the same restaurant and people are pulling every excuse in the book to get you out of your hammock to party its a totally different story believe me!so...therefore the rest is a little hazy and if it were not.... well.. it would probably be censored anyway!haha so maybe..just maybe...in the future sometime some of you may hear of a story or two to have you rolling about the floor but i must say theres just too many stories to tell and i know how much i rant n rave in my emails as it is so i'll spare you and leave you with the travel updates for now although i must say the past few weeks have been some of the luckiest,unluckiest,craziest,funniest and most bizarre of my life!
thailand.......try it......you might like it!!!!: )
well now it comes to leaving this place and although all of the above is a great thing,all great things come to an end and i'm looking forward to getting active again,being inspired by new places and cultures and opening a new chapter to this long running saga!so leaving my favourite bamboo bungalows was once again very sad...being treated like and living like family with the staff will be sorely missed...so too will my love for the entire country,culture and language but we must proceed and ive forgotten how much of an idiot i feel entering a new country and still trying to speak thai!haha oooops! i leave this time with much more of an understanding of the thai language and for that i'm happy although its difficult now as so many thais speak good english and its sometimes all too easy to speak back in english!im still practising my guitar and its coming along well,also now i've finally started to learn the harmonica and that too is coming along better than i'd expected so all in all with the yoga,guitar,harmonica,thai language,and many many other things the trip so far for me has been a productive one not to mention the endless amount of beautiful people i've been so lucky to have met over my time so far in asia!
so.... i now sit totally wired as it's now 1.35 am after god knows how long travelling as my brain is denying me access to compute the whole scenario so i've now decided to give up this mission save this boring dribble and try again in the morning!by then i can maybe make some sense!good night x
aaaaaaaaaand good morning!
well 12.15pm to precise,feeling a little better after a good sleep,some crazy dreams and a fresh oj im back on track although my eyes are opening slowly but surely!: ) well its a couple of days now since we left koh pha ngan absolutely smothered in thunderous black clouds (shame!; ) and headed off on yet another adventure to unchartered territory feeling full of mixed emotions!we head for the mainland to suratthani once more to await one of my favourite modes of transport, the sleeping train which i love and after the usual delays and a few hours playing yahtzee and a little bit of boredom lying on a dirty ol' train station platform (i wouldn't have it any other way!) we finally boarded the train and trying not to wake the already sleeping passengers found our bunks and got our heads down for the night!
next stop malaysia!the train stopped at a boarder crossing somewhere just into malaysia and that all went pretty smoothly and back on the train we hopped and onto a place called butterworth where then we had to disembark and fend for ourselves and figure the rest of the route and after a little snooze just before we stopped (not a good idea!)i then woke up,had to carry all my endlessly weghted belongings and grumpily waddle half asleep into the crowd of screaming touts prowling the station.....nice!....now...not understanding a word the heat searing and being a little worse for wear from my little snooze i was feeling a little sorry for my little ol' self but saying that things all pieced together pretty quickly and before we knew it we were on a bus to kuala lumpor,the malaysian capital and our next port of call!(and i must say the best bus i've ever had the pleasure of travelling on!man it was like being on a club class flight as the seats were huge so much so we felt like kids again as our feet didn't even touch the floor!hehe well,we are a little vertically challenged aren't we!: ) or hobbits as most of you would call us!anyway,my first introduction to the malaysian countryside was a pleasurable one with rolling hills and sporadic mountains popping up here and there (which remind me of the ones in krabi,eastern thailand) it passed the time nicely and one thing we noticed was the undenyable fact that this country seemed so well maintained it was a little eery!we had travelled about 500kilometres and din't see one single piece of litter along the roads or indeed anywhere in sight which for me was remarkable and a pleasure to experience and also made for a good travel game to pass the time!(spot the crisp packet!hehe)nobody won!a horizon of pineapple trees also made for a beautiful lanscape pretty much the whole way too which was nice,anyway,arriving in kuala lupor for the first time and to be honest,coming in to the outskirts of the city was bizarre as it reminded me of the computer game .sim city as everything was brand new!brand new housing estates,tower blocks and business districts dominated the landscape but everthing was absolutely mint condition and most yet uninhabited and this was a somewhat surreal feeling!you have to see it to believe it and for a southeast asian country a little bit of a culture shock!we were dropped off slap bang in the city centre and lucky for us all we did was cross the road and we were in a backpackers hostel for 35 ringit (about 5pounds) for the night!we then ventured out to see the spectacular petronas twin towers which illuminated the skyline and i must say was a sight to behold surrounded by flowin parks,rivers and beautiful fountains!i've attached a couple of pics of these and i hope you get them!we now sit and await our next yet unknown mode of transport to the airport and head to the indonesian island of bali where i think im going to attempt to learn to surf if the price is right and im really looking forward to it!(apart from the shark part :\ yikes! anyway so at last i've let you all know what im up to and if you dont hear from me for a while its because the email is either to expensive or non existent or if im really unluckly i've gotten a job as a shaks toothpick!
so,ciao for now but while im here and i can,i'll send you some pics that i couldn't send before!
you all take good acre my lovely family and friends and i'll rant n rave to you all again real soon!
ciao
much love
dimson xxxxxxxxx : )
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