Dear All,

Just a quick update between the noises of guns, exploding bodies, American accents and... mouse clicking. That's right folks, I'm updating from the Wild West of an internet cafe in Kuala Terranganu, where I arrived at about 2100 this evening having departed the fair island of Tioman on the 0730 boat.

My last night in Tioman was fantasticc... more people were around, we ate pizza on the beach, watched sunset, and headed further up where a guy who works at the Dive Shop had a big bonfire, some mats on the beach. It was a pretty clear night and sitting watching various people doing amazing things at poi under the stars was idyllic. Shame I didn't fall asleep till 0430, only to wake again at 0530 then...

The seven hour bus journey started eventfully - having been given the wrong tickets at the counter in Mersing, the bus driver wouldn't let us on and told us our bus was in half an hour. The bus left, and the lady who had sold Nicole and I our tickets came bustling up, shoved some other tickets in our hands and bundled us into a lower, pimped out ride, baring only a passing resemblance to the Golf that I believe it was in a previous life. No joke, kids, it had "Mersing Boys" written across the windscreen. An eventful drive later, we caught up with the bus, got on... causing as much comotion as a couple of Western giants carry with them.

Nine hours (not seven...) later, having changed bus once (broken air con? I think?) we arrived... I searched in vain for dinner (tried three things, none taste good!!) and now... here I am. A bloke from Tioman just tapped me on the shoulder too...

Bring on the Islands tomorrow.

Love to All

Pxx