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HELLO, WELCOME BACK!
well ok maybe just for me! I had a blast this past week. Very entertaining!
We went to the 'small island'/'kuala kecil' and stayed on the backpackers beach, which is actually the tourist beach, just with shotty accom. But a beautiful beach at that. Amazing beach.
Last friday kirri and i left with a teacher that lives on that side of Malaysia, oh yes its on the opposite side to where we live, so a 6hour drive. We then got on a 'ferry' a speed boat with a roof. which nearly threw us out, the sea was really bad and the driver insisted on trying to see how much air he could get. OK i like a thrill, but having to hold onto all my things was a ball! we got there by about 4pm in the arvo. It was a beautiful day so we though well we have a whole week, lets just have a look around and then well hit the tanning tomorrow. All the other Gappers werent going to arrive till the next day. so we ate and slept, got up the next morning to transfer our things to the other hostel, at 8am, ALL the other gappers were already there! i had literally got up thrown my things in me bag, planning on swimming before they came, HA so they copped my feral. meh, malaysia right?
So all but 2 girls didnt come. the difficult two. then about an hour after they arrive it starts pouring down rain. GREAT, on an island with only swimming tanning eating and sleeping to do an its raining, thanks. for the next 3 days i learnt to play poker and WIN nearly every time. and i learnt to get vicous wen it comes to spoons, without spoons, we used our tongues. hilarious.
I had to buy a sarong for a sheet cause it got so cold, and wore my jumper and socks to bed. what a site!! poor kirri!
finally it cleared up, and the first day it did we went snorkling, in the clear as water, for only $20 we left at 10:30am and came back and 4pm and got taken to 5 different sites, i swam with a turtle, sharks sea horses and nemo fish! it was AMAZING. so thirlled. and everyone came back with burnt backs and legs.
from then on in we got to do what we planned on doing, resting and tanning. we tried out a bob marley beach bar, where you have to sit in the sand. with little tables, it was fun! I tried the local rum call Orang Utang. like the monkey!
i got a very nice tan top up. so i am planning on coming hom abordiginy black, thats the plan anyway.
one night i met two men from Czek republic. one 25 the other 32 the older guy has over two hundred staff in his branches of computers and electronics, but with them only having 3months worth of english lessons behind them it was fun. and there language is impossible. at least with malay it can sound the same or i can work it out!
ok so in the end i enjoyed that week, but the getting home bit? other entertaining story!
we left the island, (me and another two girls as kirri had left on wed to meet her mum) at 4pm, went and sat around and shopped untill the night bus at 10pm. we got on and the girls put me in charge of getting off at the right stop. THANKS i woke up with a start at 3.30am. luckily. we were 5mins away from ourr stop!
then they went their way and i had to wait for another bus to Alor Star. it was pouring down and the only place i could sit with a cover had rain coming in. So there i was wrapped in my towel freezing and reading a book i had found. WOOO. then i bought something to eat, and fed the three kids next to me! there dad was asleep and they were more cold than me! two hours later i got on my next bus. and made to to A.S then called the handy man to pick me up. good still yep. then we break down and have to get towed for the rest of the freeway. all the while he was freaking cause he had never been towed before. i was like WHATEVER and kept reading. i was exhausted, i then got picked up by the principles son. whom i have never seen in my life, i was then at the point of, "please dont talk to me i want to get home and sleep ok?" but no im white so its practise your english time.
Yes i did make it home by about 8.33am put my things down and said 'thats it im going to bed, ill clean later' (kirris mum was coming the next day) HA i didnt get to bed untill about 3pm due to the fact there were about 10 dead roaches in my bathrooms. YUK so i cleaned first went to bed and woke up for dinner!
luckely i went to bed early still. As the next day 6language department teachers didnt show. I taugh 2 doubles and about 4 singles bymyself that day. i had one period off. talk about exhausted. but then i dragged myself off to pick up kirri and her mum and take the grocery shopping.
Next lovely bit, you ready?? Shad's (who took us shopping) car broke down in nearly the same spot as the day before's car! her motor kept overheating so we had to drive for 5mins and stop for 5 till we met her dad at the toll to get us back to school.
I was not getting in any car yesterday!
So now Kirris mum is here, she brang me easter eggs and Anzac bikkies. yumm. she leaves in two weeks but kirri and her are traveliing, i think thats their plan.
the teacher are back now. and life seems to have sorted itself out. phew!!!!
5 weeks till my mum and dad come!! YAY
there you are, my week in a nutshell.
Photos will be up this week.
Love to all, have a fantastic time!!
Xoxo
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