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Gaby's Trek
hey..wel avnt bin on comp for a while..went ot and had an awesome night..went out for nice meal had some pasta nice pasta and starter for prawn and crab with dill on this toast..went to club/bar bit like alberrys but its on the beach and u dance and luk out over the beach/sea is awesome...following day had a lie in ofcourse nad wnt for brkfast somewhere nice..had a couple of hours n the beach and went shopping amongst all the craft stalls which was really enjoyable..bought some nice lil things..is annoying thou coz u wana shop so much and no that u cnt so av become an even better shopper now!haha...that evening i swam in the sea for a bit and then we went ot for dinner and had an early eve..following morning we got up at 5 to go watch sunrise from this temle u a mountain..there is 1300 steps but wen we got round the one mountain we were told that u had to go roudn the other by boat so got up and cudnt c the sunrise!!!!but was stil nice to c the locals about their business..picking shells..also more monkey..they were picking fleas off eachothers bks!!!haha and jumping frm tree to tree..went bk and left for a long day of traveling..this was yesterdy..we traveling 4 and half hours by one mini bus...then changed to another mini bus..where we drove 45 min to where passport control, got out the car queued for ages..then got bk in..drove to the border where we had to get out wit our luggage..be security checked and then get bk in2 the mini bus agen..was a bit of hassel as my bag was in the other mini bus which was 15mins behind..the drove to penang in malaysia another 4hours..was very tiring..and hot in the vans..if any1 no's of the taxi's in SA where they try to fit in asmany ppl as possible and drive as dangerously as possible this is a pretty gud description of the quality of these vans/drivers..but there was only our group in the mini vans...on arrival we unpacked and showered..then went of for a really nice indian..then we went ot for a drink and danced...this morning got up at a reasonable time!!!lol..went and had brkfast chinese style..but urghh it ddnt go dwn wel...it ws stuf u wud possibly have for dinner..but it jus gurgled around im my stomach all day ddnt feel great..also my coke was off tasted off metal~nt gud...was bit like yesterdys lunch between mini van change over..was green curry but i ddnt eat the chicken..was such a tacky place...but there was nothing around..so jus had a lil rice wit sauce...after brkfast tody we left , me , romy, lyndsey and sarah..my close friends here we spend most of our time together..they r great...we went to penang hill to c the view of the island but cud only get on it 2hours later..so randomly started walking and went to a bat cave temple..there were actual bats in the cave so got bit scared!haha..but they were quite cute..it was a chinese temle...the locals were so friendlly..they started telling us hw they prey wat they do..and then sat dwn wit us and gave us chinese biscuits and tea which was nice...they had this turtle..which is for a long life..but u cn prey for other things to..so u wash ur hand wit water, then ur fast then u wet ur hands agen..and then u stroke the turtle, u say ur name and where u come from..then first prey for gud health followe by ur preys..there werea few other budhas u could prey to and lady of mercy and compassion..that ended up being the highlight of our day..think its coz its not really a touristy place, we wer the only ones there so we got luked after and they were so happy to c us..as we were walking bk to the funicular up the mountain..it started to pour, as its stil monsoon..we stopped under the roof of a garage...then a chines lady let us in to stand out from the rain and was jus so friendly..every1 is so friendly here its so diffrnt frm uk where a lot of ppl r so miserable and stressed...it jus wudnt stop raining so wen we couldnt leave any later wrapped friends arm up in plastic bag..as she has got broken arm and legged it! we then went up the hill but god it tuk forever...it was so slow...then strolled around upthere..q'd forever to get bk dwn..and tuk ages to go dwn agen but saw lots of monkeys of all kinds on the way dwn..we then went and had pizza hut as was bit fed up of the typical food here..it was amazing..also had a coke float..and salad..u dont realise hw much u miss a gud fresh salad!!!got a malay sim too..nw goin bk to hotel to shower and get an early night..was goin to add fotos here but came here on the way bk..so may come bk later otherwise wil do it soon..hope everyone is wel..xxx
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