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After KL we had a week in Langkawi where we did very little, it was extremely hot and rained with spectacular thunderstorms each day. We did do a couple of tours and hired a car for 24hrs so were not really that idle, added to the fact our room was a good walk away from the main buildings with a steep hill to climb in either direction. There was a shuttle service around the resort but we thought we needed the exercise.
After Langkawi it was back to KL and a trip to the Petronas towers.
We then went off to Taman Negera for some jungle treking and leech catching! Here we walked along the longest suspended canopy walkway in the world over the oldest rainforrest in the world.
Back to KL overnight before heading north by train staying overnight in Butterworth (with an unscheduled tour of Georgetown, Penang). This train journey was to enable a bit of a view of the countryside , unfortunately the storm that caused the F1 racing to be stopped in KL also stopped us from seeing anything.
Back on the train overnight to Bangkok with splendid views of the countryside. Now staying in Bangkok for 5 nights and have explored a little on the skytrain.
Whilst staying in Bangkok we saw the Red protestors but had left by the time things had turned somewhat more serious.
We moved up north flying to Chaing Mai and doing the tourist golden triangle. It was the start of the Buddhist New Year or "Songkran" and we were told we would get wet. It is traditional at this time to throw water at anything that moves including unsuspecting tourists. This celebration goes on for several days and although it is meant as harmless fun there are a number of serious and even fatal accidents.
We had a very brief visit to Laos where there was a retail opportunity, one of the items for sale being snake in some sort of spirit along with other reptiles and even a scorpion.
We also visited some of the hill tribe people including the long necked Karen. Still there are girls as young as three, starting on their journey to adulthood with rings being added round their neck as they grow. It all seems very strange to western eyes but that is their culture.
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