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Nats, Jo, Han & Heidi - Travels 2007/08
Hi everyone!!
Sorry we have not updated for a while - so much has happened!!
New Years Eve we went to the Full Moon Party - i have never seen anything so mental in my life!! The beach is not actually that big but all the streets before it are packed with bars and restaurants all selling buckets outside them - this is what everyone drinks over here - a bucket is like the ones u buy for building sandcastles and in it you get a bottle of vodka, a bottle of red bull and a can of sprite - there are diffferent variations ie whiskey, coke etc and u pick which one u want and then they mix it for you and put a load of straws in and your away!! So we got two of those between us and then got the glo paint going!! Everyone paints themselves with glo paint over there all different colours and stuff so we didnt want to miss out so we wrote HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008 on our backs and some random flowers and things and off we went! The beach was absolutley packed you couldnt move anywhere!!
I have never in my life seen so many people in one place!! There are little bars that line the whole beach all playing different types of music - mainly hard house and electro dance music - which is not really our cup of tea! I thought my ears were going to burst!! So we moved further down the beach to a bar called the Cactus Bar which played more dance and R&B so we settled in there for most of the night - we made sure we were on the beach for the stroke of 12 and it was amazing all fireworks went off everywhere and everyone was hugging everyone!! Its definitelty one we wont forget for a long while!! We didnt take a camera out for obvious reasons - everyone gets robbed out there so sorry we dont have any pics but it was a great night!!
We then booked to go to Ko Tao a couple of days later but unfortunately this was cancelled due to stormy weather so that was a bit disappointing as we were really looking forward to it and its meant to be amazing snorkelling but nothing we could do so we wasted a couple of days being very bored!! And eating a lot to fill the time - the lady that owned the resort made the best chips ever - proper home made ones!! We are surprised Han didnt turn into a chip she ate them that many times!!
Then we started another monster of a journey!! We had a day to kill as we checked out of our room at 11am and the boat didnt leave till 9pm so we went to Haad Rin and shopped, ate and caught up with our travel journals etc - we found a really nice bar to eat and it was mainly Israeli food and we all had falaffel it was gorgeous!! So then we headed to the Pier and got on the night boat!! It was just two floors of matressess so u were next to other people!! It wasnt as bad as the train journey we did a few weeks ago but it wasnt the best!! We were rocking all over the shop most of the night - and the windows were all open and they were really low - im surprised no one went over board to be honest!! Think we all managed to grab a couple of hours sleep then we arrived in Surat Thani mainland Thailand and were put in a mini bus then we stopped in a cafe had a coffee then put back in another mini bus to another cafe then on another mini bus (yes we did feel like cattle being moved about) and this one we were on for about 4 hours, yes you guessed it, dropped at another place for a bit and then onto another mini bus!! This one took us across the Thai border and into Malaysia!!
We were then dropped at a bus station in the middle of Malaysia where we only expected to have to wait for about 4 hours - 8 hours later we finally sett off on another bus to singapore!! We were so bored and tired and dirty - the people were dirty and just shouting all the time - as over there they all try and get the people to go woth their company over someone elses - its not like back home - you get harrassed even when u just want to get a bus!! The toilets were awful - holes in the ground and everyone was spitting everywhere!! It was not the best few hours of our lives let me tell you!! We were on the next bus for about 9 hours overnight - i dont think the guy could drive he kept rolling backwards at points and the expressway had bumps in it every so often so we didnt get much sleep - and the air con was on that high it was freeeeeezing!! All of us were so cold!! Han looked attractive with flip flops and socks on!!
We eventually got to Singapore and checked into a hostel in Little India called Fragrance - it was ok and our first real taste of staying in a proper hostel we were in a dorm with 6 beds so we were in with 2 other girls but they were really nice!! We went to a restaurant and had a bit to eat - only ribs and veggies as everything else looked really dodgy- they eat some really dodgy stuff out there dried fish and all sorts!! We had a look round and then called it a night as we were all really tired from all the travelling!
The next morning we got up and went to Singapore Zoo!! It was fab!! We spent the day there and saw loads of different animals, white tigers, lions, bears, polar bears, zebras, giraffes, lizards, monkeys, chimpanzees, orangutans (they are allowed to roam freely around the zoo) rhinos, sea lions, sea cows, penguins, hippos etc!! It was great - we went to watch the polar bear feeding show - my god are they huge!! He came right up to the window and his paws were the sixe of dinner plates!! He was actually born at the zoo their first successful bredd of a polar bear!! He has been trained to wave and everything it was mad!! We also watched a sea lion show with Philip the sealion!! He was gorgeous!! Doing handstands and wetting everyone by whizzing round and balancing balls on his nose and playing frisbee with Natalie - she got chosen to go up and play with him!! They move so quick aswell!! They played Outhere Brothers "I like to move it move it" and he whizzed off round the pool!! It was so funny!! He had also been taught to wave - it was a great day - such an immaculate zoo aswell!!
So that was our journey from hell and our 2 days in Singapore!! Next, we go to the land down under!!
We'll see you there soon for a further update.....................
The Girls
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