Friday, December 5, 2008

Singapore to Malaysia

Hello all,
this is it, my first blog on the fields...
I am pretty much far from where I had expected. My flight initially planned in Bangkok, was changed to Singapore due to some yellow tshirt people blocking the airport. So I arrived in Singapore, stayed there a few days to actually get used to the backpacking side of life.

I may say it was pretty hard to jump start, find the destinations, what to do, where to go, how to travel. But after 4 days I already feel like a pro :).. Hum well.. stilll a little naive, and paying 6 RM in malaysia for a 1 hour trip (it makes something like 2CHF for the trip, even less... and YES it is expensive... I heard). Well I-m getting a quick and dirty 'how to be a good backpacker' lesson right now, and I promise I wont get fooled anymore!!
So where am I know? In Cameron Highlands, a little north of Kuala Lumpur (KL for the 'intimes'), in the middle of tea plantations and jungle.
It s quite cool, air is breathable and I dont have to bring a towel due to sweat everzwhere I'm going.
Oh.. a little side note.. Z's and Y's are mixed on keyboard.. so I believe I wont be bothered by fixing everz little typo I make.. oh well people know me.. I-m layz (heheheh) with keyboards.

Just so you know what is the nature here.. I-m in front of z computer, in a lodge.. I just got stopped for the last 5 minutes of typing because a bee or something equivalent landed on my keyboard... just as long as between letter g and letter l...
yesssss.
Well, so I just spent my first day here, will probably stay until sunday. Going for daily treks in the junnnnngle and maybe spend the hour rain in the afternoon sipping local tea.

What after? I-m heading to KL (yes you should know now what it is..) for a day and straight on a flight to Siem Reap in Cambodia, so that I finally get back to my initial plans.

Craap.. now it is a mosquito trying to suck me up... and a BIG one.

I had my first experience also of a midlle of nowhere village in the middle of a nowhere area, with 2 hours to kill between 2 buses. I thus head for some food.. Baaad idea... I have no idea what ended up on my plate.. it was soup with unrecognizable seeds and fish... mmmmh I just realized then that tap water is not recommanded... So I stayed hungry... Yes mummy see I take care of myself!

Ok that's it for now! I need to find hostels for Siem reap... It will be tuk tuk time!! yohou!!
biz les suisses, les blegs et les autres europeens!
wa

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