Jungle Boogie

Saturday, October 02, 2010 Katie and Taylor
Khao Sok National Park was the venue for us to meet back up with the Odyssey group where we spent most of the time catching up with stories of the last week. The national park is apparently home to tigers, tarantulas, loris’s and snakes; unfortunately though most of the national park was closed off due it being the wet season so most people just relaxed around the treehouses and had a swim in the river. Quite a bit of wildlife was spotted nearby though including large snakes, scorpions and a colony of ants which decided to take over our bed for a day. It was also our last taste of Thai food so we stocked up on Tom Yum soup, Massaman and Penang curries to finish of our time in Thailand.

 A long day in some rather funky mini buses to get into our second last country of this trip, Malaysia. Changing into another Muslim country is apparent as we noticed the price of beer has sky rocketed so it’s back to drinking spirits for a wee while! First stop was Georgetown on the island of Penang, where its colonial history is evident as there are as many mansions as there are people. Spent most of the day wandering around the city ducking into shopping centres when the monsoon began, even stumbled across Topshop/Topman and Nandos. Opted to spend the evening in the cinema to see the new Wall Street movie at only £1.50 a ticket it’s hard to resist.


Things are slowly getting back to some form of normality now after spending months trying to decipher Asian characters or figure out if it is even edible, now almost everything is in English plus brands are pretty much the same as back home.

We are now on our way for a bit more beach time in the Perenthian Islands on the east coast for some snorkelling and hiking.

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