After having an incredible time in northern Thailand, we took and overnight train and ventured to the south. Our first stop was Koh Phi Phi Island. This was mine and Mark's second time going there. We only stayed two nights as everything is super overpriced and it is mainly only a party island. The boys had the opportunity to fight Thai style at a bar to win a free bucket of booze. And fight they did! How fun it was watching your brother and boyfriend go at it with boxing gloves in the ring infront of a crowd of people!! Unfortunately the next day, Mark came down with a terrible flu and was bed ridden for days. After Phi Phi, we headed to another island called Koh Lanta. Our accomodation was set up by a lady prior to our arrival. She told us this was the best place to stay. When we got there, we realized it was pretty much in the middle of no where. We shouldn't have been complaining considering our beach bungalow was mere steps from the sand, but we felt a little far from civilization. There were a few other resorts on our beach, so thankfully there were other restaurants since ours was terrible. We really did next to nothing for a few days. Mark spent most of his time in bed or sleeping and we all read, swam, tanned and ate for 3 too many nights. We were pumped to get out of there! I know many people love the secluded beach life, but I definitely love being around civilization and conveniences such as 7-11!
After Koh Lanta, we went to Ao Nang, another beach town on the mainland. This was much livelier! We spent 3 nights in Ao Nang, where we relaxed, took day trips to other beaches, and watched tv! TV becomes a luxury after awhile, and when you're not out having drinks in the evening, it's lovely to be able to just chill out and watch some tube.
Next stop was Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We had planned to bus there, but after doing some research, we concluded that the 20+ hours of travel was not worth it. Instead we opted for the $105 one hour flight, much better! We only stayed in KL for a night, but we made the most of our 24 hours there. The city itself is very accessible to tour around. Using their LRT (subway) system, we were able to get around to all the sites we wanted to see.
KL was a super cool city. Very modern and clean.
Next stop: Bali. Dustin opted to make the bus journey to Singapore where he stayed one night. You'll have to ask him to fill you in on his 24 hours of hilarity. Mark and I were killing ourselves laughing at his interesting journey. Mark and I instead flew to Bali and have been here ever since! I will do a different post on Bali in the near future. Lets just say, it's the most relaxing vacation of my life thus far, and I'm no where near sick of it or bored! Loving every minute of sleeping in, tanning beachside/poolside, reading, TV watching, motor biking around to different beaches, swimming in the ocean, eating great food and sipping cheap cocktails! What's not to love?
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