Left on a jet plane - part 2

Rio justy had some extra time, so i'd just like to point out that my trip has since become far more interesting and 'cultural'.

Last night we we to the night market and had our dinner cooked infront of uys at one of hundreds of hawkers' stalks, which was the best funb - why don';t we have them in britain?

and today we've been out getting a final few bits and pieces (as we head off intot he jungle tomorrow) and in the mean time have tried Durian - read about it on the interent - in singapore, it's banned inside because of it's smell and when you cut it open it looks like raw chicken (Ands feels like it too). It has a tase that's singularly bizrre, and should be tried once, but probably only once.... weird stiff. We've also been drionking coconut milk out of coconuts fresh off the tree!

It's very nice here, i really like it. (for mum&Dad: it's alsmost like Kusadasi (sp?) but soooo much more humid). Plus they've very big on sea fod and have a huge set of aks next tot he restaurant where you can choose your fish (just off the boat) and they will then kill it and cook it - it couldn't get anymore freesh!

Travelling - arrival!!!

After well over 30 hours travelling (or 2 days ignoring the time difference) i finally made it! I'm currently sitting in an internet cafe in malaysia - how cool is that? Its like 30*c outside and KK is a really nice city by the looks of it. It is kinda like San Pedro (in Honduras) but it's more prosperous and there's less poverty. It even has sea views :o)

I think, yesturday (or was that the day before, i'm really not sure - completely lost track of time...) i finally understood why people kept saying to me before i went 'oh, i could never do that', or words to that effect, because i think going through departures to get on my flight, leaving everybody behind, and flying half way round the world on my own, with no one i know to meet me at the other end, was quite possibly the scariest thing i've ever done! HOwever, as i said, i'm here now, so it's fine - seems like a perfectly nice place to be!

The flights were really really long, but i would soooo highly recommend singapore airlines - they served food that you coud practially sell in a restaurant. V nice. and they had more than 60 films to watch and interactive stuff and tv with one of those little screens in the back of the chair infront - every chair should have one! BTW Hannah - reckon we missed each other at singapore, by about 6 hours- i should've stuck around and said hi!... Singapore airport is quite cool, and has free interenet, so it must be good - also has massage and reflexology places - alas i didn't have time to check them out this journey. Brunei airport on the other hand actually couldn't be anymore boring, which is a shame, because i had to spant 5 hours there and whilst i was too tired to do anything, i couldn't really fall asleep either... horrible place...

I've had a really, um, cultural morning ;) whereby i finally decided to get up - went on a nice long walk in the wrong direction before deciding it definitely was the wrong direction... and walking all the way back again. Having got back to where i started i got the bus into town (where i'm staying is on the edge of the center and while it is perfectly walkable, it's not once you've alredy been on a hike - and the buses have air-con!!!! I love air conditioning. It has, once again become my favourite thing on earth, ever!!!!
\n \nHaving got into town i really needed a really really cold drink, so i wondered along the sea front where, apparently, they work very much in time with me and don\'t open until a later much more sensible time - but that does rather lead to a lack of cafes (ok, there were more intown, but it was hotter there - plus they were all full of men, and decidedly, sitting in one of them i would simply have been stared at for an hour... nice...). So i managed to find the most western cafe in KK, where the only other customers were a few english tourists, and for some reason they had a bizarre french and german radio station on. I then had an american drink, and linguini for lunch... so, ok, maybe it wasn\'t very cultural, but it was definitely international!\n\n \nCurrently i\'m in the most humongous shopping center i\'ve seen (equivilent tothat one in calais on music tour - or maybe bigger...), which, agaoin has air con - how am i going to manage two-months in the jugngle without it??? Speaking of which, i should be meeting up with Rio tonight (also jungling), which will be really nice - wondering around here on your own (and you\'re female) is an invitation for beeping your horn and whistling - which, admittedly is reduced if you walk around looking at the ground, but you don\'t see very much like that... - it\'s not nearly as bad if you\'re with someone else. \n\n \num, i don\'t really have anything very interetsing to say yet, as basically i arrived, fell asleep - got very confused when i woke up at 9.30pm (according to my watch) but it was light outside -sooooo confused, but in fact it wasn\'t lightout side, it\'s just that the mess that runs around th top of my room (a la The Beach, if nyone\'s seen it) doesn\'t actually face outside.... ::) ) oops - i\'d had a long day(s)....) then i did as above, and now i\'m here.\n\n \nHohum... I shall go do something interesting now, so next time i think maybe my email might be a lttle bit more entertaining...",1]
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Having got into town i really needed a really really cold drink, so i wondered along the sea front where, apparently, they work very much in time with me and don't open until a later much more sensible time - but that does rather lead to a lack of cafes (ok, there were more intown, but it was hotter there - plus they were all full of men, and decidedly, sitting in one of them i would simply have been stared at for an hour... nice...). So i managed to find the most western cafe in KK, where the only other customers were a few english tourists, and for some reason they had a bizarre french and german radio station on. I then had an american drink, and linguini for lunch... so, ok, maybe it wasn't very cultural, but it was definitely international!

Currently i'm in the most humongous shopping center i've seen (equivilent tothat one in calais on music tour - or maybe bigger...), which, agaoin has air con - how am i going to manage two-months in the jugngle without it??? Speaking of which, i should be meeting up with Rio tonight (also jungling), which will be really nice - wondering around here on your own (and you're female) is an invitation for beeping your horn and whistling - which, admittedly is reduced if you walk around looking at the ground, but you don't see very much like that... - it's not nearly as bad if you're with someone else.

um, i don't really have anything very interetsing to say yet, as basically i arrived, fell asleep - got very confused when i woke up at 9.30pm (according to my watch) but it was light outside -sooooo confused, but in fact it wasn't lightout side, it's just that the mess that runs around th top of my room (a la The Beach, if nyone's seen it) doesn't actually face outside.... ::) ) oops - i'd had a long day(s)....) then i did as above, and now i'm here.

Hohum... I shall go do something interesting now, so next time i think maybe my email might be a lttle bit more entertaining...