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Langkawi

So when we left Koh Lipe, we took the Tigerline Ferry straight to another island called Langkawi in Malaysia. It's only about an hour away from Lipe, but the difference between the two islands is huge. Langkawi is a major port and a duty free island so many tourists, Malaysian and foreign(mostly European), come to the island to do their vacation thing and their shopping thing. Our first night there was not so good; we ended up sleeping in an old, dirty hotel room with cracks, paint peeling in the floor and on the walls, and a big piece of plywood for a window. It was pretty crappy (but only $8!). We were eaten by a ton of mosquitos (thank goodness no other big bugs were in there, or else I would've freaked), and woken up by what sounded like wrestling from the floor above us at 6 in the morning. Needless to say, we packed our stuff the very next morning, and moved to this beautiful, new, and clean hotel called the Sweet Inn. We didn't do much in Langkawi, other than more beach-y stuff. The beaches, Cenang and Tengah, were really nice. They were big and there seemed to be hardly any people on them. The sand was like light brown sugar. The views of other islands from the beach were beautiful, and made for nice sunsets. We had some good food, drank really cheap beer (60 cents!), and walked around a bit. So that's why we don't have many pics from there-- we didn't wanna bore you with more beach pics.

~Malaysia~

ello!

just a really quick hi from Guido. We're in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and will be for another few days. Somehow, we fogot to get a visa for our flight to Vientam on Monday and since immigration is closed over the weekend, we wouldnabeen able to get on our plane! After much research and blahblah, we finally decided to move our trip up to the 6th, which leaves us with a whole week in KL and only 1 day each in Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City. Jetstar also not so kindly decided to charge us 400 Singaporean Dollars for the change :(

Nevertheless, it's really quite exciting here. We're staying at a lovely little bohemian guesthouse called 'Le Village', full of paintings, colourful walls and nice people, a dead-hamster-throw away from Chinatown and 2 semi-conscious cat swings away from Little India. We've already been on the skybridge on the 41st level of the famous Petronas Twin Towers, the world's second-largest skyscraper. We were subjected to some 3D brainwashing in the shape of a corporate ad flick beforehand but at least, the whole episode was completely free of charge. Bliss! Well, kind of, but something different for a change.

We'll be in town till the 5th and will head on down to Singapore, where we might meet up with Willierose's Tito Tony. Stay tuned folks!

-Guido