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Hello Everyone,
Been a while sincemy last entry so I will try to update you. Right now I am in Mae Hong Son in far northern Thailand near the Burmese border. Quite a long way from KL where I last wrote. From KL I spent 4 hours on a bus to the Cameron Highlandswhich were amazing. Tea plantations as far as the eye could see and awesome trekking trails (mitch I saw a brown snake) . If you have seen my photos on myspace then thats where theywere taken. I also had my first hitchhiking experience here and it helped me meet a fewlocals which wasgood. I only spent about a day there because I wanted to get up to Krabi in Thailand to relax bythe beach for a few days so the next day I got on a bus for 6 hours to Alor Setar thinking I would be able toget a bus to Thaialnd but instead Igot stranded and had to catch a local bus to a border town,then get a taxi to the Malaysian sideof the border, then another taxi past the Thai side to Hat Yai then a mini bus to Krabi town. Total ofabout 16hours :-S I spent 4 days in Krabi and Railay hanging out with myThai friendsfromlast trip and gotto go rockclimbing and visitedhot springs and hot spring waterfalls which were really cool.Managed togetfree accomodationwhileI was there so Ididnt want to leave. I almost got attacked by rats:-S It wasa relaxing few days butI had to get to by the 12th for my flight soI got another local bus and stayed the night in Phuket town. Then went toPatong the next day to seea friend Imade last time. Because it is hard to get to Phuket airport at night I went late afternoon and hung around the airport for 4 hours before my flight. Then flew to Bangkok where I setup camp in the arrivals lounge for a few hours sleep before getting kicked out. Spent the next 6hours wandering round the airport until my flight toChiangMai where I instantlyfell asleep on the plane. Feeling really out of it I got to ChiangMai whereI found a really cheap guesthouse and spentthe day exploring when I metaCzech girl calledAnna who was staying at the same hostel. Sonow I have a travel buddy for the next 5 weeks whichis pretty cool. We decided allChiang Mai had to offer is temples, which I have seen WAAAY too many of so we decided to go to Pai but bus but decided tofirst go to Mae Hong Son where we are now. Another 8 hour bus trip. We have maybe another week in Thailand before we cross to Laos. W eare going to do a trek but are struggling to find one that doesn't exploit the local hilltribes. If I can find a place that does tattoos cheaper then Australia thenI will get one but they all seem rather expensive. Sorry bout the spaces but thiskeyboardis really bad and I can't be bothered going back over and fixing it all. Covered a lot of ground in the last 14 days but seen some really amazing places. My camera is brokenwhichis a pain because toget it fixedit needs tobe sent to Australia toget fixed under warrantyor Bangkok if I wantit fixedunder insurance. Soeither wayIamwithout a camera for a while. I will upload whatphotosI dohave sometime whenI feellikespending thatmuch time waiting for them toupload. So far I think Malaysia is the most amazing country out of the 3 i've seen but thatwillprobablychangein the next few months. Hmm I havent coveredtoomuchin detail here but at least it letsyouknow where Im at sofeelfreeto e-mail me and I willmore then likely reply.
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