Tonight was a fun night. After a day of diving, the bar manager had a bunch of cheese and bread brought up from the mainland. And we managed to convince, Darren, the dive shop manager to make his famous spaghetti and meat sauce. And bring out his tv to the bar to have a movie night! Evening was full of great laughs and good stories and plenty of drinking.

Our beach view chalets were, well what I was expecting, however lacking some features from the modern world. 1) air conditioning. Yet it did have a fan that pushed the heat around and did cool it off a little. 2) a toilet that properly flushes 3) hot water. I greatly enjoyed the chalets. Basic, simple. Bed was clean and did have a mosquito net over the bed, and drinking water was supplied in a massive thermos which you can go get filled down at the receptio...

Inner Monologue; ( im doing this to write down my interesting thoughts along this trip, well I may find them interesting, or funny years from now when I look back on this ) I don't think I'm going to loose any weight on this trip. Despite the extreme heat and humidity, lots of walking and hauling our packs from city to city. The food is fantastic, massive portions, and relatively cheap. Everyone says I will, and granted its only been two weeks. But I'm going t...

Sitting on an overcrowded, bumpy ferry, on our way to the Ayre Batang beach of Tioman Island. Watching a kids movie, that's a cross between karate kid, power rangers, and apocalypse now. Oh! And while I was typing this the "enemy" that just walked into their dojo, was an over grown, american white steroid monkey. Sadly I can't translate what they are saying because it is in Malay, but I'm pretty sure it goes like every other movie thats in it's category... Whic...

The only relief from the heat is when you step into an air conditioned shop. The showers are never really cold, always a little warm. Like jumping into an over heated pool on a hot summer day. Constantly you don't feel clean, even after a shower, you get hit with a blast of humidity and heat as soon as you turn off the shower. Always sticky and sweating. I just hope to loose a few pounds on this trip. but with some of the best food we've had on this trip so f...