Alyssa was nice enough to allow me to stay one more day, so I could get in a dive to see a new wreck they just sunk recently. We had to move to a place called Nasri 2, The floors were solid, so no creepy crawlers could come up through there. Which in fact they could come in from any other crack in the place or open window. But it seemed to make Alyssa a little happier, until she saw there was no bug net, but she bared it for me. And the massages and spas I have ...

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...