Travels take 2

We headed straight to Sanur from Denpasar airport to catch the boat to the island of Nusa Lembongan. As I wasn't feeling well, Josh and Lizzie were gems and searched out a fab place to stay and scouted out the dive schools. We had a lush little bamboo hut with outdoor bathroom, it was so nice to have our own space :) the rest of the day was spent relaxing after the last night of travelling.  We had a good lie in, got some breakfast and then did some more travel life admin... Booking a boat, dives and finding somewhere to do laundry. We had a pretty chilled day on the beach, so we decided to rent paddle boards to take out as the sun set. A little kid on the beach got some great photos on lizzies camera, however we made a bit of an error by going out just as it got to low tide, meaning we all had to scramble back in over spiky coral trying to get back to the beach!  The next day was diving day. We got kitted out with gear and eventually managed to get going once the tide had com...

Bukit Lawang, Sumatra  24.6- we got up bright and early ready for the '7.30am' start.... Only to be told that we then weren't leaving until 9.30. Not the best start but finally the rest of our group arrived ( 2 Indian guys and 1 Nepal/Austrian girl) and we set off. There was a lot of up and down as we walked further into the jungle, and about an hour in we saw our first orangutan. She was clearly not fazed by humans and it was amazing to watch her swinging about in the trees.  We carried on and stopped for a delicious fresh fruit stop- pineapple, bananas, passionfruit and watermelon. We continued our trek and stopped at a high up lunch spot- the guides just kept producing food from their backpacks!  We had just finished when the guides started to say "Mina's coming". Now apparently Mina is an aggressive orangutan, so they chuck fruit skins for her, to distract her from the tourists... However we saw no aggression and they continued to throw fruit for both her ...

20.6- we had a bit of a lie in then spent an hour or so on the beach before it was time to pack up and get on the  12 O'clock  speedboat back to the mainland. When we arrived in Kuala Besut we had a taxi driver latch on to us, despite us not wanting to leave for the airport for another 2 hours... He then proceeded to follow us and watch us eat lunch for the next few hours. We eventually took pity on him and got in his taxi to the airport in Kota Bharu. It was a short 55minute flight and we got served a snack and drink in the little propeller plane, with a catchy airline song to complete the experience. Top marks for firefly! We got the public bus into Georgetown, found a decent pod dorm hostel and went for a late  10.30pm  dinner at a Chinese cafe. We had a couple of drinks on the lively street of Love Lane with a bit of live music.  21.6- after breakfast in the hostel we got the free shuttle bus into the centre of Georgetown and spent the morning wandering arou...

Kuala Lumpur 12.6.17 We arrived in KL at about 3pm after a very rushed transfer at Qatar. Picked up our bags, and got a bus into KL, ended up at Pudu central rather than KL Sentral but we found our way to the hostel eventually. 25 by Ohana was on floor 25 of the building and was small but clean. We did some planning then headed to the nearby mall food court as it was raining. Josh was horrified to see rats running around the kitchens... Welcome to Asia!! 13.6- After a bit of a lie in and breakfast in the hostel we headed out to explore Chinatown. The wet markets were an experience, with all varieties of live and dead animals.... Now nicknamed salmonella street. Then we looked around a Hindu temple and walked to the botanical gardens in the Colonial district.  Next up was little India, we looked at the markets and tried and failed to find a restaurant from the guide book... Turns out a lot of the others were closed due to Ramadan. We ate in another mall food court which wa...