Leaving Singapore

A big Aloha to you! from Singapore. I arrived here this morning on the nighttrain from Kuala Lumpur and am now in my familiar hostel - Inncrowd, very nice - to upload some pictures and have a shower. Tonight I will be flying back home, it will be a bit strange to be back in the Netherlands again. Hope the weather is any good.

Yesterday I said goodbye to Anna in Kuala Lumpur and then left for Singapore. We had a really cool time travelling through Malaysia. From Kota Bahru we left for the Perentian Island. It was a pleasant drive along the coast for about an hour and a half and then a 40 min boat ride to the island. The island itself was really really nice. We had a small hut near the beach, inhabited by a lizard, a frog, a spider, some mosquitos and us. The first day we spend on the beach, the second we went snorkeling. The snorkling was awesome. The reef was inhabited by many colourful fish, turtles and some sharks. We had a small boat with 5 other tourists to shuttle us around and we stopped at 5 locations for some swimming and the weather was so good.

After that, sadly, it was time to be heading home. We took a plane back to KL (30 euros - 1 hour) instead of the train (4 euros - 12 hours), which was pleasant. In KL we did some shopping and a lot of eating and that was about it. Now its time to go home

I will leave tonight on QF009 to London where I will have 5 hours and 15 of spare time. After that I will be arriving at Amsterdam Airport at 12.55 on BD105. Hope to see you soon...

Oh, photos on Flickr.

Kuala Lumpur report

Aloha! So here I am: KL. I got up this morning at 5.30 to get myself to the trainstation in time and I found it and I made it. Got on the train and the trip was really cool. Nice jungle style views from my window and the weather seemed to get getter the further I got. At some point I did start to get a bit worried as the train was already supposed to be there, but was not. After an hour I was wondering wether I might have missed the stop, but figured that KL should be big enough that you would notice stopping there. An hour later we arrived and the train apologized for the delay.

Kuala Lumpur seems a nice place. It is less tidy then Singapore and a bit more smelly. But I do not mind. I seems really busy, hustling and bustling and really Asian. I think I like it here. I took a walk through Chinatown where people tried to sell me all kinds of fake Adidas and Rolexes. After that I went to this Thai place that served a really good red curry with the biggest pile of shrimp I have ever seen on a plate. Tomorrow I will go and see the sights and have dinner with Anna to come up with a travelplan for saturday.

No pictures sadly, the computer has no usb and there is no Wifi. - No Wifi?!, yes no Wifi. I am staying at the Green Hut hostel. No Wifi. Keep that in mind, otherwise it seems alright. - Ciao!

Kuala Lumpur

For those of you who do not know about Kuala Lumpur, here is a strange song. Ciao!

Itinerary update

Today I changed my flight back home. My return to the Netherlands will be a bit later than previously planned. I am staying in Australia for a bit longer, and will go to Malaysia for about two weeks. Because I am not allowed (?! Damn you, Qantas and British Airways) to go to Kuala Lumpur directly, I will be stopping over in Singapore. From there I am planning to take, a hopefully scenic, railway into Malaysia. I will be back in Delft on the 4th of August. My new flight schedule is listed below. So, I will you in a few months...

Sydney - Singapore: Qantas flight QF31 on the 20th of July 16.55, arriving the 20th 22.45

Singapore - London: Qantas flight QF9 on the 3rd of August 23.05, arriving the 4th 5.25

London - Amsterdam: British Midland flight BD105 on the 4th of August 10.4o, arriving the 4th 12.55