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HCMC
Published Monday 12th of April 2010
After facing our own mortality during the tsunami warning on the Simillan Islands in Thailand we quickly changed beach life for city life...
This is me on top of the highest mountain on Simillan, thinking I've just escaped death
It wasn't all bad. Simillan is really a tropical paradise with amazing snorkeling, we got to swim with several sea turtles:)
But, as mentioned above, we did change the beach for the city. Not just any city, perhaps the craziest city on the planet: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam!
HCMC is everything a city should be. It's fast, it's fun and it never sleeps... oh, and it's dirt cheap:)
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Radio Silence
Published Saturday 3rd of April 2010
Sorry about the snoozeparty over here...
After all the hassle with switching web hosting provider I'd almost forgotten about this place. Up until recently I've also been forced to study a lot more than I usually do. Stupid, stupid databases! The good news is that after this course I now know 4% of all there is to learn about MySQL. Yaay, lucky me...
Although school takes up a lot of my time it hasn't kept me from traveling:)
Here's a small recap of what I've been up to:
Indonesia
Pulau Weh - beautiful yet complicated
Traveling through Aceh is probably the most uncomfortable I've ever been. The bus smelled of shit and the seats were small and hard. Needless to say I didn't get much sleep during the 12h busride.
But it was all worth it when we finally arrived to this place:
This place has the most amazing snorkeling. It's magical!
Plus, we met loads of nice people:)
Lake Toba - simply beautiful
After a while in Aceh I got sick of covering myself up (Aceh is very religious) so we left for the biggest volcanic lake in the world.
Where everything was strangely peaceful
Here's me and my "brother in law". I just posted this picture because I think we look really badass...
Lake Toba is like medicine for the soul. It has a lot of culture and color but at the same time it's calm and private.
Plus, we got to meet this little guy every day...
Malaysia - again
Kuala Lumpur
We decided to go back to KL for the Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day. We also decided to treat ourself a little luxury.
We checked in at Maya Hotel which is a five star hotel. This was our view from the 14th floor
On Valentine's we had a very nice 5 course dinner and I felt very glamorous;)
After that visit to paradise we went back to the streets of Chinatown for a couple of days
Singapore - "oh, there goes my travel budget"
We were invited to Singapore to visit AL's friend who lives and works there with his girlfriend. Singapore has great shopping which is very bad for me...
Our friendly hosts invited us a fantastic BBQ in their private housing BBQ-area
This is private housing :)
Singapore is perhaps the cleanest country I've ever seen. It's not that strange since the fines are ridiculous
Singapore night life
Since then we've had a short stop on Langkawi (Malaysia), before heading back to Thailand. This is our second time in Thailand which makes it more fun. Most of our time is spent meeting up with old friends...
Gash, this was a long one. See you soon :)
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