deviant wrote:Less than 1 week 'til I head to Penang! yays... 3 nights then off to Kota Kinabalu for at least 5 nights... then ????noplans???? ..Then visit Stray in KL for a weekend (probs be drunk the whole time lol) then home on the 27 June.
need to fill in about 7 days from 17 - 24 june... any ideas? haha, might make my way slowly down to Kuching or something... dunno
100% go down to kuching dan. its beautiful down there. you can fly for not much, dont go overland as you gotta go through indo or brunei and its a major hassle. way less touristy than KK - bit more of a locals doing their thing thing, and kuching means CAT CITY!!!! how could you not go ??!!!!
go kayaking down there, the river has been truly fucked by palm farming up near KK but down south its pristine and granite waterfalls an amazement! alsol we did a rafting trip from KK and that was awesome funs, pretty hairy rapids tbh!
from kota kinabalu take at least a day to go to the islands just off the coast - well worth it!
mad love for borneo - WAY better part of Malaysia than KL, even if its not really the jungle paradise one imagines.
quick wrote:[
Chiang Mai, stay at either Little Bird Guest house, great location (so central), cheap as fuk and fun, very fun (bit of a party hostel, but not too intense). Or, Spicey Thai, guy calld Noom runs that joint, awesome place, better but further out... perfect for single backpackers, great staff, great nights out organised: trips to markets, restaurants etc... and easy to organise tours from and more chill, easy to watch dvds when need to chill etc... either are great though.
Try and get to Pai from Chiang Mai, wasn't sure if i should, but was so worth it, best place to chill and great food...
If you go overgound to Loas, make sure its in a coach not a mini bus/van... to small for assive trip but it is shit loads cheaper than flying. Skip Vientiane (capital) and go to vang vieng... i loved it there, some dont though cos it is party central, but so much fun tubing, and then go to Luang Prabang which is real nice... in both VV and LP stay in the Spicey Loas hostels... good places, best staff
sounds okay quickster. i dont really do tours and i dont hang out with other backpackers if i can avoid it though.
im definately more of a stay out of the way and go hang with the locals if possible kind of traveller when im solo.
but wil check em out!
decided agaisnt the ziplining in bokeo forest - wet season means a 9 hour hike in and out of jungle on muddy track and only one day in the actual jungle for $300 USD - not worth it.
so i reckon ill fly from chaing mai to luang prabang and them perhaps do a boat trip south. why no vientiene?
tbh i might give vang vieng a miss - not into loads of stupid tourists drawing on each other and taking shrooms, have plenty of that in melbourne hahaha. if i had a friend - maybe. but alone - dunno!
will check out the places you said though!
and YES to the waterfalls, my friend who was just there said he saws the best water hole/fall in the WORLD and he has bene a lot of places!!!