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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Summary of my Long Trip

2014, May The Long Trip - THE END

This is the end. Almost 2 months passed from the day I finished my trip. I must say I did what I planned to do. Now I wanted to present a short movie summing it up. My trip started in September 2013 in New Zeeland. Afterwards, I visited China, South Korea, Japan, Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Australia which took almost 6 months. I spent an amazing time and met a lot of incredible people. Some of my adventures can be founded on my blog.
Enjoy the movie! I need to find a new destination - any idea?

Monday, February 10, 2014

Kuala Lumpur

2014 January, The Long Trip - way to Kuala Lumpur

In the morning I had a flight from Krabi to Kuala Lumpur with Air Asia. I took a taxi from my guesthouse for 350 THB (7.84e). I landed on LCCT terminal and took a bus to KL Sentral for 8 MYR (1,77e). Then, I took a train to PWTC station for another 2.50 MYR (0.55e).
I bought a night bus ticket to Kuala Terengganu for 44 MYR (9.70e) as tickets to both Kuala Besut and Kota Bharu were sold out for couple of following days.
Luggage storage cost 5.00 MYR (1.10e).
It was time for sightseeing. I saw the two twin towers and enjoyed my time doing electronic shopping.
At 22:00 I was once more at Hentian Putra bus station to collect my luggage and to start my journey. The bus terminal was full of people and I was the only foreigner there.My bus departed at 23:00. Because of AC on the bus I was freezing. Nothing surprising in Asia.
I was around 6:00 am in Kuala Terengganu and took a local bus to Kuala Besut at 7:00 am. It cost 10.80 MYR (2.38e). After 10 am I was in Kuala Besut and the driver left me near the Jetty. He should left me at the bus terminal but they have a deal with local people. After I left the bus one guy offered me a boat to Perentian Islands - my destination. The price was 50 MYR (11.05) I paid 40 MYR (8.84e) and a girl from KL paid 50 MYR. I am sure local people pay less.
After 30 minutes of a bumping ride I was in the Coral Bay.

Welcome to Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur - Petronas Towers

Near Hentian Putra

Hentian Putra

Kuala Terengganu

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Islands near AoNang

2014 January, The Long Trip - Thailand, snorkeling

The last day I was snorkeling near AoNang. Once more I went with divers. That time the trip cost me 500 THB (11.25e) and it started at 8:30 am. We visited 3 places and the last one was the shark point. It was quite funny as we were looking for a blacktip shark. Generally, when you hear anything about shark you try to find your way out of the water but we were searching and looking for him. We found one but he was too far to take a picture. I hope to have a chance to do it in a different place. In the water was a lot of jelly fish, clams and many kind of fish.
On the way back I was standing on a pickup.

Diver going into the water

Clam

Anemonefish (Nemo)

Sea Urchin

Jellyfish

Shark point

Way back on pickup

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Phi Phi Islands

2014 January, The Long Trip - Thailand, Phi Phi

I booked a snorkeling trip to Phi Phi islands. I did it with one diving company as they should visit better spots than a normal trip. I paid directly 1,000.00 THB (22.20e). The trip started from AoNang. The way was quite long and it took us almost 2 hours to get there but it was worth it. I met a nice couple from Russia and I managed to swim just above diving guys. It was fun when the oxygen bubbles were going up neary. I saw some amazing star fish, parrot fish and many more. We also had a lunch on the boat, snacks and drinks.