I left Hong Kong at 3pm on the train and stupidly decided to walk to the train station which made me sweat like mad with my giant backpack on my back in the humid heat.
I got on the train (24 hour journey to Beijing) and had booked the top bunk which is the cheapest in hardsleeper class . It was really hard to heave my bag upto the top and also not much head room on the top bunk. There were a few westerners on the train but not many. Your allowed to stand inbetween the carraiges to smoke so was chatting to a few blokes from Hong Kong for a bit who were also on there way to Beijing. I was sharing my tiny compartment with 5 chinese women who didnt speak much english and i thought at first they were giving my horrible looks.
I went to bed quite early at 10pm and slept quite well. Then i woke up in the morning and one of the chinese women was trying to explain to me i should get breakfast so i went and got some noodles and congee (a rice type soup thing) from the restaurant cart then the ladies in my comparment gave me some pickled vegtables to go with it and then some spicy meat which i didnt know what it was. I then came back and sat reading my book for a bit. Then one of the women sharing my compartment asked me if i was having lunch i said no im not hungry and she got some noodles out for me dont think she understood me. She gave me some spices to go with it and then gave me a roll with tuna in and then peanuts they wouldnt stop offering me food lol.
I arrived there and chatted to a english girl who recommended a hostel to stay at and took me to the tube station and showed me where to get off. I arrived at the hostel and had to stay in a single room on me own for the first night but went to the dorm the next day. That evening i went to the pekking duck restaurant on me own and was gonna have duck but only thing i could have was a whole duck or duck intestines or ducks feet and i was to hungry to try strang things right then lol so i had beijing spicy beef which was really nice and had a early night. The next day i got the tube to Tianamen square and met 2 girls from isrel and chatted to them and then went to the forbidden city which was really cool.
That night i got back to the hostel and chatted to some people from San fran sisco in america and went to the lake clubbing with them i got in at 5am and had to be up at 6am for the great wall of China tour. I felt like shit after my hours sleep and went on the trip and met a bloke from isrel and walked 7km up the great wall of china with him which was abosulutly massive and amazing and then got the tobogen down the hill and went to a restaurant for lunch with a turn table and lots of chinese dishes.
One day i went to the summer Palace which was really cool overlooking a lake and amazing buildings. Another day i went to Beijing Zoo which was horrible the animals were in such horrible conditions and i didnt like seeing it.
One night i met up with a bloke from Travbuddy and we went to a few clubs and ended up dancing with lots chinese people who were giving us lots of whiskey then got out the club at 7am and went to a food stall with lots of meat skewers frying in oil and i ate pigs ears haha.
Then another night went out with 3 dutch blokes and a couple german people and a swedish bloke and went to a meat bbq and then went out clubbing and got so drunk and i puked up after having a tequila shot haha then i went back to the hostel and slept all day the next day with the hang over.
I went to the silk market which was really cool and people on the stores grab hold of you and try and drag you in their shops. I found it easy to bargain for stuff i would choose a price and stick to it and they tried to charge 30 pounds for a hugo boss t-shirt and i got it for 6 pounds in the end. -You know when you have a bargain when the shop women chucks the t-shirt at you with a pissed off look on her face lol.
Then i had to fly to Shezen and get a bus over the boarder to Hong Kong because the trains were fully booked. I planned to travel more of China but due to flooding and fully booked trains i wasnt able to so just got to see Beijing and Hong Kong
Tuesday 24 August 2010
Hong Kong
I arrived in Hong at 8pm and then got the train and bus to Kowloon where i planned to stay by the time i got there it was 10pm and a man came upto me and offered me accomodation and i just went and decided to stay there it was a shit room really dirty and small and it was expensive! I decided i will stay one night. The next day i got up and changed room to another really small room in a differnt building but it was clean and comfortable so was fine by me.
I then walked to Hung Hom station with my map which took me bout 20 mins and booked my train to beijing which was 50 pounds which is quite good for a sleeper (24 hour journey) Then i got the boat over victoria harbour the amound of sky scrapers was amazing and got a bus and then the tram upto victoria peak which looks over all of Hong Kong then i hung about up there for a bit and went back down. The next day walked around Kowloon park and did some shopping and the the day after that i decided i would walk upto victoria peak.... This was sooo hard it was so steep and hot and took me about 2 an half hour but once i arrived up the top i felt good but couldnt bear to walk back down so got the tram lol.
I then walked to Hung Hom station with my map which took me bout 20 mins and booked my train to beijing which was 50 pounds which is quite good for a sleeper (24 hour journey) Then i got the boat over victoria harbour the amound of sky scrapers was amazing and got a bus and then the tram upto victoria peak which looks over all of Hong Kong then i hung about up there for a bit and went back down. The next day walked around Kowloon park and did some shopping and the the day after that i decided i would walk upto victoria peak.... This was sooo hard it was so steep and hot and took me about 2 an half hour but once i arrived up the top i felt good but couldnt bear to walk back down so got the tram lol.
Return to Thailand
I got to Bangkok and then went and checked into the really small room in Soi Ramburtri at the wild Ochid which was the first place i had stayed in when i was travelling but this time was in the budget room.
I went out a few nights in Bangkok and one night went out and got really drunk because i met some people. Then got in at 4am and was picking Josh up the same day from the airport. I woke up at 8am and Josh was landing at 7:30am i ran outside and got a taxi still felt drunk and got to the airport to pick him up luckley he only waited 40 mins. We then went out for a few drinks on Khao San road. The next day we went to the Grand palace which i had already seen but wanted to show josh what it was like.
We flew to Surat Thani then got the bus and ferry over to Koh Phgnan. We spend a few days in Haad Rin at Sarikantang and one night went to the beach party where we had lots of buckets. I ended up blowing fire in a compitition seeing if u can light the pole on fire i didnt and burnt my chest a bit lol. Then i played the baloon game where u have to pop other peoples baloons. Then Josh was too drunk and cant remember anything so i had to drag him back.
We then got a taxi to the northan part of the Island Thong Nai Pan which was really relaxing for a couple of days in Dreamland resort which is amazing however a bit quiet on a night time.
We then got a boat over to Khao Samui and on that night we watched the drag show which id seen before when i was there. We stay in a place called Chanweng beach resort which i recently discovered is in the book The beach they stay there just before they swim to the beach.
I actually enjoyed Koh Samui a lot more this time than i did before we spent most the time on the beach swimming in the sea etc.
We then flew back to Bangkok and Josh flew home. I then went out one night with Mimi who i met of a travel website there was about 8 of us go out and we went to a club called route 66 and drunk lots of whiskey and got very drunk it was a really good night.
Then i flew to Hong Kong
I went out a few nights in Bangkok and one night went out and got really drunk because i met some people. Then got in at 4am and was picking Josh up the same day from the airport. I woke up at 8am and Josh was landing at 7:30am i ran outside and got a taxi still felt drunk and got to the airport to pick him up luckley he only waited 40 mins. We then went out for a few drinks on Khao San road. The next day we went to the Grand palace which i had already seen but wanted to show josh what it was like.
We flew to Surat Thani then got the bus and ferry over to Koh Phgnan. We spend a few days in Haad Rin at Sarikantang and one night went to the beach party where we had lots of buckets. I ended up blowing fire in a compitition seeing if u can light the pole on fire i didnt and burnt my chest a bit lol. Then i played the baloon game where u have to pop other peoples baloons. Then Josh was too drunk and cant remember anything so i had to drag him back.
We then got a taxi to the northan part of the Island Thong Nai Pan which was really relaxing for a couple of days in Dreamland resort which is amazing however a bit quiet on a night time.
We then got a boat over to Khao Samui and on that night we watched the drag show which id seen before when i was there. We stay in a place called Chanweng beach resort which i recently discovered is in the book The beach they stay there just before they swim to the beach.
I actually enjoyed Koh Samui a lot more this time than i did before we spent most the time on the beach swimming in the sea etc.
We then flew back to Bangkok and Josh flew home. I then went out one night with Mimi who i met of a travel website there was about 8 of us go out and we went to a club called route 66 and drunk lots of whiskey and got very drunk it was a really good night.
Then i flew to Hong Kong
Monday 23 August 2010
Cambodian blip
My time in cambodia was short only spent 5 days there. We arrive and stayed one night in Phnom Pehn which i didnt really like that much We got a bus to Cambodia from Vietnam and arrived there in the afternoon and went straight to the killing fields once we were in our room.
The killing fields were quite depressing because hundreds of people were killed in horrible ways (Kinda of like the concentration camps in world war 2) and wasnt long ago either only 1979. When you walk in they have a display glass case about 2 stories high full of skulls of the people who died.
Walking through the street food stores there was rubbish all in the road it was the most disgusting smell i had ever smelt and there were rats everywhere.
We went to a bar and end up with these investment bankers buying drinks and then walking back Hannah got a brick chucked at here head!!
The next morning i got up at 6am and was off on me own for the first time since i been travelling to Siem Reap and the girls i had been travelling with were heading south. I got the bus to Siem Reap which took 6 hours and i was the only westerner on there and it was a bit smelly and i got a chicken curry which was basically chicken bones at one of the stops. I arrived in Siem Reap at 3pm and got a tuk tuk which was one dollar to the Siem Reap backpackers hostel which was really good (AND HAD A SWIMMING POOL :D) I then agreed a price with my tuk tuk driver to take me to all the temples over 3 days which was 12 dollars a day.
I went to Akhor Wat that evening and watch the sunset, then went back and went out for something to eat. I had Khmer curry which is amazing. Then it rained so heavy for about 3 hours i just sat and drank beer haha. The next day i spent 6 hours looking at temples my favourte was the ones with the giant trees growing over it. I was then templed out lol. I then went out with some people from the hostel on the night to a mexican and then to a club and got very drunk! I got up the next morning and told my tuk tuk driver i was to hung over to look at temples haha and lazed about all day.
The next day i did 3 hours of temples then found out the girls i was travelling with before were in Siem Reap so went with them to get a massage and the women kept tickling my feet and saying she can make me cry haha so wasnt to relaxing then we went on a big night out to say farewell to each other.
I got the bus the next day to Phnom Pehn because had to fly to Bangkok the next day. I stayed in the worst room ever dirt everywhere and i had a squat toilet in the room with the shower over it.
The killing fields were quite depressing because hundreds of people were killed in horrible ways (Kinda of like the concentration camps in world war 2) and wasnt long ago either only 1979. When you walk in they have a display glass case about 2 stories high full of skulls of the people who died.
Walking through the street food stores there was rubbish all in the road it was the most disgusting smell i had ever smelt and there were rats everywhere.
We went to a bar and end up with these investment bankers buying drinks and then walking back Hannah got a brick chucked at here head!!
The next morning i got up at 6am and was off on me own for the first time since i been travelling to Siem Reap and the girls i had been travelling with were heading south. I got the bus to Siem Reap which took 6 hours and i was the only westerner on there and it was a bit smelly and i got a chicken curry which was basically chicken bones at one of the stops. I arrived in Siem Reap at 3pm and got a tuk tuk which was one dollar to the Siem Reap backpackers hostel which was really good (AND HAD A SWIMMING POOL :D) I then agreed a price with my tuk tuk driver to take me to all the temples over 3 days which was 12 dollars a day.
I went to Akhor Wat that evening and watch the sunset, then went back and went out for something to eat. I had Khmer curry which is amazing. Then it rained so heavy for about 3 hours i just sat and drank beer haha. The next day i spent 6 hours looking at temples my favourte was the ones with the giant trees growing over it. I was then templed out lol. I then went out with some people from the hostel on the night to a mexican and then to a club and got very drunk! I got up the next morning and told my tuk tuk driver i was to hung over to look at temples haha and lazed about all day.
The next day i did 3 hours of temples then found out the girls i was travelling with before were in Siem Reap so went with them to get a massage and the women kept tickling my feet and saying she can make me cry haha so wasnt to relaxing then we went on a big night out to say farewell to each other.
I got the bus the next day to Phnom Pehn because had to fly to Bangkok the next day. I stayed in the worst room ever dirt everywhere and i had a squat toilet in the room with the shower over it.
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