Last days in Asia
Yeah, we haven't been very good with the whole blogg part. Sorry, but really, one of the last things we want is to sit down and write for an hour on the computer. We have so many other things going on! But is was a long time ago now, so we'll try to be a little better.
Now we'll tell you about our last days in Thailand, Malaysia & Asia! It so happens that we're in Melbourne now. Oh yeah. But since you don't know what happened between Chiang Mai and Australia, we thought we might fill you in.
After Chiang Mai, we went to Koh Tao again. This is the island where Chris & Marcus got their diving certificates. The reason to go back? Cheap dives & Liz also wanted to get a diving certificate. We went to the same resort we stayed at the first time and got a sweet deal. We got free accomodation since Liz was doing her diving course. So while Liz started with her course, Chris & Marcus rented motorbikes and drove around the island in search of beatiful beaches.
We ended up staying in Koh Tao for 6 days. The diving course for Liz was supposed to take 4 days, but she first had problems to adapt to the whole underwater-breathing thing, but she did manage. However, right after that she got sick and couldn't finish the course. But she got a referral, so she can finish the rest somewhere else within a year. Chris, Marcus and Liz a few times went to a total of five different beaches. All of them with crystal clear, warm (29 degrees) water and many with beatiful white sand. We swam and snorkeled there for many hours and really enjoyed life in Koh Tao. Though Chris & Marcus were a bit slow with the diving thing. They ended up doing two fun dives, which was really great. Chris also did a Deep Dive the day after. Went down to 30m and loved it! Did get an ear infection for that, but still worth it!
One of the beautiful refuges we found.
The awesome beach by Shark Bay.
Shark bay, a sunbather's and snorkeler's paradise!
It really doesn't get much better than this! :D
Team Sweden, featuring Oz!
Chris on his way into the deep!
On saturday it was, however, time to leave Koh Tao. The time had come to say goodbye to Thailand. We had a flight from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) the 22nd, so we left Koh Tao on the 18th for Phuket. We had a flight from there to Kuala Lumpur early the 19th. It was (as usual) a dull bus ride, we arrived to Phuket around 9pm. Didn't have that much time to see anything at all, we just went for dinner and then to bed. The flight to Kuala Lumpur went well, we landed around 11am and quickly found a hostel. We stayed in Chinatown in KL and spend most of our time there. Walked around the markets, had some food and just chilled. We were supposed to go to Petronas Towers on monday (the 20th), but apparently, it is closed on mondays!
In our depression, we went to a shopping mall and spend a whopping 9 hours in there!!! It's not as bad as it sounds though. That time included both lunch and dinner plus a movie at the cinema in the shopping centre. We tried to go to Petronas early on tuesday, the same day we were leaving for Melbourne. We got there around 9am and the tickets were already sold out! Disappointed, we at least snapped some photos outside and then went to the airport.
Bros @ the Petronas Twin Towers.
The indoor rollercoaster @ the Times Square Mall, Kuala Lumpur. Insane!
That flight went well too. We're now in Melbourne. Today we're going to IKEA to buy swedish christmas food! We'll give you more updates of what we've been doing here in a couple of days. So to all of you, from all of us, a very merry christmas!
GOD JUL!!!
Chris, Liz and Marcus wishes you all a merry christmas!
/C, M & L
Now we'll tell you about our last days in Thailand, Malaysia & Asia! It so happens that we're in Melbourne now. Oh yeah. But since you don't know what happened between Chiang Mai and Australia, we thought we might fill you in.
After Chiang Mai, we went to Koh Tao again. This is the island where Chris & Marcus got their diving certificates. The reason to go back? Cheap dives & Liz also wanted to get a diving certificate. We went to the same resort we stayed at the first time and got a sweet deal. We got free accomodation since Liz was doing her diving course. So while Liz started with her course, Chris & Marcus rented motorbikes and drove around the island in search of beatiful beaches.
We ended up staying in Koh Tao for 6 days. The diving course for Liz was supposed to take 4 days, but she first had problems to adapt to the whole underwater-breathing thing, but she did manage. However, right after that she got sick and couldn't finish the course. But she got a referral, so she can finish the rest somewhere else within a year. Chris, Marcus and Liz a few times went to a total of five different beaches. All of them with crystal clear, warm (29 degrees) water and many with beatiful white sand. We swam and snorkeled there for many hours and really enjoyed life in Koh Tao. Though Chris & Marcus were a bit slow with the diving thing. They ended up doing two fun dives, which was really great. Chris also did a Deep Dive the day after. Went down to 30m and loved it! Did get an ear infection for that, but still worth it!
One of the beautiful refuges we found.
The awesome beach by Shark Bay.
Shark bay, a sunbather's and snorkeler's paradise!
It really doesn't get much better than this! :D
Team Sweden, featuring Oz!
Chris on his way into the deep!
On saturday it was, however, time to leave Koh Tao. The time had come to say goodbye to Thailand. We had a flight from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) the 22nd, so we left Koh Tao on the 18th for Phuket. We had a flight from there to Kuala Lumpur early the 19th. It was (as usual) a dull bus ride, we arrived to Phuket around 9pm. Didn't have that much time to see anything at all, we just went for dinner and then to bed. The flight to Kuala Lumpur went well, we landed around 11am and quickly found a hostel. We stayed in Chinatown in KL and spend most of our time there. Walked around the markets, had some food and just chilled. We were supposed to go to Petronas Towers on monday (the 20th), but apparently, it is closed on mondays!
In our depression, we went to a shopping mall and spend a whopping 9 hours in there!!! It's not as bad as it sounds though. That time included both lunch and dinner plus a movie at the cinema in the shopping centre. We tried to go to Petronas early on tuesday, the same day we were leaving for Melbourne. We got there around 9am and the tickets were already sold out! Disappointed, we at least snapped some photos outside and then went to the airport.
Bros @ the Petronas Twin Towers.
The indoor rollercoaster @ the Times Square Mall, Kuala Lumpur. Insane!
That flight went well too. We're now in Melbourne. Today we're going to IKEA to buy swedish christmas food! We'll give you more updates of what we've been doing here in a couple of days. So to all of you, from all of us, a very merry christmas!
GOD JUL!!!
Chris, Liz and Marcus wishes you all a merry christmas!
/C, M & L
Kommentarer
Postat av: Marie
Vad underbart det ser ut!Vilket vatten!
Ja ni har fått uppleva mycket!
En riktigt GOD JUL till er också!
(Hoppas att IKEA julbordet smakade)
Kram på er
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