KL - Phuket - Ko Phangan - Phuket - KL

wow, just cant imagine i made it to ko phangan in thailand, though it was a pack-and-go plan during malaysia's peak holiday season.

we do have direct flight from KL (subang airport) to Ko Samui (nearer to Ko Phangan) unfortunately all seat were fully booked. i nearly cancelled the plan knowing that it was fully booked, but having a friend with me, makes it a little crazier. so we divert our route from KL to Phuket, stayed one night (it was a great night in phuket though!). we arrived at Phuket at about 6pm in the evening, lucky to get a nice hotel room at only 600 thai bhat, just at the corner of Bangla Road (phuket's most happening road)

since our mission is to get to Ko Phangan, we had to leave the next morning at 6.45am to get a bus. the pick-up van was so puntual, right at 6.45 sharp it's already in front of our hotel lobby.

the van took us to phuket city, about 1 hour jorney from patong. then we took a 5-hour bus ride to Suratthani, change bus and get another 1-hour bus ride which took us to the nearest pier. from the pier, we took a speed boat to Ko Phangan, arrived at the shore at about 1 hour and 30 minutes later. and then we took a taxi to haadrin beach where all the happing is.

damn, 6.45 we started our journey and we only arrived at haadrin beach at about 7pm in the evening (includes all ride and transit time).

nevertheless, it really was worth it. haadrin beach is one in a million.

the next day, we departed at 12 noon, repeat the same taxi-boat-bus-van ride. spend another night at phuket and depart back to kl the next morning.

there it goes, basically we didnt actually get to spend our 'day', but our 'night' was crazy and awesome!

i used to go to bali few times a year, maybe now i'll go for phuket

ko samui, now now now!!

ok this is a little mad, yes i have already planned this ko samui trip last month, but a friend who supposed to me my partner for the trip, bail out, so i have then cancelled the plan.

but last night another friend got to know that i am on leave now, and so happen that they are all planning to go to the same place today! oh, little rushing isnt it? all flights fully booked, we have to make a diversion, stopping at phuket maybe. since it's a last minute deal and school holiday period, airplane it will be, and damn that's where all of our cash will flow away. so, no shopping or partying in samui or thailand or where ever it may be.

without @twitter and #facebook

i just realized that i am too attached to twitter and facebook when i was in Beijing last weekend. i seriously didnt remember that china has a strict internet access, even google in china is being watched, only certain results will appear and click-able.

it makes things worse when i imagine for any emergency. what if my mobile roaming doesnt work? how do i share breaking news with my family, friends and followers in malaysia or other parts or the world?

it gets funnier when i go nuts in-front of my lappy thinking of what to surf online while i was in china, :S

i wonder why i cant access twitter and facebook in china, why they have to strict access to those sites, do they bring any harm? in what sorts?

oh guess what, even blogger cant be accessed, too!

India

i just got back from New Delhi, India. not a long holiday, just a short one.

while in New Delhi, i stayed in Le Meridian Hotel, nicely decorated hotel with modern design, however the architecture are still an old one, the hotel just had a face-lift not too long ago.

so yeah, places i visited? not much, spend some time with fellow colleagues to the Janpath and Sarojini market. these two market are the two quite well-known market in Delhi, this is the place where you can bargain for almost everything sold here. nice? it was just okay. the majority shops here are selling clothing items.