tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46452136466387636872011-11-28T07:47:45.486+08:00A blog where Lit Han, an ordinary guy from Pontian, a small fishing village on the Southern tip of Asian continent, writes about his stories, adventures and experiences on an extraordinary backpacking trip across South East Asia alone for 6 months.xentriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04126744572222336253noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645213646638763687.post-52612357404980639952008-10-21T19:04:00.002+08:002008-10-21T19:07:09.282+08:00

17-20 Aug - After my unfortunate adventure in Koh Phangan, I felt extremely down at a point and was seriously considering of putting an end to my journey to go back to Malaysia. Nevertheless, I decided to finish off the third and final island around the area, Koh Tao.Named after the island's shape of a turtle, Koh Tao is approximately 40km away from Koh Phangan and is the smallest among the three

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14-17 Aug - Now to the saddest part of my blog. The part where I lost more than RM4000 due to my stupidity and carelessness. After my stay in Koh Samui, I went along with what most travelers would do and that is to Koh Phangan.15km North of Koh Samui, Koh Phangan is a tropical island paradise exist mainly for parties, loud music, alcohol and drugs. Due to its proximity to Koh Samui, Koh Phangan's

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12-14 Aug - I woke up at 6am the next day to catch the bus to the pier where I took a ferry to Koh Samui. The bus and ferry was very comfortable and the price I paid was definitely worth it.Upon reaching Koh Samui's main town, Na Thon, I took a tut tut for 150B to the hotel which I have pre-booked in Surat yesterday. Local transport on Koh Samui is quite expensive as this is one of the most

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10-12 Aug - I left Songkla for Hat Yai again together with Aaron and Kenneth. Upon reaching, I decided to check into a slightly more expensive guesthouse in town as the previous one is too yucky. So I invested in a more luxurious room for 300B in Louise Guesthouse.Upon checking in, I shopped around the many many tour agencies around town for my next destination. As Hat Yai is the busiest city in

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Hi all. I am currently in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam. Reached here yesterday from Vientiane, capital of Laos. I flew out of Yangon, capital of Myanmar to Bangkok on 19th and went by bus to Nong Khai, Thai border town to Laos. Stayed a few nights there and went to Vientiane to catch a bus to Hanoi.Now I am waiting for 2 uni friends to come join me from Malaysia for 9 days. We will be travelling

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9-10 Aug – Early next day, I checked out from the guesthouse and walked to the clock tower to catch a minivan to Songkla, a coastal town 25km East of Hat Yai. The 30B minivan took 45 minutes to reach Songkla as it keeps stopping to pick up more passengers along the way.A Thai girl who speaks excellent English gave me an introduction to Songkla and even help me to direct the driver to my

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7-9 Aug – “Sawadee Krap” this is the phrase that I have to learn and get used to as I venture into Thailand aka Siam. Known by many as the land of a thousand smiles, Thai people's warm reception for foreign guest is definitely indisputable.As my RM33 minivan from Sungai Petani left early next morning, the feeling of sadness from the parting subsided and grew into anxiety. Finally, I am leaving

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Dear all, as you read this I am now currently in the ex-capital cityof Myanmar, Yangon. I have no idea if this is going to be posted as Iam sending this like a email because it's almost impossible for me tologin to my blogspot account to post anything. The gov blocks allmajor websites and I only get to access my gmail. There's nointernational roaming here and a sim card cost USD2500. Therefore

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3-7 Aug - After my rendezvous with Richard and Gwen, I set off to an arduous 8 hour journey across the scenic East West highway from KB to Sungai Petani in Kedah. Even though SP is not the capital city of Kedah, it is the busiest and one of the most developed city in the state.The main reason why I came over here is to cross the border to Thailand even though crossing the border can be done over

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31 July-2 Aug - My next stop brought me to Kota Bahru, the capital city of Kelantan also known as the Islamic City of Malaysia. To me KB is one of the most intriguing cities in Malaysia. Why you may ask? Simply because this is the only state in Malaysia that has been governed by PAS (the opposition party) since forever and if you read the nation's newspaper about the "weird" laws that PAS has put

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I couldn't resist not telling you guys. AirAsia is giving away 1 million free tickets from now till 31 August and NO! Airasia is not paying me to promote for them, I just did it because I managed to book my FREE TICKET and I am so happie... YES. I have booked a return ticket to Hangzhou from Kuala Lumpur. I will be departing on 19th June 2009 and coming back on the 29th. The 5 hour journey

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Hah. after bringing you all forward for the last 2 post, let's backtrack a little to the point where I was in Kuala Terengganu after my more more teeing adventure in Redang.27-28 July - Kuala Terengganu, the capital city of Terengganu. If you follow closely with my blog, you would have noticed that I came back and forth to KT a few times in between my trips to Tanjong Jara, Pulau Redang and now I

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Hello all. Thanks for all your concern through my blog and email. I am truly blessed to have such good family members and friends and I realized even more of it after I started my journey.I am now in Koh Tao, about 40 kilometers off the coast of Chumpon and I am doing my advanced scuba diving course here. At first I was not very sure of doing it because I have already lost so much money but after

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Dear all, this is the latest update from me in Thailand. I am now in the island of Koh Phangan appoximately 50km from the coast of SuratThani. When I arrived the on the island I went on a party with a Mexican guy I met and am currently sharing a room with. I drank too much at the party and lost my bag which contains my camera, wallet, handphone and passport. It was not stolen or snatched by me. I

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28 to 30 July – After experiencing the lifestyle of the rich and famous I was transformed back into my identity of a backpacker when I bid farewell to my cousin at the Kuala Terengganu (KT) bus terminal. I stayed overnight in KT that day and signed up for a RM299 package tour for 3 days 2 nights to Pulau Redang that includes food, lodging and 2 way ferry transfer and 3 snorkeling trips. I did

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25 to 27 July - I reached Kuala Terengganu (KT) 10 hours after my horrendous journey across the East West highway. The bus which I took, took in passengers illegally despite ferrying the maximum number of passengers as allowed by the law and these “extra” passengers have to squeeze in the back of my seat which caused me to hv my seat upright at 90 degrees throughout the journey. As if that's not

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18 to 24 July – After traveling for about 2 weeks, I've decided to stopover in Kuala Lumpur for a few days. Initially my plan was to stay 3 days in KL to recharge myself and to meet up with family and friends, however my stayed was prolonged to 1 week as the unexpected visit of my dad and brother took me sightseeing in a lot of places which I am supposed to spend a few days therefore I have more

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Phew. It has been 1 month since I started my journey on 4th of July. I survived it. YAY! I know there's a slight jump here from my previous post because as usual I was missing in action again. Please bear with me as I feel today is a day worth mentioning that's why I have written this post.Even though I might not have updated my blog as frequent as I hoped, I do update the things on the right

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15th to 18th July - As if the jungle trekking I did in Tioman was not enough to kill me, I decided to give Malaysian rainforest another try. This time I decided to challenge the almighty Taman Negara in Pahang. Touted as the oldest rainforest and jungle in the world at 130million years old, Taman Negara's main entry point is Kuala Tahan.To get there I stayed overnight in a small town called

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12th to 14th July - Never did I expect that my first visitors on my journey is my dad and brother. My dad decided to join me in Kuantan after my regular phone call home. My mum has gone to China with her brothers and sister so my dad's alone at home. So when I jokingly asked him if he would like to visit me? He said Okay! Why Not? So he took the bus from Pontian to KL to meet up with my second

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Well. This is going to be my last blog for today. I have been online for almost 10 hours now.I reached Kuantan on the 9th of July and will be leaving tomorrow for Tasik Chini. Kuantan to me is not a bad place to live in. It has what a city has, cineplexes, shopping centres, starbucks to online (hehe) and life's not too hectic here unlike in other Malaysian cities such as KL, Penang and Johor. The

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6th to 9th July - I spent the whole of my second day sightseeing and snorkeling around Air Batang and jungle trekking further up North to Monkey Bay with Vincent. The water was very clear and the snorkeling went really well. I was so surprise at the sights of the corals and fishes that I saw because they are so much better compared to what I saw in Krabi, Thailand.At night, Vincent and I had

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5th July – Before the ferry, I managed to take a picture with my first friend met along the journey, Samuel from Germany. Had dinner with him the night before and found out that he is just 20 years old and is already traveling alone in Malaysia and Indonesia. He will be going back soon for his University study though but I feel to do smt like this at the age of 20 is indeed very courageous. Sadly

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4th July – Woke up unusually early to get ready for my trip. Mum drove me to the bus station in Pontian where I took an express bus to Larkin bus station. The feeling wasn't great as I feel uneasy from wht my mum has said last night. However I managed to keep going.Lugging two big bags drew curious glances from most people especially in Pontian town. Even in Larkin, the sight of a Malaysian guy

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Hi ya all. I am so sorry for not being able to blog for the past few days. Internet access on Tioman is so expensive that I couldn't afford now tht I am a backpacker. (1 hour cost RM12) I am currently in Kuantan where I am able to get free internet in Starbucks, that's why I will blog and post some photos on FlickrI have read all the comments and advise on my previous entry as well. Thanks a lot

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Well this is it. My last night or should I say morning spent at home before my departure in a few hours time.My feelings rite now? Happy (a little), Excited (pretty much), Anxious (very).Even until this very moment, my mum still tried to convince me not go to for this trip or at least shorten my trip to 1 or 2 months so tht I can come back and look for a job and be "normal"HAHA. I guess this is

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Phew... It's harder than I hv imagined to start off a blog. Finally after many hours of clicking here and there, I managed to do it. First of all I wanna welcome all of u to my blog. If you are reading this, it means you somehow already know that I am embarking on a 6 months backpacking trip across South East Asia countries namely, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar alone.

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