The second visit to Kuala Lumpur was only to catch the train from there to Singapore a daunting seven and a half hour trip. It turned out to be OK apart from the border crossing at Singapore where we had to leave the train with all our baggage and go through the checkpoint and re-board the train again.
There are quite a few craft beer pubs in Singapore and I got to try the beer in two of them, Brewerkz and Paulaner, both had excellent beers.
Singapore has not changed that much apart from Sentosa island where they are building lots of resorts.
In our opinion it has changed for the worse as the first time we visited, some twenty years ago, it was an original island without modern buildings and lots of open green areas, now it’s trying to compete with Disneyland with monorail attendants waving as you leave and arrive at stations.
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Kho Samui
On arrival at Koh Samui airport the transportation to the arrivals hall is by decorated open trolley cars. The arrivals hall is very small with no air conditioning so it was rather hot as we waited for our baggage.
The Fisherman’s Village of Bophut was where we were staying in a small boutique hotel just a short walk from the main street. The hotel was directly on the beach and all the rooms had a superb view out over the bay and outlying islands.
The first couple of days were spent lazing on the beach and in the pool, not what we usually do but after the past hectic days it was just what was needed.
I said that I was going to go fishing at least once during this tour so I booked a full days fishing to the outer islands.
The vehicle that picked us up was fully air conditioned, meaning it was the back of a pickup truck, a bit of a hurdle for Sheila to climb but managed it in the end. There were only ten people on the boat which meant plenty of room but to get onto the boat there was an obstacle course of ropes and long tail propellers to negotiate and a very rickety ladder to climb to get onto the boat itself.
I managed to catch three fish during the day but Sheila was disappointed not to get a bite. She did however lose her hat overboard and the boat had to turn around to net it. There were no photos taken of the fish as it would need a large zoom lens to capture them. All in all a very enjoyable day out as we always like to go fishing anywhere.
The outstanding part of Kho Samui is the food and the all the meals we had there were excellent, especially the steaks at The Shack, probably the best we have eaten anywhere.
To get around the island we hired a car for the day but it only took four hours, the only bad area is Chaweng beach which is like a very smelly Blackpool and it confirmed that we were definitely staying in the best part of the island.
The Fisherman’s Village of Bophut was where we were staying in a small boutique hotel just a short walk from the main street. The hotel was directly on the beach and all the rooms had a superb view out over the bay and outlying islands.
The first couple of days were spent lazing on the beach and in the pool, not what we usually do but after the past hectic days it was just what was needed.
I said that I was going to go fishing at least once during this tour so I booked a full days fishing to the outer islands.
The vehicle that picked us up was fully air conditioned, meaning it was the back of a pickup truck, a bit of a hurdle for Sheila to climb but managed it in the end. There were only ten people on the boat which meant plenty of room but to get onto the boat there was an obstacle course of ropes and long tail propellers to negotiate and a very rickety ladder to climb to get onto the boat itself.
I managed to catch three fish during the day but Sheila was disappointed not to get a bite. She did however lose her hat overboard and the boat had to turn around to net it. There were no photos taken of the fish as it would need a large zoom lens to capture them. All in all a very enjoyable day out as we always like to go fishing anywhere.
The outstanding part of Kho Samui is the food and the all the meals we had there were excellent, especially the steaks at The Shack, probably the best we have eaten anywhere.
To get around the island we hired a car for the day but it only took four hours, the only bad area is Chaweng beach which is like a very smelly Blackpool and it confirmed that we were definitely staying in the best part of the island.
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