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I was so happy to be getting out of Penang. 6 days was far too long. On the bus to the boat is a S.African girl - Sjanie, Scottish/Oz guy - Iain, an Irish guy and his English Girlfriend - James and Jade. On the boat there's no seats until they open the VIP lounge, with a movie showing. At 8.30am its a bit hard taking the movie seriously when the body count easily reaches over 500 and the hero comes back from the dead every 5 minutes, so its back to sleep for me. We can see the water getting visibly clearer as we close in on Langkawi, which is a relief cos I bought a mask and snorkel before Penang thinking it would come in useful.

Happy/Unhappy New Year to me!!

Gareth Penpraze
2007-04-21 00:23:56

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I was so happy to be getting out of Penang. 6 days was far too long. On the bus to the boat is a S.African girl - Sjanie, Scottish/Oz guy - Iain, an Irish guy and his English Girlfriend - James and Jade. On the boat there's no seats until they open the VIP lounge, with a movie showing. At 8.30am its a bit hard taking the movie seriously when the body count easily reaches over 500 and the hero comes back from the dead every 5 minutes, so its back to sleep for me. We can see the water getting visibly clearer as we close in on Langkawi, which is a relief cos I bought a mask and snorkel before Penang thinking it would come in useful.

We all share a taxi bus to Pentai Cenang. James and Jade have booked themselves into a fancy resort with a waterfall and several pools, while the rest of us are off to Geckko Guesthouse ($2 a dorm bed). We tried to book but the owner Rebecca kept saying on the phone, "Just turn up and we'll have something for you." So we pulled in behind another taxi - 4 beds left for 5 people!! So we have a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who is sleeping on the floor and guess who loses!! Best decision ever as the floor in the room I'm in is nice and quiet while Sjanie and Iain have to put up with a loud Turk and a pissed Canadian, who go to bed at god knows what time and leave not long after. It just so happens that the next morning a beach bungalow comes free so we shotgun that and life seems all good again. I could feel the blood pressure drop!! We almost get into a routine - morning swim, followed by a spot of breakfast while playing copious games of shithead - Sjanie you know you're the shithead!! The afteroon would also consist of more shithead another swim, more food, a sleep and then a beer or more food. Life doesn't get much better!!

We hire a car and pick up James and Jade for a tour around the island taking in the cable car and suspension bridge, watching ...