Saturday, April 02, 2005
i get weak
More from Lord and Lady Big Bucks.
Leaving Bangkok, after no trouble with the police this time, we headed for a week in MalaysiaTrulyAsia. Asia's answer to Easyjet, Air Asia, took us there. Cheap as chips and without the nauseating orange logos and messages from Stelios. They did however shift our departure time back an hour without bothering to tell us, thereby making our connection in Kuala Lumpur (or KL as anyone in the know in Asia calls it) rather tight. I managed to not lose my temper with the airport check-in - quite an achievement being as it was early and I hadn't had breakfast yet - and we made the connection in the end.
So Borneo. Well, firstly MalaysiaTrulyAsia is really quite wide of the mark. Anyone that's watched as much BBC World over the last 8 months as we have will be only too aware of the Malaysian tourist boards adverts and catchy jingle. Shown at least 3,421 times a day, the funds must finance hundreds of idle and unnecessary internet journalists. MalaysiaTrulyGuildford would be more accurate, though slightly less catchy. Cars drive safely, people wear seatbelts, traffic jams on approachs to roundabouts during rush hour, pavements, green grass, rain, the list goes on. About as non stereotypical of Asia as you could hope to find. And of course the clincher as Truly Guildford, everyone supports Man United.
Having said that we did escape Kuching for a few days in the Bako National Park. Now, many places we've visited have claimed to be 'jungle'. Put a few trees next door to each other, generate a few passing tourists and it seems almost anywhere can lay claim to being a jungle. Yet this place was the real McCoy, a jungle with a capital J.
Apparently we saw 3 different types of monkey and walked through 4 different eco vegetation zones. And that was just on the first morning. Ms Love is the environmental sciences student (as she enjoyed pointing out to anyone that would listen) and so you'll have to rely on her for details of exactly what things were. And it's my turn at the wheel today so you'll have to wait. Oh, and there were some, apparently rather rare, long bearded pigs.
And now, it being Saturday, we've hotfooted it back to civilisation in time to check into a half decent hotel to catch the football (or EPL as you have to call it round here), only to find - surprise, surprise - it doesn't have the requisite channels and we are going to have to go out tonight instead of coming all the way to Asia to watch Charlton v Man City all evening....
Leaving Bangkok, after no trouble with the police this time, we headed for a week in MalaysiaTrulyAsia. Asia's answer to Easyjet, Air Asia, took us there. Cheap as chips and without the nauseating orange logos and messages from Stelios. They did however shift our departure time back an hour without bothering to tell us, thereby making our connection in Kuala Lumpur (or KL as anyone in the know in Asia calls it) rather tight. I managed to not lose my temper with the airport check-in - quite an achievement being as it was early and I hadn't had breakfast yet - and we made the connection in the end.
So Borneo. Well, firstly MalaysiaTrulyAsia is really quite wide of the mark. Anyone that's watched as much BBC World over the last 8 months as we have will be only too aware of the Malaysian tourist boards adverts and catchy jingle. Shown at least 3,421 times a day, the funds must finance hundreds of idle and unnecessary internet journalists. MalaysiaTrulyGuildford would be more accurate, though slightly less catchy. Cars drive safely, people wear seatbelts, traffic jams on approachs to roundabouts during rush hour, pavements, green grass, rain, the list goes on. About as non stereotypical of Asia as you could hope to find. And of course the clincher as Truly Guildford, everyone supports Man United.
Having said that we did escape Kuching for a few days in the Bako National Park. Now, many places we've visited have claimed to be 'jungle'. Put a few trees next door to each other, generate a few passing tourists and it seems almost anywhere can lay claim to being a jungle. Yet this place was the real McCoy, a jungle with a capital J.
Apparently we saw 3 different types of monkey and walked through 4 different eco vegetation zones. And that was just on the first morning. Ms Love is the environmental sciences student (as she enjoyed pointing out to anyone that would listen) and so you'll have to rely on her for details of exactly what things were. And it's my turn at the wheel today so you'll have to wait. Oh, and there were some, apparently rather rare, long bearded pigs.
And now, it being Saturday, we've hotfooted it back to civilisation in time to check into a half decent hotel to catch the football (or EPL as you have to call it round here), only to find - surprise, surprise - it doesn't have the requisite channels and we are going to have to go out tonight instead of coming all the way to Asia to watch Charlton v Man City all evening....
// posted by courtney and pete @ 11:52 
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So Dowie for Man City, then.
Just as well your boys came up with Norwich, otherwise your lot would have finished bottom!!
Keitho
Just as well your boys came up with Norwich, otherwise your lot would have finished bottom!!
Keitho
# posted by 
: 12:52 pm
: 12:52 pm
Now look Keitho, besides having a daft name that makes you sound like an extra from Footballers Wives, you obviously have no appreciation of the finer points of football and in particular the wizards from Selhurst.
This time last year nobody thought we would be promoted - but we were. Thus year nobody thinks we will stay up - but we will - Peter has said so and what Peter says goes - surely even you know that!
Graham T Wylie
(now that is a proper name)
This time last year nobody thought we would be promoted - but we were. Thus year nobody thinks we will stay up - but we will - Peter has said so and what Peter says goes - surely even you know that!
Graham T Wylie
(now that is a proper name)
# posted by : 9:04 am
: 9:04 am
So you're moving to Guildford then?
PS - note to GTW - I see you're implying that you're brother (and I mean that in the true socialist sense too of course)is a nobody.....
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PS - note to GTW - I see you're implying that you're brother (and I mean that in the true socialist sense too of course)is a nobody.....
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