Trip to Koh Lipe (part 2)

Walking street is the only entertainment in Koh Lipe, most of the people will hang out here at night. It is one straight road fron Pattaya beach to Sunset beach. Since our trip to Koh Lipe is during low peak season, most of the shops is closed and some is open only at night.

Pooh Bar



Walking street

We ended up having lunch at Thai Restaurant....they serve nice Pad Thai...

Later, we went to shop for our snorkelling trip. We end up with Thai Beach  Travellers which looks more professional. Since i wanted to look at interesting fish and coral, we choose Program B. Try to bargain with them since it is low peak season, we pay for THB 620 per person.

Unique post box in Koh Lipe

There are many stray dogs along walking street....

Remember to try their seafood....its very fresh and cheap

Trip to Koh Lipe (Part 1)

Finally, after one whole year of waiting...I am finally going to Koh Lipe !!!

I have always wanted to travel to Maldives due to crystal clear water and colourful corals and fish. However, due to budget constraint, which required RM10,000 for two person =_=....i have planned to go there for Honeymoon.

Last year, during my trip to Langkawi, while surveying for snorkelling trip, the tour guide introduce us to Koh Lipe, which is only one hour by speedboat. Too bad we didnt bring along our passport, if not we would have been there since last year.

From there, i started to plan our trip to Koh Lipe, which i heard is "Maldives" of Thailand....Just a short introduction of Koh Lipe....Koh Lipe is a small island in the Adang-Rawi Archipelago of the Andaman Sea, in the Satun Province of southwest Thailand, close to Malaysian border (Langkawi).

We booked Firefly air ticket to Langkawi which costs RM100 per person. The boat trip to Koh Lipe costs RM128 per way. Boat ticket can be booked online for a cheaper price. Ticket can be booked at Telaga Harbour.

 We arrived at Telaga Harbour around 8.00am. We waited there for almost 1 hour for them to process the imigration documents. Next time should only reach there 9.00am...

The boat trip to Koh Lipe takes around 1 hour and 15 minutes. Once we reach there, we need to wait for Thailand immigration for entry clearance. The hotel van will be waiting for us at Immigration check-in point.

We stayed at Mali Resort, which is located at Pattaya Beach. We booked balinese style beach view room, at the most amazing part is open air bathroom !!!

 

 

 

After settled down, we went to Walking Street for our lunch and to book snorkelling and island hopping trip. The weather is so sunny....end up having sunburn on the first day....


 

 

Crystal Clear water with blue sky

 

Christmas Celebration

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Finally, it is almost end of the year. Christmas is one more month to go. In a blink on an eye, i have work in KPMG for one year already. Normally, during christmas, my department will have gift exchange activities. We will draw lots to see which person we need to buy present for. When we buy the present, we will put it under the christmas tree. Want to guess which present is for me ???

Christmas tree in my office

When i went to shopping malls, there are christmas decorations everywhere. I can even listen to christmas songs in the retail outlet. The decorations is so nice, luckily i bought a new phone with camera, so that i can take pictures wherever i go. I wish to visit Pavilion soon, as i heard from my friends that the decorations in Pavilion is very nice.

Decorations in One Utama

Decorations in Subang Parade

Europe Trip - 1st day

London

This is the first time i'm taking Air Asia X to London. The flight journey took around 14 hours. Overall, the seat is comfortable, the food is better than Etihad and for entertainment, we just need to pay extra RM30. It is better than what i expected.

When i reach London, it was already 5pm, and i took a coach to Victoria Coach Station. The traffic is heavy on Saturday, it takes 2 hours for me to arrive at Victoria Coach Station. Finally, i get to meet my lou gong =).

At night, i follow kuang yaw and his parents to China Town in London dinner. I get to eat 三烧饭 which i miss the most in London.

The next day , i went to Lyceum Theatre at Wellington Street to watch The Lion King.The Lion King is a disney show where i watched when i was small, and until now, i will still watch it. The whole show is totally breathtaking and amazing from start to finish, especially the opening moment when they sang circle of life. The stage setup and costumes were astoundingly effective and the voices were brilliant. I hope they will have a world tour to Malaysia and i surely will go and watch it again .

At night, after having dinner, we took a bus to Gatewick Airport where we a spend a night there waiting for our flight to Paris .

My eyes don't lie

When i'm surfing my friend blog, i heard this song that touch me....

If rose is green and grass is red,
Will you remember what i say,
baby dun forget before you regret,
stuck in my mind, a needle through my head,
the light you shine into the night,
you take away my fright,
and for every time i see you i try
what i try to say is stay with me tonight,
for what i really feel inside,
my eyes wont let me hide,
everytime i see you they start to cry
cause this time my love, could mean goodbye
dun say goodbye.

The story of our own hand

At the age of 20, you will see your hand very smooth, without wrinkles. However, when you reach the age of 50, you look at your own hand again, it will be full of wrinkles. This is the evidence of aging.

But , think of it another way, you do most of the stuff with your hand (i.e. work, care for people, hold hands with your other half). The older you are, the more wrinkles your hand have, the more experience you gain, the more wisdom you have.

Take a diary for an example. At first, before you use your diary,it is new, empty. As day pass by, you will write down all your feelings , experience in your diary. After 10 years, it had become old, the pages turn yellow, and some of the pages are torn out, however, inside is full of writing, full events you gained from your life, your surrounding and environment.

Therefore, don't judge a book by its cover. When you are at the age of 50 , don't just that you are getting old, your face full of wrinkles and not pretty or handsome anymore. Think of the experience, knowledge you gained. Think of all the good things happening throughout your whole life. Think of how many person you had helped or cared. We must think optimistic, think of the bright side then life will be meaningful....

Sungai Jagong , Kedah

Today when i was going through my friend's blog i saw this place.
It was so amazing. That i plan to go to this place for my next outing. I surf through the web for this place. However, i'm been cheated , no wonder it is called Sungai Jagong ( corn).
The waterfall is actually located in Croatia, Plitvicka Jezera National Park.

What a beautiful scene. Hope i can go this place sometimes.