I arrived in Sydney at 6am on Tuesday morning after a long drawn out flight from Indonesia. Bali’s Denpasar International airport, like much of Indonesia and South Asia in general, is a disorganised chaotic excuse for an airport. I’ve decided at the end of the trip to finish my travel blog with some ‘superlatives’ awards such as ‘best food’, ‘cleanest beach’ etc. It will take a lot to remove Denpasar airport from the top of the ‘worst airport’ category that’s for sure.
Upon arrival you are greated with a Starbucks, Mcdonalds and several other eateries at the front of the terminal building. As soon as you enter the building you have to go through security – so you can forget
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I’ve spent the past few days traveling across peninsular Malaysia from Kuala Lumpur to the island of Pangkor via the Cameron Highlands and Ipoh. I hadn’t actually planned on travelling through so many places, however just like the Indians, Malaysian bus drivers seem to have a slightly corrupt streak and take what should be private, direct express buses on large detours to pick up passengers from local bus stops for backhanders. Unfortunately too, the weather has been attrocious. It’s been pouring with rain, and i mean pouring, for the best part of 6 hours now with continuous lightening, so photos and sunbathing have been out of the question. All this time undercover has therefore given me some time to reflect
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Today I had a super enjoyable day with Yong Yang in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I haven’t seen Yong since he left iCrossing 2 years ago, so it was really nice to catch up – and also great to have some company. I’ve actually spent the last 5 days in Bangkok with my little sister Amy (which was just one big shopping session and piss-up thanks sis), so i’ve been pretty spoiled for company recently. Combine that with meeting Alex and Dorota in Sydney next week and it could be said i’m not really traveling alone!
Since leaving the UK, Yong has been working for a Chinese telecommunications company in Ningbo, China. Because of the difficulty with internet in China (Facebook, Twitter,
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Yesterday morning I finally escaped India. Humppppffffhhh
Ironically, my last day was probably the best. I went on the famous ‘slum tour’ of the Dharavi slums in Mumbai with Reality tours. The biggest slum in Mumbai and the highest earning, dubbed the economic miracle and even visited by Richard Branson, Dharavi has an economy of around $700m a year in recycling and manufacturing and about 1million slum dwellers in a tiny section of the city. The way these guys live and work is truly incredible. Narrow alleys and tiny buildings all perfectly functional like a normal city – running water, electricity – even schools and police, however incredibly incredibly poor.
First we saw the tiny micro factories which make heavy industrial
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I arrived in Jaipur on 25th from not-so-special Agra. The Taj Mahal is a bit of a disappointment to be honest and Agra is a pretty terrible place to be. The Taj is too packed with people to really enjoy its beauty. Kids screaming and running everywhere, Indians rudely fighting and barging into people to get the best photo opportunity. I wanted to go at sunrise to avoid the crowds but – PAY ATTENTION HERE PROSPECTIVE TRAVELLERS – the Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays, so I had to go on a Thursday afternoon (probably the worst time).
There is little to no power in Agra, so every guest house or shop has its own generator in the street. This
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