Bangkok in 24 Hours

After a seemingly endless journey of 20 (!!!!) hours from Penang, we arrived in Bangkok and hopelessly searched for Breakfast and the new addition to our team... LISA.

After the initial scare of a new stalker on Koh San Road following us into various restaurants, we saw a smiling face in the distance; the first ACTUAL familiar face in such a long time was very surreal. After a rushed greeting, we changed out of our traveling gear and hit the street of Koh San for some serious shopping at the market stalls. With endless clothes and scorpions to choose from, its a great way to kill a few hours, followed by a refreshing smoothie at The Hub.

As usual, we treated ourselves to Mani-Pedis and facials for the crazy Asian price of about one pound. 

The contrast between day and night in Bangkok is incredible, it changes from the 'Streets of Cornwall' (Direct quote from Lisa Day) to a party street filled with backpackers from all over the world. After a Chang tower we headed to the 'No ID Golf Bar' for a few buckets before... The Club. THE CLUB in Bangkok... it's great... go there if only because you get a free Smirnoff ice on arrival- LOL.

 The next day, hungover and sleepy, we headed to the Weekend Market... which was honestly, the best shopping we've ever seen. With endless rows of boutique market stalls, we could have bought every single pair of Levi's, Logo Tee's and dungarees, SOOOO NICE!!!!! (if only we all weren't running seriously low on cash). ALTHOUGH there was also the added surprise of the pet section... The drugged squirrels staring at us with wide eyes was enough to send Jodie running, shortly followed by a hate-filled staring competition between Jodie and the weird pet shop owner - Tense.

We'll be seeing more of Bangkok on the way down to the islands in a couple weeks!

Big love xxxxxx meg jod AND LISAAAAAAAAAAA

Goodbye Bali

For our last days in beloved Bali we headed back to Kuta for a final night out in Sky Garden, HOWEVER, this was not until after our travelling day back from the Gili's of EIGHT HOURS, we decided to save about 3 pounds each and take the public bus... huge mistake, we ended up surrounded by buskers, moving sweet shops, pot noodle counters and endless sales pitches, hilarious to say the least! But if you have the option; take the fast boat, it cuts 7 hours off your journey!

Of course we headed back to Sky Garden for our final night out; we simply cannot get over FREE DRINKS for two hours....... its brilliant.

After a month of travelling Bali, we still only managed to see about 2 thirds, we weren't able to squeeze in the entire North-West of the island, surely an excuse to head back with more friends in tow?

Goodbye Bali, we love you

Next stop Malaysia....

Kuta + Uluwatu (Bali) PARDY

We have arrived in Bali! (well we have been here for nearly two weeks, but the internet is about as slow as everything else on Bali time so we have been struggling to update)

On our first night in Kuta, it was safe to say that we were terrified... we arrived in the dark, got completely ripped off for a taxi (30 dollars when it should have been 6, but he followed us around and into the toilet so what could we do), and then locked ourselves away into a crepe shop of all places, to hide forever.

HOWEVER, after a brave walk down a mysterious dark alley, we arrived in the perfectly fine, and equally hilarious Poppies Lane 2. We wandered outside and realised that Kuta was the Aiya Napa of Bali, with Bounty and Skygarden night clubs handing out free drinks to 'international guests' - free drinks for being on holiday? safe to say we got carried away!

The following night we were ready.... 9pm at Sky Garden for drinks and THE BEST dance in Sky Dome with the locals. We stayed at Gora Beach Inn... after you get over the scary exterior of a dingy car park, the inside is really sweet, for less then 5$ a night we had a room overlooking the pool and banana jaffles for breakfast! Pretty perfect as an escape from the streets of  'Transport!! Transport!!' and 'Mushrooms???'

After we had enjoyed the nightlife in Kuta, as well as hiring surfboards for just one day, we quickly plotted our escape to nicer surroundings; Uluwatu. We stayed near Padang Padang beach, which is beautiful! White sand, blue sea and the rest... though i'm pretty sure we spotted a few comodo dragons!!!!!!!! As we arrived on a Sunday we headed to the Single Fin Party at Uluwatu beach; there was an amazing local band and every traveler was keen to drukenly chat to you about Bali and their love for surfing.

We spent our days either chilling on the beach with a Nasi Goreng (Pot noodle with an egg on the top) or at the Temple, with the monkeys............ THAT ATTACKED US! Absolutely terrifying; the monkeys jumped out the trees, bared their fangs at us and started climbing up Jodie skirt.... our screaming did NOT help but was rather entertaining for the locals.... "You no like monkey???"

^^(After being asked SO many times for photos with various foreign people because we are English, we have started asking for photos back, with hilarious results hahahaha)

In Uluwatu, we spent our mornings taking part in the yoga classes at Mu, a hotel near where we were staying. It was SO NICE! The teacher was really cool, tanned, told us we were beautiful in our sweatiest times and loved everything about Bali - we would definitely recommended this class! It was quite pricey at 100,0000 for an hour but definitely worth the money, we spent the whole day feeling relaxed and stretchy.

One day after class we befriended a 60 year old french man (why are our mates always about a thousand years old) and we gave both of us a lift home on his moped whilst telling us which surf competition he was organizing that day.... hilarious.

Happy Travels xxx

Our starting point: Jersey

Jersey.
Our hometown and pretty great starting point that is.
After our final summer holidays of kidding around before far too many of our friends left for university, we've been left looking back on our incredible summer with nostalgia as we dive into 9-5. 

The beaches, the parties, the nights when you and ten friends are naked in the pool as the police arrive.  True, the nightlife is shit but there's lots of ways to make your own fun when you've got great company and lots of water (and vodka).  With countless beaches, you're never at a loss of things to do as even when the weather isn't great, rock-jumping and surfing with a hot chocolate afterwards are always less than nine miles away!

Pass the Parcel and a passed-out member of the party at Jodie's 18th.

Appreciating the Jersey waters.

 Prior to being chased around the house naked by a policeman getting told "there's nothing special between your legs".

Charity sky-dive for Hope for John managing to raise £1,200 between three of us.

Our Favourite place to spend time - St. Ouen's Bay

Peace and Love,

Jodie and Megan.