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Perhentian Islands
July 11, 2003
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This was our chalet in the Perhentian Islands. We stayed at the Coral View Island Resort in Pular Perhentian. It wasn't really a resort, but it was nice enough. Our bad luck continued at our hotel. The Coral View Resort seemed to have a somewhat reasonable price, but the non
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Kota Bharu
July 10, 2003
Tacky ain't reserved for Vegas! This is right beside the night market in Kota Bahru. We arrived early at the bus station in Penang. The intercity buses are very well run, we were even able to reserve front row seats for our trip to the east coast.…
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Georgetown
July 09, 2003
Kuan Yin Temple (Goddess of Mercy Temple) We arrived on the island of Penang after a flight from Chiang Mai in Thailand. We arrived in the airport late at night. After hitting an ATM, we paid for a taxi coupon to get to our hotel, such as it was.…
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Malaysia – General Impressions
July 08, 2003
Just hangin' out! The people of Malaysia were incredibly kind. They were always tripping over themselves to help us. They treated us very well and were happy to see tourists. This certainly made our time more enjoyable.…
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Thai Elephant Conservation Center
July 07, 2003
We went to the Elephant Conservation Center and took a ride through the jungle on an elephant.The next morning we got up early to go to the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, about 1 hour back towards Lampang right off the highway.…
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Chiang Mai
July 06, 2003
Construction outside our hotel, the Libra Guest House. OCEA would not have been amused. It was a great hotel though, with amazing staff, super-clean, and great food. In the morning, we got going early again to Chiang Mai.…
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Sukhothai (Sukkhothai, Sukkhotai)
July 05, 2003
Detail of the giant Buddha at Wat Phra Phai Luang We tuk-tuk’ed to the bus station in Ayutthaya, as it is outside the main city and quite a walk. The bus station is set up in a pretty strange way.…
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Ayutthaya
July 04, 2003
Wat Phra Si Sanphet Early the next morning we caught a train to Ayutthaya. Contrary to what our guidebooks said, it only takes one hour 20 minutes on the train to get to Ayuthaya from Bangkok – faster than the bus.…
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Ko Samet
July 04, 2003
Sunset on Ko Samet Although we would have preferred to visit the beaches in the south (Ko Samui etc.) we didn’t have time, and decided to do an couple of days in Ko Samet instead. This really wasn’t worth it. We should have made the time to see the south or sk
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