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Category Archives: around-the-world-part-1

Tioman Island

by tom on 27/04/2013

I stayed on Tioman for about 5 or 6 days. Most of the time was spent diving, hiking, or doing nothing. The journey to Tioman was long and complicated, with several stops involved. I ended up traversing almost all of Malaysia to get there! The first stop, or the starting point, was Kota Bharu. This […]

Kota Bharu

by tom on 21/04/2013

Here I stopped for 1 night on the journey to Tioman Island. To get here, I had to get a train to Su-ngai Kolok, on the Thai-Malaysian border and then a bus to Pasir Mas. I didn’t realise how little there was in Pasir Mas, so I picked-up a train timetable and got on another […]

Hat Yai

by tom on 21/04/2013

I got to Hat Yai by a bus from Krabi. I had to get another motorbike from Krabi to the bus station, which was about 5 Km out of town, but I managed to do this for a reasonable price. I walked to where someone touting for ferry customers told me to go and there […]

Krabi

by tom on 17/04/2013

The journey here was a convoluted one, with multiple stops and transport changes required. It took a few days, with a stop in Lampang, a train change in Bangkok, a night in Prachuap Khiri Khan and a bus ride to Krabi. I was quite glad once I’d got there! Lampang I started in Chiang Rai […]