Hayden's Adventures in South East Asia!

I got knock on the door today, it's my package I sent from Cambodia. It seems to have been trending around all over the world by boat since December. Now I've got my old camera that broke in Vietnam, the jacket I got made in Hoi an, and my sleep mat and mosquito net I didn't end up using.

I'm home! actually ive been home for a while now I was planning on coming home on the 14th of April and I wasnt going to tell anyone and i was going to wait for my mom at arrivals because she was going to Toronto to visit my sister. I told a couple close friends and of course almost everyone ended up finding out. While hanging out at my friends place I decided that although it was amazing there and the beach was wonderful i decided to see if i could make it back a bit early. I changed my flight for $15 dollars and was heading home on the 9th. I took an overnight bus back to Bangkok and spent one night there before flying out. The day i was set to leave i decided that i couldnt stand that city any longer so i left for the airport 5 hours early. While waiting in line to see if i could drop my bag early they asked if i was travelling alone at the baggage check. I said yes and he asked if he could move me to an earlier flight because the one i was supposed to take later would be...

umm not too many photos for this one. not any actually Koh Lanta which was the next stop on the Thai island list was a super chilled out place which I even forgot to take pictures of. We booked a place as we were leaving Phi Phi and it ended up being this pretty nice resort with a pool and everything. One day we went paddle boarding which is pretty nice to do for a bit but its not actually that exciting and gets old pretty quick. Another day we rented bikes and rode around the island which was nice and peaceful but still nothing too exciting. Also Thailand is really touristy, and not my kind of place. Really long to explain what its like but i will dedicate one post to it eventually giving my thoughts. So one morning I decided i was going to go to Cambodia. Went to the travel agent and she said i could leave in an hour so i packed my bags, said goodbye to my friends and got on a bus to Bangkok, Once there i was going to see if i could find a bus to a Cambodian border and then ...

So this is mostly about the boat trip cause i didnt end up doing very much else. the island of Koh Phi Phi are amazingly beautiful. Like unbelievable. Lost of stuff to see snorkelling The water was super shallow all around the island. water was really nice and beautiful Tourists in Thailand. enough said. (ed hardy speedo) Lots of fish fish fish fish Us snorkelling We stopped at this little bay thing that was completely enclosed by mountains, the ground was super sandy and the water was super warm. couldnt have been more amazing. Unidentified sea creatures. Nemo! Last stop was Maya bay which is the beach where they filmed the film "The Beach" really not much to do there at all. and its kinda a coral graveyard in the water so its not so nice either.  If you want you can pay a ridiculous amount to spend a night camping there. Once the sun starts to go down its like...

First stop back in Thailand! Got the the airport, bought some sim cards, found a nice place to stay, booked a boat ticket to Phi Phi. It was Thailand. Super easy and we were loving it. Not much to do in Phuket town cause it is just a town. Went to see the Hunger Games. It came out on the 22 in Thailand and because of the time change we saw it earlier than everyone back home which is always something to brag about(not.) no pictures in this post cause there wasnt really anything to take pictures of. bought a case for my camera though finally so i can take underwater pictures! For more photos check the album on the left! Remember to comment and pass on!

Bali is beautiful I wish that we could have spent more time there but we ended up getting stuck on gili. To make up we spent 3 nights in a place called Ubud and did a day tour where we saw soooo much. We saw a traditional Balinese dancing. it was really cool cause there was no instruments. The men who were seated all around chanted and made a whole bunch of different sounds it sounded like there was music coming from all around you. They also made the setting by changing how they were sitting and moving around. at one point they turned into a snake that was transformed from an arrow that was shot by the evil king. afterword there was a man who was dressed as a horse danced around on burning coconut husks. i didnt really understand the reasoning but it was impressive all the same. We went to a bunch of different temples which were all very intricate. Harvested some rice with some old ladies who tried to charge me for it after. The s...

(this is probably going to be all over the place because I have a lot of days and events to cover) So the early morning travels started from Pulau Weh, then I got a ferry to Banda Aceh, next a flight to Kuala Lumpur, I raced off my flight and through immigration than ran with my luggage to the Air Asia booth and asked for the next flight to Bali, I just about got one an hour later but then it would have been an extra $90 because I had luggage to check and you have to give them 4 hours notice. So booked a flight 5 hours later and then went in the Starbucks and hung out with a girl who was on her way to Singapore who i also got the flight from Banda Aceh with. While sitting in Starbucks I though I recognized a guy who was ordering his drink, so I went over and discovered it was one of the guys I befriended on Koh Rong in Cambodia! He was headed to Borneo with one of the other girls from Koh Rong and I was on my way to Bali to meet the other 3 of their group. I couldnt believe how sm...

First off there were the spiders that were all over, they were massive and always decided to build their webs on the only path along the coast. So I decided to take a vacation from travelling and settle down somewhere for a bit. And I dont think I could have picked a nicer place! Pulau Weh is and island on the very north west tip of Indonesia I found a nice bungalow for 60000 ID (about $6) a night and just hung out for 2 weeks. There were lots of monkeys on the island but unlike some other places in asia they didnt try to steal things so they werent a problem. One day I rented a motorbike and drove around the island for a bit. I though I was heading to a waterfall in this picture but I never made it :/ I did make it to Kilometre 0 however, which is the very most western point you can get to. This is the view from the restaurant at my bungalows where you can see the island Pulau Rubiah just across the island . Just on the other side...