Anyone going to The Bug/Mala/Dbridge at Koko this weekend? My last night out was system so I hoping it will be good
I'll be on it mate
Gonna get there earlyish tho don't want to miss anyone, just hoping the Koko rig is up to scratch or they've brought in extra sound.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:15 pm
by Johnlenham
gwa wrote:hi john lemon give me your travel itinery or otherwise you will be doomed to the prang 4 the rest of the week
Haha sure.
London> Rome
There for 4 days over Easter
Rome> Sri Lanka
There for two weeks. Went to Bentota, Mirrisa, Ella Nation Park, Ella, Adams Peak, Kandy then back to Columbo (if memory serves)
Sri lanka>Bangkok
Worlds biggest waterfight!
Went to Changmi and Sukkothai in the north, then down to Koh Toa to do my open water and advanced Scuba diving
then over to Koh Lanta on the east coast after that. About a month in total in Thailand.
Koh Lanta> Penang (malaysia)> Kula Lumpur (about a week or so?)
Flew to Cambodia from KL
Phenom Penn> Siam Reap (Ankor temples)
Bus down to Shinnoukville > Kampot > Rented a bike and went to Kep
Back to PP flew back to KL, 15 days in Cambodia.
Went from KL to Melaka then down to Singapore. That was about a week
Came back to KL with friends then went west to Mersing to catch a ferry to Tioman Island.
Stayed there for a week, then ferry/bused it back to Singapore to catch our flight home.
Left on March..28th I think? came back June 8th.
Johoosh wrote:
Johnlenham wrote:
murky21 wrote:seeing Danny Brown tonight!
Jelly!
Anyone going to The Bug/Mala/Dbridge at Koko this weekend? My last night out was system so I hoping it will be good
I'll be on it mate
Gonna get there earlyish tho don't want to miss anyone, just hoping the Koko rig is up to scratch or they've brought in extra sound.
Nice. Just me an my friend Luke who you may or may not have met, cant remember. But ill keep an eye out! looking forward to the bug, not seen him play out before.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:17 pm
by ehbes
You scuba dive as well?! I'm assuming you did it through PADI
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:18 pm
by Johnlenham
ehbrums1 wrote:You scuba dive as well?! I'm assuming you did it through PADI
I learnt out there yeah, diving in Koh Toa and Tioman .Im SSI, I have no idea what the difference is to be honest. I can dive anywhere up to the recreation diving limit (aslong as it isnt dry suit) in day or night
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:19 pm
by Johoosh
Just bust the barskank Lenham i'll find you
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:20 pm
by PinUp
Sounds like an amazing trip man!!
How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking??
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:25 pm
by Johnlenham
PinUp wrote:Sounds like an amazing trip man!!
How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking??
Erm £450 for the Rome> flight, £50 for the one to Rome (was this online hotukdeals bargain) £85 for KL>Cambodia return
I took 3 grand, my gf took 3 grand and we both came back with about £400 give or take.
Its loads cheaper as a couple and we had some amazing hosts in malaysia (thanks to Kay for putting us in touch!) and mates who came to bangkok so cabs and stuff were spilt further. Sri Lanka was the cheapest, Malaysia was on par with thailand so cheap, cambodia isnt due to being obsessed with the $ so even a coffee is 1$ and then singapore is Uk prices almost.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:29 pm
by ehbes
Johnlenham wrote:
ehbrums1 wrote:You scuba dive as well?! I'm assuming you did it through PADI
I learnt out there yeah, diving in Koh Toa and Tioman .Im SSI, I have no idea what the difference is to be honest. I can dive anywhere up to the recreation diving limit (aslong as it isnt dry suit) in day or night
nice! I did all my course work stateside and when i went down to Grand Caymen i got my open water dives done. if you ever get the chance to go there i know of a few great dive sites
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:36 pm
by Phigure
ive been diving in grand cayman too, was pretty decent. cant remember any of the divesites at this point though
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:41 pm
by ehbes
Phigure wrote:ive been diving in grand cayman too, was pretty decent. cant remember any of the divesites at this point though
when did you go? i went last in feb of 2011 and they had just sunken an old WW2 tugboat and sorta hollowed it out so you could swim through it
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:55 pm
by garethom
ehbrums1 wrote:
Johnlenham wrote:
ehbrums1 wrote:You scuba dive as well?! I'm assuming you did it through PADI
I learnt out there yeah, diving in Koh Toa and Tioman .Im SSI, I have no idea what the difference is to be honest. I can dive anywhere up to the recreation diving limit (aslong as it isnt dry suit) in day or night
nice! I did all my course work stateside and when i went down to Grand Caymen i got my open water dives done. if you ever get the chance to go there i know of a few great dive sites
You should come to the Midlands, plenty of great dive spots like Dosthill Quarry near Tamworth. There is a post office van down there.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:09 pm
by ehbes
haha nice, ive actually heard about that place for diving i really want to go to Truk/Chuuk Lagoon though
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:45 pm
by PinUp
Johnlenham wrote:
PinUp wrote:Sounds like an amazing trip man!!
How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking??
Erm £450 for the Rome> flight, £50 for the one to Rome (was this online hotukdeals bargain) £85 for KL>Cambodia return
I took 3 grand, my gf took 3 grand and we both came back with about £400 give or take.
Its loads cheaper as a couple and we had some amazing hosts in malaysia (thanks to Kay for putting us in touch!) and mates who came to bangkok so cabs and stuff were spilt further. Sri Lanka was the cheapest, Malaysia was on par with thailand so cheap, cambodia isnt due to being obsessed with the $ so even a coffee is 1$ and then singapore is Uk prices almost.
Cheers man, I'm planning a similar trip with the mrs, we've budgeted about the same amount so it's nice to hear you came back with some cash too
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:49 pm
by Pistonsbeneath
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:58 pm
by Johnlenham
PinUp wrote:
Johnlenham wrote:
PinUp wrote:Sounds like an amazing trip man!!
How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking??
Erm £450 for the Rome> flight, £50 for the one to Rome (was this online hotukdeals bargain) £85 for KL>Cambodia return
I took 3 grand, my gf took 3 grand and we both came back with about £400 give or take.
Its loads cheaper as a couple and we had some amazing hosts in malaysia (thanks to Kay for putting us in touch!) and mates who came to bangkok so cabs and stuff were spilt further. Sri Lanka was the cheapest, Malaysia was on par with thailand so cheap, cambodia isnt due to being obsessed with the $ so even a coffee is 1$ and then singapore is Uk prices almost.
Cheers man, I'm planning a similar trip with the mrs, we've budgeted about the same amount so it's nice to hear you came back with some cash too
Its quite easy to not spend if your at a beach place or a city with alot of free culture bits. We didnt stay in many places with AC after the first month unless the room came with it at no extra cost so that saved quite abit. Other than that just going to cheap places to eat.
Some of the best meals we had cost fuck all as they were from some side ally hole in the wall spots, best tandori meal Ive ever had cost us I think it was £7 for two with drinks
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:30 pm
by gwa
ta john lemom. no prang for you this week.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:02 pm
by Kochari
Record shop was doing a load of 12" and 7" singles at 6 fir 2 quid
hadn't heard of any of the artists but bought tunes entirely on the strength of the covers
I am now the proud owner of, amongst others, some banging hardcore, some pretty mental free jazz and some ruff dancehall
successsssss!!
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:03 pm
by ehbes
why is your life so perfect
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:15 pm
by Kochari
If it makes you feel better, I also found out today that the girl I'm sleeping with may have an std, which means I may have a swab up my urethra soon.
yay perfect life !
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:18 pm
by wub
Kochari wrote:, I also found out today that the girl I'm sleeping with may have an std, which means I may have a swab up my urethra soon.
First time I went for an std check at uni the doctor said "right, I'm just going to take a urethral swab...".
My brain just had enough time to process "urethral, hang on..." before the single most unpleasant sensation of my life ever kicked in.