Going to the Highlands

So last night I set my alarm for 7:30am. I went to bed around half 4 this morning and slept right through it. I woke up at 9:35. I had a bus to catch at 10:15, I had to be there 30 minutes before, I hadn't packed and it would take me like 45 minutes to get public transport there. I grabbed all my stuff, shoved it into my bags and got a taxi. I missed the bus anyway. I arrived at the bus station as 11:00. The next bus was at 12 so I got a cheese bread roll and sat and waited. Thankfully the bus tickets aren't that expensive.

The bus left promptly at 12pm and the seats were really comfortable. They had leg rests. The driver put a film on and we drove for almost two hours, stopping at 13:45 for a half hour break at a little Indian cafe. I got some chicken and rice and a curry sauce of some description. No idea what it was. It was a self-service buffet and nothing was named so I just picked one that looked the the least spicy. It was alright but a bit cold.

We set off again and drove for around an hour and a half down a windy road. The last half hour of the journey had some beautiful scenery but I didn't manage to get a photo. 

I arrived in Tanah Rata, the village I'm staying in, and walked about 2 minutes to the hostel. I checked in and went to my room, showered and almost immediately got invited to go to the food market by the girl in my room. She was going with a few people and then the two guys in our room also joined. There was about ten of us in the end. We went down just after 6 and we all got food from various stalls. I got some potato cake things,  which were delicious and a thing which looked like beef in pastry but I think it might have been egg or had egg in it. I ate it anyway. It was OK but nothing special. Probably would have been nicer warm.

After we got food we sat at a table to eat and then returned to the hostel. Around 8:45 I started getting into my pyjamas to just chill when the guys in my room said they were going to a bar. The others had mentioned something about it earlier. I decided to be social and go and I'm so glad I did. I had a couple of drinks (nothing drastic) and we played games and I laughed so much. It was a really nice relaxed evening. There was at least 12 of us and everyone was chatting and joining it. It was great. The one other English girl was actually one of the girls who Lauren and I hired a long tail boat with back on the Phi Phi Islands. Small world.....

Around midnight everyone headed home and I got ready for bed, eventually retiring about 1am to sleep under the sofest blanket I've ever experienced