A Day Trip To Forget
Our trip started with the usual risking of knees and toes getting on and off the boat and arriving at our destination pretty soaked. I love the journey over, not the beginning or end...
Category: Adventures
Discovering the Diver Within
I’ve mentioned it before but…in April 2013 on my belated honeymoon at Japamala on Tioman Island, Malaysia (pretty amazing place to stay if you have the opportunity) I reluctantly went snorkelling with my husband...
Gili Meno, Week one
I can’t believe we have already been on Gili Meno an entire week but the calendar does not lie. Shamefully, it took us almost that week to make it into the beautiful sea, which...
An Island Retreat – Gili Meno
Next up we were heading to Gili Meno, the quietest of the three Gili’s by Lombok in Indonesia, planning a month of writing, relaxing, diving and snorkelling. We’re a bit rubbish with early morning...
A long flight for a quick cuddle
A while ago it looked like I wouldn’t be seeing my mum until January, which was simply too long for either of us. It’s not my turn to have her for Christmas this year,...
Seven days in food heaven aka Melaka
We’ve loved Melaka (Malacca is the non Malay spelling), we did our usual research before visiting and had a number of restaurants and places on our to do list that we’ve ticked off in...
Don’t Mess With Melaka
The first time we saw these signs that are dotted about outside public buildings, along the street and on hoardings I thought it was about Islam, don’t mess with our religion, a little aggresive...
Twenty four hours in Muar
After an unexpected week relaxing at the Ancasa Royale in Pekan, by far the best value, nicest hotel we have stayed in this trip, we hit the road again and headed to Muar. The...
An involuntary diet
No one wants to get food poisoning but three months in I am very grateful it has been our only major illness. We had just come back from an amazing time at Redang Kalong,...
An unexpected dive at Redang Kalong
If this trip is about anything it is about saying why not. We’d looked a few times at Malaysian islands over the last few months in our spurts of planning and even booked a...
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