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,...
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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...
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...
TrustedHouseSitters, an alternative view
I struggle with complaining, don’t get me wrong, I do it when needed but often feel gut wrenching anxiety as soon as I have. UGH! I shouldn’t you know. It is perfectly ok to...
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...
Road trip – The Highlands, Malaysia style
The three hour drive to the Cameron Highlands was unbelievable, lush jungle comprising towering trees, huge ferns and palms, knitted together to create a seemingly impenetrable canopy coating the mountains as we rose on...
Two day food fest in Ipoh, no not IHOP
Hire car collected, the two and a half hour drive from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh, navigated by maps and phone sat nav, was absolutely gorgeous, the roadside immaculately maintained and forest beyond dense and...
Don’t Feed the Animals! Langkawi part two
During the two days at D’Coconut Villas we had been looking for somewhere to spend the rest of our time on Langkawi, but had not really come up with much, we made the plan...
Langkawi, part one
Langkawi, Jewel of Kedah, well not if you go off season it’s not *sheepish grin* the downside of planning not to plan means that things don’t always go to plan. But we didn’t know...
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