Langkawi is swiftly becoming a popular holiday destination for just about everyone. Middle Eastern, Indian and Thai influences abound in the cooking, while the calm sea offers all types of water sports, jet ski, banana boat, parasailing, you name it, they will do a deal on it. Leaving from Cameron Highlands we had a bit of a […]
Read more "We accidentally went to a theme park"Visiting Mount Kinabalu has been on our itinerary from the start, it’s hard to put my finger on why we wanted to go, other than it sounded kind of cool in the guidebook. We had ambitions to summit the peak but after a couple of nasty experiences hiking on demanding peak trails we decided it […]
Read more "Mount Kinabalu | The rainforest at 1500 metres above sea level"When I was little… I’ve wanted to visit Borneo since I was a little kid. When I was younger I had a storybook about Orang Utans which my Dad says was called “Claire and the Great Zoo Mystery”, and I also have this foggy memory about a writing competition to win a trip to visit […]
Read more "Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre and the Sun Bear Conservation Centre"We’ve spent the last week or so hiking in various parts of Borneo, more on that in its own set of blogs but for now here’s a few insights and comparisons from our first week in Malaysia. Transport We landed late in the evening from the Philippines. The first thing that really drew our attention […]
Read more "Observations from our first week in Malaysia"
A travelling wedding 