Our eighth month of full time travel saw us in three countries and ten cities! Here’s what we’e been up to… Month number eight started off in Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka – our base for a wildlife safari to Udawalawe National Park. This was without a doubt the highlight of our travels in Sri Lanka – we had an absolutely amazing… Read more →
Georgetown, Penang is an absolute feast for the senses. The Dutch East India Company established themselves in the town in the 1700’s, to conduct trade between China and India. This multi-cultural history is still very present today, with many well preserved examples of British, Dutch, Chinese and Indian influences in both the buildings, the customs, the food and the people.… Read more →
Georgetown, the UNESCO World Heritage listed township in Penang, Malaysia, is home to a huge number of museums. With state museums, heritage listed houses that have been turned into museums, jewellery museums and a number of others that showcase the area’s fascinating multi-cultural history, there’s no shortage of places to visit! As well as the more traditional museums, Penang also… Read more →
What an awesome month! It’s been a busy one – so much so that I’ve had to refer back to our trip notes just to recall everything that we’ve been up too! I enjoyed several days after Mike left last time in Kuala Lumpur on my own, exploring different parts of the city, trying new foods and experiences. I feel… Read more →
Sepilok, home of the Orangutan Sactuary in Sabah, Borneo, is a common stopover for many travellers – and that’s all it ever tends to be – a stopover. With many package tours in the area including a visit to the sanctuary, visitors pop in and out of Sepilok for just a few hours. What they don’t realise, is that it’s… Read more →
The Kinabatangan river in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo is the second longest river in Malaysia, at 560 kilometres long. Home to Borneo’s highest concentration of endemic species – such as the proboscis monkey, Borneon orang-utan and pygmy elephants – we knew that a visit to Borneo would not be complete without visiting this spectacular part of… Read more →
Food, glorious food! I’ve made no secret of my love for food and desire to eat new things in our travels, and Malaysia has definitely bought home the bacon – well, not actual bacon, but you get what I mean. Mmmm, bacon… Any way, back to Malaysia and it’s incredible food. After not being too impressed with the food in… Read more →
Has it really been three months already?! Our travels are flying by yet at the same time it feels as though we have been away forever. The last month definitely feels as though it’s been the longest – we’ve covered so much more ground compared to our other trips and at a slower pace so that we are really getting… Read more →
The Borneo part of our Malaysian adventure started in Kota Kinabalu. With originally 2.5 days to spend in the area, this quickly reduced to one full day – delays with our flight meant we didn’t arrive until evening on our first day, and our last day was taken up by a visit to the Aussie pub in KK to watch… Read more →
The tropical climate in Malaysia has given us grief since we first arrived. Whilst we have endeavoured to not let it slow us down, we’ve found that we have been seeking out the icy refuge of an air-conditioned shopping mall more often than any other trip so far! It’s one of the reasons we were so looking forward to our trip… Read more →
