Welcome to the Jungle We had a 10 day gap between our House/Dog Sit assignment in KL. We so thought that we would grab the opportunity for a trip over to the jungle in Northern Sumatra. After all, it is only a 1 hour flight to get there. My cousin Carly has been living in […]
Which is it – Melaka or Malacca This confused me even before I got to Melaka. Which one is the correct spelling and why was I seeing it spelt differently. It’s actually fairly straight forward. Melaka is the Malay spelling and Malacca is the English spelling. The State of Melaka announced earlier this year that […]
The Cameron Highlands has always been on our list as a place to visit. Ipoh to Cameron Highlands To get from Ipoh to the Cameron Highlands, we needed to catch a bus from Ipoh’s main bus terminal – Aman Jaya. Our research told us that the weekends were a particularly crazy time in the Camerons. […]
Ipoh – Certainly a Destination You can be excused if you haven’t heard of Ipoh (pronounced e-pou). When researching how we best get to Cameron Highlands, Ipoh came up as a place to disembark the train from the border crossing at Pedang Besar. It was approximately 2.5hr train trip from the Thai/Malay border and it […]
Historic City of Ayutthaya Dating back as far as 1351, the historic city of Ayutthaya was the second capital of the Siamese Kingdom. Situated approximately 80km north of Bangkok, Ayutthaya was strategically built on an island 4km wide and surrounded by 3 rivers connecting the city to the sea. In its heyday it was endowed […]
We all Need Green in our Lives Just like a craving for a good wine, occasionally we have a yearning to escape the crazy city scene and just go ‘bush’ or just go green for a day. So the challenge is where in a city of over 9.5 million people do you go to ‘get […]
Staying Put in Bangkok Our next house/cat sitting assignment is a 6 week stint in Bangkok. Staying in one place really gives us the chance to experience what it is like living in a community environment in SE Asia. It also gives us a chance to unpack the backpacks and live ‘normal’ for a while. […]
Time to Chill We didn’t know much about these islands but we had a rough idea where they were and we knew that they were between Ao Nang and Phuket which where we needed to be for our house/pet sit. They are a group of islands between Krabi and Phuket. There are two main island […]
Everything you need to know about vaccinations The goal posts keep changing when it comes to finding out what vaccinations are required. That’s why it pays to go to a clinic which specialises in overseas travel. They have the up to date information on the warnings and outbreaks around the globe. It’s not cheap but […]
Turning the Dream Into Reality I can’t pinpoint the moment that we sat down and said ‘buggar it, we’re outta here’. We spoke about it for so long, dreaming, researching and watching endless Youtube channels. We have been through so many scenarios in our heads that it would be easy to focus on just one of […]