The Different Faces of George Town Our next House/Pet sitting assignment was located in George Town, Penang. The timing was perfect for us as we had always planned on travelling to Penang as we had heard good things about this island off the coast of Malaysia. The assignment was in an area called Straits Quay […]
Sandakan on route to Turtle Island We left our little jungle haven to travel to Sandakan which is a city on the eastern side of Sabah, only 25km from Sepilok. Our main reason for overnighting here was to try and arrange for an overnight trip out to Turtle Island (or locally known as Selingan Island) […]
Don’t Plan Ahead People may ask why we chose Borneo as a destination. It has often been said that long term travellers should never plan too far ahead in case you may get talking to fellow travellers who tell you about that amazing trip they made, or those magical spots that was a highlight and […]
Singapore is expensive but…… With a little research, you can find things to do in Singapore which isn’t going to break the budget and you can discover some real hidden gems along the way. We got back to nature in the middle of this bustling, thriving metropolis. Walking through bush land parks in the middle […]
These few days were all about history for us. This included the sites, smells, culture and food of Chinatown and Little India. We also visited the Battle Box for a tour and found our way to the old Ford Motor Company where the signing of the surrender took place, handing Singapore over to the Japanese […]
A Taste of Joo Chait It is an area steeped in history and some of these buildings and business’ have been in the family since the early 1920’s. We wanted to see what all the fuss was about so armed with an information pamphlet, we set out to discover what was in our area. Amazing […]
It’s all about not making a plan Our trip to Singapore certainly wasn’t on the list of countries we had intended to visit. This was for two reasons really. Firstly, we had visited Singapore about 8 years ago during a 4 day stopover and they were a very busy few days. We visited all the […]
This Time it’s Different We stopped over in Kuala Lumpur nearly 4 years ago on our way back from Thailand as my birthday treat. Back then there was a limousine waiting for us at the airport to whisk us away to our 5 star hotel. From then on it was taxi’s, mini bus and private tours as well […]
This is where it all started Patong in Phuket is where we first experienced Asia some 8 years ago. We also revisited the area again 6 years ago and we thought that we had pretty much done the area. A lot of travel for us has past since then and we now have a whole […]
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 […]