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Our Favourite Tropical Islands: Part 1 Asia
Is there any image that suggests indulgent relaxation more powerful than that of an tropical island? The idea of a calm, turquoise sea lapping gently at a white sandy beach edged by tall palm trees...
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Photo of the Week: Petronas Towers at Night
Last weekend we visited Kuala Lumpur on a visa run from Thailand. We have been to Malaysia before but never visited the capital and Simon has always wanted to see the famous twin towers. They didn’t...
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Photo of the Week: Petronas Towers from Kampung Baru
One of the things we liked most about Kuala Lumpur was the different neighbourhoods. We headed to Brickfields for cheap tasty Indian dosas and thalis; to Chinatown for the chaotic markets; and to...
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Learning to Sail in Langkawi, Malaysia: Part 1
It had been on our bucket list for a long time. We gazed at yachts in marinas and planned which one we’d buy to sail the world. It didn’t matter that we had no sailing experience, had never even spent...
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Learning to Sail in Langkawi, Malaysia: Part 2
In March we did a six day RYA Competent Crew sailing course with Langkawi Sailing School in Malaysia while living aboard 42 ft yacht Kay Sira and sailing around Langkawi’s 99 islands. In Part 1 we...
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Langkawi Sailing School Review
We spent six days living on a yacht and learning to sail in the emerald Andaman Sea. We learned to manage the sails, steer, tie knots, and rescue a man overboard, all while sailing past karst islands,...
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Our Flashpacker Budget in Malaysia
Malaysia can be more expensive than other destinations in Southeast Asia so we were surprised that we ended up spending less than we did in Cambodia. Our main reason for being in Malaysia (we’ve...
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