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Meandering Through Malaysia – Part 2
Tioman Island The two hour ferry trip to Tioman was calm under sunny skies, a welcome change from our intense car ride. After docking at Tekek jetty, we made our way to our accommodation. Walking along the road in the afternoon heat with all our bags was a bit of a mission, with several complaints…
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Meandering through Malaysia – Part 1
Johor Bahru Johor Bahru was where we completed the border crossing from Singapore. We caught a local bus from our hotel to the Causeway Link bus station and bought our S$5 tickets to get the bus across to Johor. It all went pretty seamlessly, having been given excellent directions from the hotel reception staff. We…
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50,000 Steps in Singapore
With highs of 34 degrees, bright blue sky and blazing sunshine, Singapore well and truly delivered as the first city on our trip. Family fun With so many attractions to choose from and only 3 days to explore Singapore, we bought Gocity Explorer passes online that we could use to enter 3 of the main…
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And we’re nearly there!
Our house is empty of our personal belongings and our little stash of backpacks has been pulled out of Leo’s wardrobe to start packing. We’ve got our travel jabs (except rabies which we’ll get in SEA instead, thanks, since it would’ve cost us $500 each here!), six months worth of prescription medicine plus a spare…
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Getting ready to go…
Flights booked. Travel doctor appointment done. Half our vaccinations completed. Passports done. Still working….our heads are split between focusing on life as we know it and the complete unknown that’s ahead of us. Our kids are still comfortably settled in their schools and activities. Life is good…no, life is great! So what are we doing?…
