Its all about the show baby – Look at those skylines incredible skyscrapers and the jewel in K.L.’s crown the famous Petronas towers. The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers, are twin skyscrapers. They were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 and remain the tallest twin towers in […]
A slow, bumpy, three hour bus journey took us from Sanadakan to Kampung Bilit. For those three hours we were lost, on what felt like an endless road through palm tree plantations. They just went on and on. We were heading to one of the last areas of tropical rainforest left in Borneo. It was
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Hard to believe we are here, it has been a dream of ours to visit Borneo and now we are pinching ourselves and can’t quite believe we are finally here! The flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan, Borneo was a surprisingly long three hours. The endless miles of palm tree plantations 🙁 finally gave way
We much we prefer staying in the smaller towns and villages, the larger centres hold less and less appeal these days. We find people in the smaller areas so friendly and they seem as interested in us as we are in them so it is a cool exchange. In this country due to British occupation
A 40 minute boat ride from Sanur takes to you to the shores of Nusa Lembongan. They are sandy shores, lapped by cyan blue waters. We were excited for the beach. After all Bali and its islands are famous for them. A week of island life, exploring the coves and hopefully doing some top notch
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We left little bits of our hearts here. Never have we been so embraced and welcomed like we were by our homestay family and the villagers of Banjar Sakti – We stayed much longer than we expected, in fact I don’t know how we ever left. We had plans to venture to the north of
We didn’t stay in town – it is a wonderful one but also a seriously busy one, the roads are narrow the traffic is noisy. Trying to cross the road is nigh on impossible. You can spend a lovely few hours wandering the sites before the day trippers flood in from the beach towns, the
The town of Jiufen sits high in the mountains, high in the circle of lush green forest that surrounds the big city. Steep steps, narrow winding streets and hundreds of red lanterns. A perfect place to sample the coolER (notice I didn’t say cool it was still a million degrees up here) mountain air, marvel
Taipei was a city of surprises for us. We knew little about it before we arrived, it is kind of a stop-on-the-way-to somewhere sort of place, but it shouldn’t be. From the delightful, generous kind folks, the fascinating historical sights, the SUPER efficient transit system, the lush forests on the doorstep, to the food –
Endless powdery beaches, secret coves, colonial architecture and the highlight… seeing the largest animal to ever have roamed the earth – yes Blue Whales are here – Mirissa was awesome and the greatest treat to end our Sri Lanka Adventure. Ah the Indian Ocean. Mirissa is a favorite destination for beach lovers – and we