Malaysia

Malaysia wrap-up by F

Best thing I ate: pork buns Best thing I drank: 7-up 🍾 Best thing I saw: our friend Mimi's dog shelter 🐕 Best thing I did: saw the fishing village🏠🐟

Malaysia

Meals with Mimi

We had traditional Malaysian noodle soup for Wednesday lunch... And a Turkish feast for Wednesday dinner... And here are some of the snacks we bought at the fishing village (the rest got eaten on the boat without being documented 😁)... It was another delicious day!

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Kukup Fishing Village

After the dog shelter, Mimi took us to Kukup Fishing Village, which is about an hour's drive from JB. It was too late in the day for us to explore the national park island she had wanted to take us to for a walk, but we took a

Malaysia

Dog shelter!

During our chats with Mimi as she was showing us around on Wednesday, we discovered she and a friend have very recently set up their own dog shelter. There are many stray dogs here and the government doesn't do anything other than catch and euthanize them if someone

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Forest City... in the swamp?

Mimi took us on another adventure on Wednesday, which, among other things, included a flying visit to Forest City. This is a fairly new, major planned development (seeming mostly aimed at Chinese investors) that is... kinda in the middle of nowhere (i.e. in a swamp... I mean forest... hence

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Johor Bahru, Malaysia

In Johor Bahru (JB), Malaysia, we are spending four nights on the 33rd floor of a new (maybe three-year-old) apartment building above the R&F Mall. The mall is only half-populated with shops and feels almost deserted during the daytime, though it's slightly livelier at night! On

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A most marvellous night

Today (Monday) was our first full day in Malaysia. We took it pretty easy all morning — I worked, Ben did laundry and the boys relaxed — and then we went out for a late lunch and explored the half-empty mall we're staying on top of. But we've

Singapore

Last of Singapore (by J)

In Singapore the best things... The best thing (yes a thing) I ate was a CHEZ BURGER 🍔 OR... MERLION COOKIES The best thing I drank was... Milo Dinosaur 🦖 (rarrr) The best thing I did was... either fish spa 🐟🐠 (see the other post) OR... Gardens by the Bay The best thing

Singapore

Singapore wrap-up by F

Best thing I ate: Char siu wonton noodle 🍜 Best thing I drank: Salted caramel milkshake🍺 Best thing I saw: Cloud Forest ☁️🌲 Best thing I did: Fish spa 🐟🐟

Singapore

Signs of Singapore

I loved seeing all the signs around Singapore. Here are some that give an insight into the type of country it is. Clean... Safe... Considerate... And full of excellent life advice...

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Chinatown, Singapore

Here are a few photos from our wanderings through Chinatown on Saturday night. It was after 7pm when we got there and lots of shops at the hawker centre were already closed, but we still found some DELICIOUS dinner options! This was our last official bit of sightseeing in Singapore,

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A visit to the swankier side of Singapore

And by swankier side, I mean about a block and a half from our backpackers in Bugis. As part of our wanderings around town on Saturday, we paid our obligatory visit to the famous (and very swanky) Raffles Hotel. And by visit, I mean a walk around the environs, because