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  • Penang

    We reluctantly left the crisp cool air of the Cameron Highlands and headed north to the island of Penang.  We had met a nice Taiwanese man at our hotel who was hoping to spend more time with us up north, but he had a terrible smoker’s cough that woke us up from down the hall…

  • Cameron Highlands

    Our visit to the Cameron Highlands has been lovely.  We scheduled this time as a time to relax in the relatively cool temps.  It has been so nice to feel a little bit chilly and actually want to use our blanket at night.  After our first evening of relaxing at our hotel, meeting some fellow…

  • Borneo

    We didn’t think we were going to make it over to Borneo on this trip, but after our time in Indonesia was cut short due to the volcanic eruption, we realized we were a bit ahead of schedule and decided to work it in.  We only spent a couple of days there and didn’t head…

  • Batu Caves

    We took one day to travel up to Batu Caves north of Kuala Lumpur.  On the train ride up, we ran into two girls that we shared a dorm with in Singapore, then bumped into getting dinner in Ubud, and later would also see on our plane over to Borneo. We’re starting to think they’re…

  • Kuala Lumpur

    Our stay in Malaysia has been great so far.  We’ve spent a few days in Kuala Lumpur and then a couple off on the island of Borneo in Kuching.  If you go to Kuala Lumpur, you can’t help but see the Petronas Towers – twin towers that were the tallest buildings in the world from…

  • Malaysian Food

    The People If there is one thing that stands out the most about Kuala Lumpur, it is the helpfulness of their locals.  We noticed it right away and have experienced it every day that we are here.  Today we even heard a PSA on the radio suggesting that everyone learn some basic pleasantries and how…

  • Bali

    We got in to Bali around 4AM so we went straight to bed, woke up for our free breakfast at the hotel – more fried rice and eggs, then went right back to sleep.  When we finally got up, we asked for directions to a grocery store and on the way we found a place…

  • Bali Belly

    We’re a little behind on our posting here. We’ve been in Bali for about a week now and had every intention to post all about it when we got to Yogyakarta today, but things didn’t go exactly to plan. It appears we’ve both come down with a nasty case of what folks here refer to…

  • Singapore

    Singapore was quite literally a breath of fresh air. After the exhaust fumes of the Philippines, we were very happy to have cleaner air to breathe and it was an added perk to have tap water that was safe for us to drink.     Singapore is an interesting port city.  It has very distinct…

  • Rachel’s Birthday

    This post was written 2/5 in Manila and posted 2/6 in Singapore. Rachel’s birthday came while we were still up in Banaue.  At this point, we had spent more of our Pesos than anticipated and since we had read that there were no money changers or ATMs there we were on severe ration mode.  We…

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