Author: Shanti

July 11th, 2019 Today we slept in before taking off and catching the ferry to Langkawi.  Last night there was a huge storm.  Probably the most lightening I have ever seen.  It was like the sky was constantly lit up.  It’s really interesting because right now on the east coast of Malaysia, it is their…

July 10th, 2019 Today we traveled by bus from the east coast of Malaysia to the west coast.  It was an all-day journey and we did see a lot of the country’s beautiful interior.  The jungle-covered mountains and tiered farming terraces remind me of Peru.  There is not much to say about a 10-hour bus…

July 7th-9th, 2019 Perhentian Islands…off the hook.  Seriously, one of the coolest places we’ve ever been.  The nice owner of the Inn picked us up bright and early and drove us to the jetty so we could get the first boat out to the island.  We stayed at the smaller island called Kecil on Long…

July 6th, 2019 Today I figured we would be cruising to the Perhentian Islands by mid-day since we had a 9:30am bus to catch and we were only about 3 hours away.  We checked out of our hostel and got a Grab to the bus station (Grab is Asia’s Uber).  Our driver was very friendly…

July 5th, 2019 Today was beautiful and the water is crystal clear.  This would have been a great day for diving, but we needed to return the scooter to the other side of the island, and my foot was infected. We got our stuff ready and set out on the scary road back to the…

July 4th, 2019 Today was a very chill day.  Even though this is their dry season it was very stormy this morning with heavy rain.  We watched the storm from the front porch while we had coffee in the morning.  We pretty much just hung out in the shit-lay (chalet) until the storm passed.  We…

July 3rd, 2019 Since we had WIFI at our chalet, Brendan was watching some YouTube videos.  I thought it was funny because YouTube was smart enough to know where we were and have local advertisements for their commercials, but dumb enough to think we would have learned another language overnight to understand those commercials… Today…

July 2nd, 2019 Today we slept in before going out to explore.  I had a bad headache when I woke up because I hadn’t had any caffeine in a couple days.  There was an electric kettle in the room. I asked Brendan to boil some water for coffee as we had some instant coffee packs. …

July 1st, 2019 Today we got up super early to catch our 6:30am bus to Mersing, Malaysia.  From Mersing we will take a ferry to Tioman Island.  I have read a lot about Tioman Island which is known for its beauty, snorkeling and scuba diving.  A lot of comments I’ve seen say it’s a paradise…