Malaysia

Visa Run From HuaHin Thailand To Penang, Malaysia

The Visa Run Options
We have looked at most of the options for visa runs (leaving the country you are staying in i.e Thailand and visiting another to renew your visa) from HuaHin and here are just a few of visa borders runs we considered :
1. Laos: Vientiane
You pay about 1500Baht each just to enter Laos [...]

15Dec2008 | onefix | 6 comments | Continued

2nd Class train to Thailand

When we first departed from our friend Jon’s house in Hua Hin Thailand heading to Sungai Kolok and the Malay boarder we travelled first class – which is not the first class you would get in the UK but it does at least mean that you have your own private space with a lockable door. [...]

24Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Penang – Malaysia return journey!

Nothing about Star Lodge on Jl Lebuh Muntri had changed in the five months we have been away. The old Chinese men who work there at the front desk were as delightfully eccentric and as charmed by Tehya as they had been on our last visit. Always laughing and watching her with bright eyed amusement [...]

19Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Kuala Lumpur and buses to Penang!!

oday was a day of information gathering and ticket buying – first we went back to KL Sentral to find out about trains…. it was so easy to get there, it cost about 1.20 RM each for Gavin and I (free for Tehya), it was just six stops from our hotel and it takes literally [...]

18Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Kuala Lumpur Day Two….

Day two….
e woke up to a bright and sunny morning, after a breakfast of muesli, yogurt and brown bread (such a great breakfast and not one you get often in Asia) we headed off to explore the KL Tower. It cost us a total of 50 MR which is about £8.00 to take two adults [...]

17Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia

We slept, dreamt and woke feeling so totally refreshed…..from an amazing night at the Hotel Istana!!! So great to be in Kuala Lumpur!!!
Our first afternoon and evening in KL were spent checking into the hotel (which was a little dragged out by a lost internet booking) and eating a fantastic meal provided by room service. [...]

16Oct2008 | Hanna | 3 comments | Continued

Arrived in Malaysia

We didn’t manage too much sleep last night (well me and Hanna didn’t) we finally fell asleep about 2am, Tehya didn’t sleep much better as she stayed up until 11pm with the exciting prospect of flying. We woke at 3am had a quick cold shower then carried the bags downstairs to be greeted by two [...]

14Oct2008 | onefix | 2 comments | Continued

New Panasonic Lumix – DMC TZ5 (TZ15 here in Asia)

Since TERRY came up with the camera fund idea on the 12th of May – we have had a total camera fund of £120.
Technical Details for the Panasonic Lumix DMCTZ5 (TZ15) Digital Camera:
* 9 MEGA Pixels
* 10x Optical Zoom
* 28mm Wide lens
* 3.0″ (460K) LCD Screen
* HD720P M.JPEG
* HD AV [...]

22May2008 | onefix | 1 comment | Continued

Tickets to Bali and Broken cameras!!!!

We have had a relaxing week since arriving here in Penang – on the whole it has been fun and chilled. We visited the 60th floor of the Komtar to see the amazing views of Penang. We certainly weren’t disappointed with the views (cost 15RM each) but sad to see the dilapidated state of the [...]

12May2008 | onefix | 12 comments | Continued

Penang on the West coast of Malaysia

Map of Penang on the west coast of Northern Malaysia
The bus journey over was uneventful and relatively easy for us – which makes a change. Usually bus journeys (or any kind of moving transportation) tend to be total nightmare. This did go uncharacteristically smoothly….. We drove through beautiful mountains covered with [...]

6May2008 | onefix | 5 comments | Continued

Kota Bharu (Kota Baru as some sites spell it)

{w:400;h:300} Map of Kota Bharu North Eastern Malaysia!!!!
We are staying in Kota Bharu for a few days as the bus to Penang is fully booked until Tuesday. The tickets are from the international bus station called Langgar located just down from the Renaissance Hotel on Sultan Yahya Petra rd. They cost 28RM each for me [...]

5May2008 | onefix | 1 comment | Continued

Leaving Mira Beach

hat a wonderful time we have had, it is crazy but every day that goes by you can feel your self slipping away from the ability to tell the day of the week or what month it is. Mira Beach with its back drop of ever green forest and coconut trees has to be one [...]

4May2008 | Hanna | 4 comments | Continued

D’ Lagoon revisited!!!!

I felt so pleased and excited as we rounded the rocks and came into D’ Lagoon from the sea. It was so like I remembered it, the beach, the bungalows even the Coconut tree that lays over the beach and supported by a stilt was still there.he sky was so blue with not a cloud [...]

23Apr2008 | onefix | 9 comments | Continued

Gavin’s Birthday 18/04/08 – 36!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to you………………. We let Gavin have a lay in until 9.30 and then woke him up to Happy Birthday and Tehya’s present and all of his cards (he opened his gift from Becca the day before because he wanted to swim – but was still sunburned from 3 days before!!!!). We had a [...]

23Apr2008 | onefix | 0 comments | Continued

Pulau Kecil Perhentian – The small island

17/04/08 Getting the boat from the jetty at Kuala Besut was easy and very straight forward. It all seemed arranged to almost military accuracy. There are apparently no slow boats running any more and the fast boats leave regularly. Tehya enjoyed the ride over, with big smiles – she said the wind kept going [...]

23Apr2008 | onefix | 1 comment | Continued

Train to Malaysia and Mr Lees guest house – Kota Bharu!!!!

The best laid plans of mice and men!!! I arranged a lift to the train station through Oodie the guy at My Way. It was all a little confusing so we asked to be collected at 6.00pm thinking that way if the tuk tuk failed to arrive we would still have time to get ourselves [...]

16Apr2008 | Hanna | 5 comments | Continued

We are off to the Perhentian Islands Malaysia

We will be on the Perhentian Islands for the next 4 weeks or more and will probably be out of touch with everybody. We will continue to add blog posts if and when the internet is available.
{w:400;h:300} The Perhentian Islands Malaysia!!!!
It is about 10min before we have to leave so I can’t add much other [...]

15Apr2008 | onefix | 3 comments | Continued