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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
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Penang on the West coast of Malaysia

{w:400;h:300} 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 lush [...]

6May2008 | onefix | 4 comments | Continued
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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 [...]

5May2008 | onefix | 0 comments | Continued
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Leaving Mira Beach

view from our bungalow on Mira beachWhat 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 | 3 comments | Continued
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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. dlagoon wonky palm treeThe sky was so blue with not a [...]

23Apr2008 | onefix | 9 comments | Continued
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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
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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
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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
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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