After 6 days in the hustle of KL, we were eager to take the short flight to Langkawi for a little R&R at The Danna. What lay in wait for us was so much more than we had ever hoped for – a welcome ‘eye opener’ spiced fruit shot with a Malaysian shoulder massage on the side upon check in. …
During our time in Kuala Lumpur we had, as my Dad would day, the opporchancity to meet Tom Abang Saufi. To try to describe her character to you would be futile but she makes you smile and fills you with passion for her designs. Hand crafted in her studio, many of the printed pieces even hand painted in traditional batik…
I was thoroughly enchanted by the doorways of old Melaka – first the traditional town (or mock traditional, I’m not quite sure!) with it’s terracotta walls and then the rainbow of colour as we got lost in the local neighbourhoods of Jonker Walk. It wasn’t a surprise that Melaka was just as hot and humid as the rest of Malaysia…
You can’t really visit Kuala Lumpur and miss the Petronas Twin Towers – by that I mean not only that you don’t want to miss them, but also that you literally cannot miss them – these bad boys tower over the entire city day and night and they are beauties. Just look at them sparkling… We took a trip to…
Happy weekend (and hooray for good wifi)! A quick post with the new stripes (you know I had to get some new stripes for the trip) and the sliders which have saved me over the past 8 days. A trip to the orchid garden and the bird park in the Malaysian heat and humidity was the catalyst in my breakup…
