Blogs from Pulau Kapas, Terengganu, Malaysia, Asia

We’ve had our fair share of “pets” in our rooms over our years of travel - big hairy spiders, flying cockroaches, rats, and even a scorpion - but we’d never before had a snake, until Kapas. But I’ll come to that later. For now, I’ll start at the beginning. The island of Palau Kapas is a little Island just a 15 minute boat ride from the mainland, but a world away. It’s somewhere Scott and I have both visited in the past, but in our BK (before kids) days, when travel was a lot simpler. It consists of a string of white sand beaches backed by swaying palms and dense jungle, interconnected by a series of concrete walkways, each beach a little quieter than the one before. The ocean is clear and many of the beaches ... read more

It was sad to leave China, a country we had greatly admired, but we were excited to be continuing our travels.  We flew from Gunagzhou to Kuala Lumpur happy to be all flying together this time after the previous flying trauma. Check in was a breeze in the relaxed airport and soon we were sipping our last cups of traditional Chinese tea. However we enjoyed it so much that we underestimated the length of Guangzhou Terminal and ended up running to the gate as Air Asia gave their final call. Flying has not been easy recently! It was nice to return to KL having been there after we left India in January. Our amazement, after three months of dusty Indian cities, at the huge shopping malls and fancy streets will always be remembered, but, having been to ... read more