Day 6 It was an early wake up for today's adventure of snorkeling at Pulau Payer Island. We still had time to enjoy our coffee and breakfast on our balcony watching the early morning birds on the roof of the buildings and mesmerized by the hues of the ocean before we set off. The clouds looked dark and thunder could be heard bellowing in the distance. On the bus ride over the rain began to pour, we weren't worried, having seen Malaysian thunderstorms before not lasting too long we figured it would rain now and leave us with blue skies to enjoy our snorkeling. Waiting with lots of people for our ferry ride, the rain eased off and our journey was over calm waters getting closer to those blue skies we had hoped for. The ferry ... read more

As check out was at 11 we wanted to get one last swim in the infinity pool abnd check out the view during the day. Although the city lights of Kuala Lumpur were spectacular the city by day was nice in it's own way. KLIA 2 airport is small and cute as. So many little shops, it was like a mini shopping mall. The plane ride to Langkawi was just over an hour. With our little meal (chicken spaghetti) and water it was over so quickly. Langkawi airport was tiny and there were people waving signs and yelling about car hire. We ordered a Grab, it cost $3 AUS. The resort front lobby was nice and our contact greeted us within a few minutes. Taking us by golf car to our accommodation I checked the ... read more

Day 2 Today's adventure started at the KL Bird Park. We arrived in time for Hornbill feeding and we all got a turn to feed them. They are really gentle and the one we fed was quite big. For those that don't know Zazu from the Lion King is a Hornbill but a lot smaller than the Rhinoceros Hornbill, Malaysia's national bird, that we fed. I was already pretty happy with this highlight and my day got better. A quick bite to eat, Kym chose Nasi Goreng and I went with Char kway teow, Star nibbled on some satays. The bird show was held in an amphitheatre and we watched parrots including macaws perform. I put my hand up to help in one part and had a macaw fly to my arm, rewarding him with a ... read more

Day 15 We had originally planned to go to Pearl Harbour but the hour and a half journey there and then back again plus that neither of us had it high on our priority list we decided against it. Today was going to be a chill day. We started with a beach walk down to the marina. Off the shore at one of the beaches we were hoping to snorkel at was a boat that looked like it was sinking. The coast guard was out and they were going to clear the beach soon. We walked nabbed towards our hotel with a quick swim but the beach had lots of rocks but not ones that attracted cool fish and it was wavy and not much to be seen so we headed back to the hotel. We ... read more

Day 12 We were both quite red, too much sun the day before... My shoulders hurt where I caught the sun the most. Another buffet brekky. The birds around the island, in particular, doves, sparrows and myna birds were everywhere, friendly and helping themselves to the buffet if the lids over the foods weren't down or if something had been spilled. The dining area was big open windows and doors for a view of the ocean so the birds could literally go anywhere. Just before we checked out of the hotel we spent ten minutes enjoying the view from our lanai. We saw a sea turtle swim right at the front of where the ocean meets the shore and watched it make its way across, I was pretty excited. We checked out but as we had ... read more