Back in April, Peter and I embarked on a three week trip to Malaysia (Penang and Kuala Lumpur), Singapore and Dubai. This was to be my first long haul adventure, and the first time I was going to meet Pete's Malaysian side of the family, so needless to say - I was nervous!
Our first part of the amazing adventure was to Penang - famous for its gorgeous golden sands, the tastes of Malaysia and of course, the peanut! During our time we stayed at an amazing hotel right on the beach called Golden Sands by Shangri La. Simply stunning scenery, an amazing room, and great service. We explored Penang Hill, the Butterfly Farm, many Buddhist Temples and we explored the markets and some gorgeous restaurants in the evenings.
Our second stop was in Kuala Lumpur. Unfortunately, with the recent MH370 tragedy we were a little on edge about travelling to KL and using Malaysian Airlines internal flights. Everywhere in KL you could see banners of support for family and friends of the people on board the ill-fated flight. It really hit home how even in this technological age, there are still mysteries that go unsolved, and every day we prayed for good news about the whereabouts of the aircraft. When we finally arrived in KL we had a fabulous hotel right by the Petronas Towers (ex tallest buildings in the world) and the main shopping mall - Traders. The hotel had the best sky bar I've ever seen. The ambience, the experience, the views - simply outstanding! During our stay in KL we explored the market places, the old china town and really enjoyed some lovely food and more of a city experience after soaking up the sunshine in the beachy Penang. Our favourite restaurant in KL was a chain called Madam Kwan's - the sweet and sour chicken was to die for! It was all such value for money too, once I got my head around the exchange rate from British Pounds to Malaysian Ringgit of course!
Our third stop was in Singapore, very humid, muggy and swelteringly hot Singapore. Unfortunately I fell ill during our short stay, so I ended up collapsing and being wheelchaired back to the room and I spent most of my time watching the football in bed when the virus allowed me to settle! During the time I wasn't ill, we managed to get out to see the famous Merlion and we visited Singapore Zoo and Night Safari which was a great experience. I'm a big animal lover, so it really did make me feel better to be able to experience such a great zoo without wasting all of my time being poorly in bed! My favourite parts of the zoo were Daisy the leopard and the baby orangutang leaping and soaring through the branches so elegantly above us! I didn't like the hotel we stayed in at this location, so the less I say about the hotel the better, but what I will say, is that if anyone ever needs an escort or prostitutes, I know where they hide out!
After one more short stop in KL we flew out to our fourth destination in a Dubai. In Dubai we really lucked out with our hotel, it was stunning, great views and a room that you. Old probably fit y parent's house in! The food was again very nice, and we turned into proper tourists by visiting he Burj Khalifa which is the tallest building in the world at the moment. We also visited the largest mall which not only has a huge aquarium inside, but it has fountains and sculptures as well as a dinosaur fossil! We enjoyed the perfect wall to wall sunshine as well as spending the day at a water park, which has become somewhat of a tradition for Peter and I on our trips around the globe!
We've seen and done so much on his trip that I really cannot do it justice on a single blog post, however, I am creating a wonderful scrapbook to immortalise the memories made!
Until next time; xoxo
