Southeast Asia '24

Southeast Asian Odyssey '24

Starting out in Kuala Lumpur, with our sights set on up to three months in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and the northern part of Vietnam we couldn’t visit last year on account of the season.  (Also available without the blather, at anassandadonkey.com.)

Telok Datai beach, Langkowi, Malaysia
Sandy skulls, and wee burrowing beasties
After yesterday’s early morning exertions we decided to take it easy for the afternoon, so headed over to Telok Datai, aka Sandy Skulls beach. Stunning. Even more lovely than...
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Tanjung Rhu beach, Langkawi Island, Malaysia
We did *try* something different
But we ended up back on the beach! The plan was to take a cable car to the Skywalk. Apparently it’s great – way way up in the mountains, lots of trees, wildlife, the whole...
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Tanjung Rhu beach, Langkawi Island, Malaysia
Watch the birdie, say 奶酪
Well, you can’t say we don’t try. Our last abortive trip to the moribund wildlife park recommended by the young Hungarians was at the weekend. So, thinking maybe the ‘nice...
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Sky Bridge, Langkawi, Malaysia
Finally, we walk in the sky
Following last night’s prophetic triumph, when I assured Virle that it wouldn’t rain and half an hour later we got hit by a deluge of monsoon proportions on the way to the...
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Telok Datai beach, Langkowi, Malaysia
Malaysia - a few final thoughts...
Half ten of another glorious morning, and I’m sitting out on the verandah killing an hour waiting for the cab to the ferry, doing a bit of blog housekeeping ready for the whole...
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Pattaya Beach, Koh Lipe, Thailand
We've hit t'island
D’ja see what I did there, didja? Hem… Anyway, moving on… Wow but it’s nice here. An island so small that you can walk from our beach to Sunrise Beach –...
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