Another busy, busy week here in tropical paradise. It's been great having Joan visit and we have been tour-guiding our socks off doing several things we've been saving until she arrived. We're not sure if 'touristing' is a verb (yet). But it should be. Thursday 14th we started out with a walk along our beach (sea wall holding up amazingly way due to James's hard work... even starting to sprout little plants). We tried going out for lunch at a couple of our fav...

Busy, Busy, Busy Bees - The week has been all over us (like a fat kid on a cupcake...) We have in fact been flat out (like lizards drinking...) Thursday 7 July was Cleaning Day... and Friday became Cleaning Day Mark 2. Once all the chores were done we headed into Langkawi Parade for a movie... but as one of the Hari Raya holidays, it turns out the movie theatre was dark and shuttered. Either that or we were just too early. So instead we went to our fave Indian...

Thursday 30 June, This week is high on the adventure scale as we are about to head off for 4 days/3 nights in Satun, Thailand. The border town of Satun is only 15 kms by ferry from Langkawi - but a whopping 948 kms to Bangkok. Australians get a 3 month visa stamp heading into Malaysia and we're here for 4 months. So in the time honoured tradition of ex-pats, we are taking a visa run to Thailand (where oddly you get 15 days stamped if you arrive by land or sea,...

Take the Monkeys and Run.... Our week in Langkawi began with a jaunt into Kuah for our weekly movie treat and a stock up on Ramadhan Bazaar food. This time around we bought a whole roast chicken, beef rendang, flat rice noodles, chicken murtabaks, vegetable stuffed tofu with satay sauce - all our faves. This week's movie was Independence Day (2). It's hard, if not impossible, to believe it's 20 years since the original movie was released. James recalls being ...

Five weeks in Langkawi so far and we think it's official, we've gone troppo. Symptoms? Starting to think in local currency. For instance, when we did our Ramadhan Bazaar food resupply on Sunday, we overspent - 60 odd RM instead of say 50. Yes - A$18 instead of A$15. As it turns out it lasted 4 days instead of 3... so that's A$4.50/€3 each day for two adults for lunch and dinner. Obviously hideously expensive. Our other major expense here is mozzie spray - ...