Christmas in Langkawi Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year and a hard time to be away from family friends and tradition so we decided to make it special! We broke from budget and spent Christmas in a nice hotel - Langkawi Lagoon Resort. It had a pool and private beach and a room the size of a studio apartment. The flight from Penang was very quick and we were on the beautiful island of Langkawi in no time. We stocked up on the Christmas necessities a...

Waiting for the bus from KL to Penang was confusing and disorganised. No one explained why we had been herded out of the bus station and into the busy streets where we waited for another hour for the bus. Every time I asked the fat man who seemed like he was in charge when the bus would be here he just murmured and gestured with his hands. We arrived in Penang in the early evening and settled into our hostel a 25ringgit taxi ride away from the bus terminal. A s...

The capital of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Saying goodbye to Lola was hard, we were going to miss everything about her. The journey to the airport was long due to Manila Traffic. Uncle Cesar's car had broken down so we had to use the mini jeepney, my chest felt heavy from all the fumes after the 2 1/2 hour journey to the airport. Our flight to Kuala Lumpur was good as the plane was only half full. We flew in a clear starry night sky which looked amazing from the plan...