So this is home. There isn't a lot of time to unwind - there is a long list of practical things to do, which is really a defining feature of home, right? We are very fortunate to have a place to stay for the time being, but soon we will look for a new place to live that is between our two jobs as we try to implement one of the more important lifestyle changes we wanted to make upon returning; having only one car. "But it's the suburbs!" "Yes, but it can be done!"...

England was the practical transition back to Canada in that we needed to pick up all the stuff that Clare's very kind and understanding aunt had been storing since our departure back in February. And it was also the natural emotional transition back as we needed to say our goodbyes for now. We spent our 9 days with family and tried to savour each lovely moment in what we consider to be our second home. The journey from Singapore to England via Warsaw was surpris...

This is it! This is the culmination of southeast Asia, Part 2. It was somewhat surprising that we were never in Singapore last year at all, given that like Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, it is a practical hub for all sorts of flights in the region. But we have made it this time, and purposefully placed it at the end as a bit of a treat. Singapore is worth more than a couple of days, and so we were relieved that we had in advance booked 4 nights. We made the lan...

Clare's aunt had spoken so highly about her time in Melaka back in the 1980s, especially about the vibrant colours of the architecture, and so we were very much looking forward to this stop. Melaka has a George Town (Penang)-esque quality to it for sure, with stunning street art, and plenty of agreeable side streets to stroll down. What it didn't seem to have much of in stark contrast to George Town, was space! This charming little city felt very crowded and c...

Not mentioned in the previous blog posts is that just before leaving Thailand, Troy discovered that his camera had decided to become not properly responsive. Unsure about what to do about this so close to the end of our trip, he reached out to Olympus Malaysia to see if they had any ideas. We were shocked when they told him that upon arriving in our first Malaysian destination, Penang, he could meet up with an Olympus "Visionary" who would lend him a camera for...