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Kuala Lumpur. Chinatown, Hedgehogs, Temples and Street Food.
Yesterday we checked out modern Kuala Lumpur, today we stepped back in time.
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Chinatown is on our doorstep here at the fabulous Back Home Kuala Lumpur just a short walk up the road, which is good. The heat, the traffic, the uneven pa
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South Indian Food in Malaysia. Heaven!
I love India and I love Indian food, South Indian in particular, it’s light, fresh and usually vegetarian. I’m in food heaven here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, finding foods that I haven’t tasted in the last 12 years, since our last round the world trip.
The street right next to ours, here at Back Hom
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So What's it Really Like,Travelling With Kids?
Scary, isn’t it? The idea of spending so much time alone with your kids in a strange country.
Truth is, I love it, life is nicer, generally.
OK, so we’ve only been on the road for two weeks, we’re new at this, but we haven’t been treating this time as a holiday, we’ve started as we mean to go on, tr
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More Things to Do in Kuala Lumpur With Kids, The Colonial District
We’ve had no problem finding things to do in Kuala Lumpur with kids , almost three weeks here now, something new every day. If you scroll to the bottom of the page you’ll see my kids’ top 5 things, chosen by them. We’ve checked out China Town and its temples, seen the roller coaster in a shopping ma
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What We Don't Like About Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur isn’t perfect. We’ve had a great time, seen some cool and interesting things, enjoyed excellent cheap and free public transport, eaten some fantastic food and stayed in top-notch accommodation, but all cities have their drawbacks, Kuala Lumpur has some not-so-nice bits, too
We love KL,
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Freaking out in Malaysia
Malaysia is in the middle of an environmental catastrophe.
If you read my last post, things we didn’t like about Kuala Lumpur, you’ll remember me mentioning the air pollution. I didn’t realise what was going on back then, vast quantities of smoke from fires on Sumatra are blowing across the straits
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Fort Cornwallis, Georgetown, Penang for Kids.
The kids and I went to Fort Cornwallis in Georgetown, Penang yesterday, I posted a photo on my Facebook page and Suzi asked me ” What’s in Fort Cornwallis?”. So here, just for Suzi, is a brief run down on Penang’s historic fort.
It was a very stormy day and very welcome rain eventually drove us ou
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Penang Huge Spiders. Photo of the Week.
I thought this photo of huge spiders came out pretty well, so I’m making it photo of the week.
This was part of Penang Butterfly Farm, it’s a nice little place, you can wander around among the glorious tropical butterflies, hold giant millipedes ( we had another drama there, Facebook page follower
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Penang, Kek Lok Si Temple.
Stunning Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang
Kek Lok Si temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the region, was high on my list of places to visit on Penang. I think it’s possibly the prettiest temple I’ve ever visited, each section of Kek Lok Si has its own charming style and the temple and it’s compound we
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Where to Eat Out in Batu Ferringhi, Penang
There are many and varied places to eat out in Batu Ferringhi, Penang, from Mc Donalds to The Hard Rock Hotel and everything in between. You’ll also find numerous region specific speciality restaurants including Thai and Lebanese. It’s a lovely spot and well worth a stay.
You’ll find the latest deal
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Wat Arun. The Best Wat in Bangkok for Children?
I’ve been to Wat Arun twice in the two weeks we’ve been in Bangkok. That must be some sort of record?
I guess it’s one of the best things about slow travel, if we like somewhere we’ve got the option of going back. It was the kids’ idea, they wanted Dad to see it because they enjoyed it so much, I’m
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Blowing our Budget for Bangkok
Our Budget for Bangkok, this whole part of our trip, actually, is $41-$50 AU per day. That’s not each, that’s for a family of four. We’ve had a bit of a rude awakening, Bangkok ain’t cheap any more!
We love Bangkok, we’ve really enjoyed our stay, but it’s hit us in the pocket! I’m sharing a bit of i
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The Problem With Reading Too Many Travel Blogs. Lonely Planet v Travel Blogs.
Bloggers will hate me for posting this, but I’m known for my honesty, maybe for being rather pedantic at times. Reading too many travel blogs can give you entirely the wrong impression!
I’ve always been a Lonely Planet girl, I didn’t know travel blogs even existed ’till I started blogging myself, l
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Ock Pop Tok and Getting my Luang Prabang Mojo Back
Ock Pop Tok Luang Prabang, fair trade weaving and craft centre
We’ve been in Luang Prabang, Laos, for almost a week now. It’s been a strange few days, we weren’t enjoying Luang Prabang very much second time around, it’s changed a lot.
Luang Prabang is all about wealthy fly-in tourists these days, th
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Food in Laos and Luang Prabang
Laos Food, What You Will Find
Food in Laos is incredibly diverse, you will be able to find a dish from just about any culinary tradition in the world. If you’re looking for authentic Laos food, you may have a harder time, this fantastic little country doesn’t have such a unique, strong, culinary tr
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We're Going Home!
No, not that home!
We’re not quitting travelling after only a few months, we’re having too much fun.
Port Douglas was home for six years, it’s not our real home we’re going back to the UK, specifically, Wales.
I’m from Newport, not far from Cardiff, the capital of Wales ( if you didn’t know, Wales
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Getting To Luang Prabang From Vang Vieng, by Bus.
Getting from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang by bus. It’s a long ride, but an incredible one.
If you boarded your bus, took your assigned seat and looked up to see this over your head, would you be worried?
You’d be right to be. We had the seats with the built-in internal rain. Every time we climbed a
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Wander Around the Markets in Luang Prabang with Me!
Starting to set up the night market in Luang Prabang
There are loads of markets in Luang Prabang, which pleases me no end, markets are one of my favourite things. There are two distinct types of market here and both are absolutely fascinating.
There’s the night market, which is for tourists, and the
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Our Budget for Laos. We're spending $40/day, sort of..
We’re cheating and we suck at budgeting!
I keep quoting this figure of $41/day as our budget, that’s actually a lie, our budget for Laos is working out at a lot more than that, everything considered.
It’s cheap, but it aint that cheap!
There has been a lively discussion about budgets over on our
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Why Take Your Kids To Australia?
In 2001 I toured The Great Southern Land as a young (ish) backpacker on my first RTW, it was an awesome experience, camping at Uluru, taking The Ghan, diving on The Great Barrier Reef and patting my first kangaroo.
I made 2 more trips over the next few years, after I married the Aussie Chef.
When D
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