Malaysia

We have an evening flight tonight so we needed something to fill our day. I booked us a last minute slot to visit the Mari Mari cultural center. We packed up last night so that we didn’t have to rush for our 8:30AM pick up. We picked up other guests and got to the village…

Today was what we postponed yesterday: snorkeling at a nearby island. When we woke up we quickly realized we were without power in our Airbnb, which meant no coffee. I went downstairs to the coffee shop, and it turned out the whole neighborhood didn’t have power. We were slow going without our coffee. We finally…

We had originally planned to take a boat out to an island for a day of snorkeling today, but late last night Nick checked the weather and saw a forecast of clouds and potential rain. We decided to skip it but didn’t come up with a Plan B. With nowhere to be, we had a…

Our flight was at 12:40 so I expected a very leisurely morning. We slept in until 9 and then made our way to breakfast. We noticed on day 1 at this hotel that there was a serve yourself ice cream bar as part of the breakfast buffet, but we didn’t mention it to Millie and…

We had another day of exploring Gulung Mulu National Park. We had to set an alarm this morning to make it to breakfast and then an 8:30 shuttle to the park. When we arrived we got on a traditional long boat and started our way up the river. The first stop was a local handicraft…

I had high hopes for sleeping in this morning but we were woken up at 5AM by a toddler screaming in the room next door to us. My brief annoyance quickly turned to gratitude that those days are behind us. We didn’t have anything planned until a 2PM tour, so after breakfast Millie and I…

Same deal as always this morning. We arrived at the airport with plenty of time. Our reward system for good airport behavior is still going strong and Millie always gets to choose a gum when we get to the gate. She LOVES gum. I spent the time waiting at the gate on my phone going…

We had a pretty lazy morning. After breakfast we let Millie continue her elaborate scene that she has made up with her playmobil characters. She made them all beds out of tissues, name tags, and set them up around the room. The hotel room looks like someone very crazy is staying here. Like yesterday, we…

Standard report for our morning. Up at 7, packed, taxi to airport, through airport, and onto the plane. We’re a well-oiled machine now, most of the time. On our way there, Nick was chatting with our driver who explained the weird setup between Peninsular Malaysia, where we were, and Borneo Island Malaysia, where we are…

Instead of eating boring cereal like we usually do in Airbnbs, in KL we have been venturing out for breakfast. This morning we went to a healthy cafe and had a delicious version of a full English breakfast. Millie was less satisfied and said her buckwheat pancake tasted “like leaves”. After breakfast we came back…