Minirolls Musings

Where Are We Now?

The drama is over, but the travels are not. We had our delayed short flight, Kuala Lumpur to Ho Chi Minh. And caught our new long flight with extra legroom (I’m nearly as excited about the legroom as the destination). And now we just have a short hop to reach somewhere Aimi has wanted to go for a VERY long time…

Type 2 In The Making

After I finished writing up the blog last night I gave n+1 attempts at checking in online to our flights tomorrow (Where n is any reasonable number of attempts you could guess) It still failed, but I did manage to get extra legroom and “luxury” seats. Will be nice to find out what that includes…

Butterflies and Anxiety

Today we planned to go walking around town, so because it gets really hot, we tried to get out early. But hotel breakfasts are just great. There is so much choice but noticeably, no pork products. We suspect the influence of the Muslim society here. The closest thing they had was chicken sausages, which tasted pretty good. Or if that didn’t tickle your pickle, how about dahl curry… for breakfast?

Attractive Engineering

We had had enough of the sketchy apartment so today we packed up and moved. We are going to a proper hotel, and its only costing us +£10 per night compared to this scabby place. Its remarkably cheap to get a REALLY nice hotel in Kuala Lumpur. We thought we would be smart and save a few quid with a cheap apartment, but you get what you pay for. Also, being a relatively cheap country, now is the time to enjoy some luxury. It’s our honeymoon afterall. We wont be able to afford it in more expensive countries.

Traders Sky Bar

Oh what mistake I’ve made.

In trying to conform to a smart casual dress code, I’ve worn my jeans and I’m sweating hard. I thought, like most other places here, the restaurant would be air conditioned. I was wrong.

Batu Caves & Petronas Towers

This morning we ran out of water. The Air BnB didn’t provide any and we couldn’t find any reputable sources online to say whether you could drink the tap water, so we didn’t. We had what we had left after our dinner and as always, a salty pizza makes you thirsty so we drained what we had. Neither did we have any food. Therefore, this morning I was in full hunt and gather mode. Luckily this caveman didn’t have to roam far, or kill anything (even though the lobby pond was stocked with huge fish) because there was a convenient convenience store.

Kuala Lumpur Meltdown

We must be getting old. The drink last night is kicking our butts this morning. Tho, some more than others…

Last Night In Thailand

In an effort to use the day like a tourist and not get heat exhaustion again, we got up at 11 and then spent a few hours by the pool. This hotel has really impressed me considering we are paying so little per night. Its exceptionally clean, the girls on the desk are super welcoming and helpful, a view, a pool, the food and drink is great and while more expensive than a corner shack kitchen, its not tourist gouging.

Tumble Down Tonsai

“You asked for Railay, right? Because we are going the wrong way.” Is what I was thinking as the tuktuk drove off down the street.

I bought a boat ticket, why are we even in a tuktuk? Not long later we pull into a marina, of sorts, and boarded the longtail I was expecting. We then motored back past where the tuktuk had picked us up from the ticket office. Not sure what’s wrong with just marking off a section of beach for boats, like every other place. This was a needlessly long detour.

Double Spicy

“Ha! 4 engines?!”

Said the speed boat tied up next berth.

“Check out my 5 engine Poweeeeerrrrrrrrr!!”

They must have been having a game of macho mecha one upmanship…