We travelled to Malaysia and Singapore back in July and after finally figuring out how to use iMovie (I know!), I've put together a little video of our time there. For a closer look at what we got up to, check out my previous posts on Malaysia and Singapore. 6 weeks in Malaysia… Read more of "Our journey through Malaysia and Singapore (video edition)"

Pulau Tikus is an area of Penang that we weren't aware of the first time we visited George Town. Tucked behind Gurney Drive, it's traditionally where Thai and Burmese migrants settled and is now an upmarket suburb of George Town. A good starting point to explore this area is to… Read more of "Pulau Tikus, Penang"

After a few days of downtime in Darwin, we rushed off to meet Colin's family in Penang for our next adventure. We spent the first few days exploring George Town, happy to find that it was just as good as we remembered and that everyone else loved it too. Check out my George Town… Read more of "Penang State National Park"

It took us 6 weeks but we finally did it – on our last day in Malaysia we tried durian! Durian is big all over in Malaysia, but in Melaka it's everywhere. Piled up in fruit stalls, durian pastry shops, durian cendol, durian ice cream, durian shakes, you get the idea. Our… Read more of "The king of fruits"

Melaka was our last stop in Malaysia. The old town is another UNESCO world heritage site, with pristine Chinese shophouses, red Dutch colonial buildings and crumbling Portuguese ruins and a river running through the middle. At odds with the beautifully restored buildings… Read more of "Melaka"

Melaka is another popular foodie destination in Malaysia. The UNESCO world heritage area is full of restaurants, cafes and street food stalls and we tried to sample as many of the local dishes as we could (as always!). Satay celup Satay celup is all the rage in Melaka (we… Read more of "Melaka: must eats"

After a bumpy speedboat ride (one of our fellow passengers kindly held down my bag the whole way to stop it falling out the boat), we arrived in paradise. Well ... kind of. Pulau Perhentian Kecil looks like an idyllic desert island on the surface, but when you look closer there… Read more of "A week on Pulau Perhentian Kecil"

It's fair to say that Kota Bharu isn't the most exciting place in Malaysia, but in the middle of town there's the most incredible market. With brightly painted walls and a glass roof, it's filled with colour and light. The fresh food area on the ground floor is where all the… Read more of "Kota Bharu's central market"

In an attempt to learn more about Malay food (and mostly because we wanted to spend a whole day eating), we signed up for the LaZat cooking course in Kuala Lumpur. The day started with a tour of a local market in TTDI, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur. Our lovely guide Su explained some… Read more of "Authentic Malay cooking class"

We boarded the jungle train in Kuala Lipis, a mountain town in central Malaysia and the friendliest place we have ever been. Giggling children, smiling adults and people zooming past on motorbikes would shout out 'hello' and 'how are you?' to us, sometimes stopping for a chat. It… Read more of "Riding the jungle train"

Between getting sick and some last minute work coming in, we didn't manage to do most of the things we had planned for Kuala Lumpur. We were holed up in our airbnb apartment for most of our 2-week stay (we did have an infinity pool on the 33rd floor though, so don't feel too… Read more of "A Malay village in central Kuala Lumpur"

After our week in George Town, we headed to the Cameron Highlands to cool off in the mountains. It's not the easiest area to get around without a car, taxis are relatively expensive for Malaysia and the buses are infrequent. So rather than go on one of the tours, we decided to… Read more of "Cameron Highlands: jungle trek one"