Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25th Feb - 2nd March (By Ella)

We have had 5 nights in Kuala Lumpur, staying in a 2 bed apartment. We have spent a lot of time walking around the city & have also visited the famous Petronas Towers & the KLCC Park. Chinese New Year celebrations have continued with firework displays throughout the night. KL is a vibrant city & we have been suprised by its diversity; there are fairly poor areas & extremely wealthy areas. Mum has loved all the shopping centres & stores that have even included Marks & Spencers! We have really enjoyed Malaysia & are looking forward to leaving for the airport at 3am to fly to Hanoi, Vietnam.....

KLCC Park:

Petronas Towers:

Spot the Window Cleaner

Our Apartment:

View from lounge

Rooftop Garden

Bukit Bintang (plenty of Western style restaurants):

Vegemite Mission Successful !

Artwork which Amy, Anna & I made:

Bali Wrap Video, 18th Jan - 15th Feb 2015

Bali Wrap Up Video (Directed by Ella)

Penang Island, Malaysia 20th - 25th Feb (By Ella)

After around 3 hours on the ferry we arrived at Penang and got a taxi to our hotel. We stayed at the 1926 Heritage hotel and like many buildings in Penang, the hotel is a protected structure. It was fine for what we needed - had a good swimming pool, and a good air-conditioned foyer where we could work whilst Dad played piano !  New Year celebrations continued throughout our stay and on one evening we visited a very large temple that had over 200,000 lights and bought a ribbon for the wishing tree ! Penang is famous for its food and we tried lots of different types of food including chicken feet ! We really enjoyed Penang.

Chinese New Year at Kek Lok Si Temple (largest Hindu temple in SE Asia)

1926 Heritage Hotel,  (Room 234 (same as our house !))

Breakfast at Little India, Georgetown:

Cat Cafe

whoops - ketchup spillage

Local Foodcourt:

Batu Ferringhi Park Royal Hotel Pool:

Catching up with Sam and Anthea

Bus (very luxurious !) from Penang to KL (about 5 hours)

Langkawi Island, Malaysia 16th - 20th Feb (By Ella)

We are now on our 3rd country; it took us 2 planes to get to the beautiful Langkawi Island from Bali, and it is definitely worth it! We have seen macaque monkeys(which look like Lemurs), eagles swooping, amazing beaches, 6D movies, 3D Art Museums, been up cliffs on gondolas & started to celebrate Chinese New Year. We may be in Malaysia, but Chinese New Year is a really big thing here. We have had lots of fun in Langkawi!

3D Art Museum:

Airport:

The Cenang Beach:

Top of Langkawi by Cable Car:

6D movie at Oriental Village:













Chinese New Year Sunset:

Photo requests from tourists:

 










Eagle Square & ferry to Penang: