From Penang, we took a ferry to Langkawi Island. Langkawi is located in northern Malaysia, just off the border with Thailand, and is famous as the so-called local resort island. So, we hoped Langkawi just to rest and enjoy the sun. We managed it quite well except for some rainy afternoons. Fortunately, we arrived at …
Month: May 2019
The journey from Kuala Lumpur to Penang went beyond expectations. We booked a bus ticket online and went to the bus terminal. The KL terminal is felt like an airport. You must check in yourself on time and if someone is late or missing, the name will be called out. We found our bus easily, …
We decided to go to Kuala Lumpur first and foremost because we found it to be one of the cheapest places to fly in Asia and where to fly to other countries nearby. Since the tickets were cheap for KL, we started to investigate what else would be done in Malaysia. Many backpackers do not …
Our next stop was Moalboal. This is a well-known area on the island of Cebu, where you can snorkel and see the great sardine run. The road to Moalboal went along the coast and was marvelous. The bus driver showed us that the small sharks swimming on the sea … our eye did not catch …
To get back to Cebu Island, we took a ferry from Bohol to Argao. We thought it wasn’t wise to take the ferry all the way back to Cebu city to drive 4 hours by bus to Oslob. However, from Argao to Oslobo was only a few hours by bus. Unfortunately, this plan didn’t work …
We decided for a long time whether to take a trip to the Philippines or not, which was a bit off from our trajectory. We were afraid that nature in the Philippines is quite similar to that in Indonesia. Finally, the decisive factor was that if we have come already so far from home, it …
From Indonesia, we flew to Singapore and we had 3 days before going to the Philippines. it seemed exactly right amount of time to discover that multicultural city-state. We landed in Singapore in the afternoon. Kaija had found a Couchsurfing place for us and our host, Nizar, came and meet us in the Airport. But …