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Malaysia – City skylines, beaches, rainforests and great food, it has it all! Our love affair with Malaysia got off to a rocky start. Arriving at Kuala Lumpur Airport, the Starhub sim purchased to cover Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand was a dud and left us buzzing around the airport trying to find a Wi-Fi connection so we could call Uber. We weren’t alone. We gave up and paid the more expensive airport taxi fees to deliver us to our accommodation situated right in the Golden triangle, the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Feeling like pros, we ventured out into the city and it quickly became apparent this was not like Singapore. In fact, we were situated in the Indian Sector of the city centre, walking distance from the Petronas Towers, but what a distance 2 km can make!! We were instantly struck with just how dirty, congested and noisy KL was in comparison to the somewhat structured congestion of Singapore. A dirty, broken city, under massive construction. The heat amplifie...

Singapore more than just a transit destination We arrived a little concerned we had made a mistake booking a 10-day holiday break after reading it could be expensive and everything could be done in 3 days. Our experience however, has been so very different.   In fact, Singapore is a thriving, modern medley of fun, customs and culture and we could easily have stayed longer. We deliberately planned to start our adventure as a holiday to relax, play and get comfortable using our travel paraphernalia in the safety of an English-speaking country, low in crime. We arrived into a torrential thunderstorm and quickly abandoned plans to travel like back packers, opting instead to pay the $65 taxi fare from the airport to our holiday destination on Sentosa island.   Exhausted and regretting the extra 4 kg I had thrown into my backpack, we were welcomed to what appeared to be a wooden cabin with 2 bunk beds and a cupboard. ‘Basic’ was an understatement, I considered going st...