Madam and I went to Malaysia and Singapore for Christmas and New Year. 3 whole weeks of scintillating conversation with Madam - how will we both cope? Madam was knacked and needed a break. 2012 was a hard year irrespective of starting a new job as the 'Big Boss' over 5000 miles away, she desperately need a break.
The itinerary for the 3 weeks - snoozing at a beach resort in Langkawi for 5 days, then taking the ferry to Penang, followed by flying to Singapore for Christmas ending up in Kuala Lumpur for New Year. In other words just your average little tour of Malaysia.
Langkawi
It was decided to go for a beach resort and after a number of recommendations the Madam & TS went to Berjaya resort. Now I can say the TS was a wee bit apprehensive having never done a beach holiday, will I cope? Could I survive the relentless reading of books and sun kissed surf? Will Madam and I kill each other before the week is out?
Well readers, completely the opposite happened. I became the proverbial beach bum and Madam was the cat on the hot tin roof, which in fact wasn't really but a wooden chalet in the rain forest. A decent book, a nice spot on the beach, the occasional dip in the sea - what more could a TS ask for.
One of the highlights of Langkawi, apart from mountain biking and the superb cocktails was taking a trip up the cable car. In fact two cable cars, as one connects a mountain top to the other. In addition a sky bridge links two hill tops. The views were spectacular despite the slight harr or overcastness.
That was one thing that was regular as clockwork. At about 3.30ish the wind would pick giving you roughly 30 mins to get under cover before a rainstorm happened. Sometime sit was short and other times long, but always quite awesome. The noise in the forest was something else I tell with all the birds and monkeys doing their nut!
Before we knew it the week was nearly over. Langkawi had saved the pièce de résistance. As part of the resort they had a Thai restaurant which sat out over the sea.
So Madam and I made sure we were there for sunset to sip out fizz and celebrate survival of the first week. From here on in it was going to be an onslaught on our senses in so many different ways. Next stop Penang.
The itinerary for the 3 weeks - snoozing at a beach resort in Langkawi for 5 days, then taking the ferry to Penang, followed by flying to Singapore for Christmas ending up in Kuala Lumpur for New Year. In other words just your average little tour of Malaysia.
Langkawi
It was decided to go for a beach resort and after a number of recommendations the Madam & TS went to Berjaya resort. Now I can say the TS was a wee bit apprehensive having never done a beach holiday, will I cope? Could I survive the relentless reading of books and sun kissed surf? Will Madam and I kill each other before the week is out?
Well readers, completely the opposite happened. I became the proverbial beach bum and Madam was the cat on the hot tin roof, which in fact wasn't really but a wooden chalet in the rain forest. A decent book, a nice spot on the beach, the occasional dip in the sea - what more could a TS ask for.
That was one thing that was regular as clockwork. At about 3.30ish the wind would pick giving you roughly 30 mins to get under cover before a rainstorm happened. Sometime sit was short and other times long, but always quite awesome. The noise in the forest was something else I tell with all the birds and monkeys doing their nut!Before we knew it the week was nearly over. Langkawi had saved the pièce de résistance. As part of the resort they had a Thai restaurant which sat out over the sea.
So Madam and I made sure we were there for sunset to sip out fizz and celebrate survival of the first week. From here on in it was going to be an onslaught on our senses in so many different ways. Next stop Penang.
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| Sunset over Langkawi |