Luxembourg motto: “Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn”, which translates to “We want to remain what we are”. Luxembourg, a small country between Belgium, Germany and France, became the 56th country that we’ve visited together. While not a common tourist destination, we...
“Covering a full spectrum of cuisine from Portuguese, Arab and Indian to Chinese, Thai and Indonesian, Malaysian food is a fascinating journey of all that is ‘truly Asia’ in one nation.” ~ Norman Musa Penang Island and its UNESCO World Heritage city, Georgetown, are known to have some of...
“The world’s longest curved hanging bridge is on this Malaysian island.” The Video Daily Double on Jeopardy showed a clip of this magnificent bridge. “What is Langkawi?” was the correct question to the phrase Thanks to my parents watching Jeopardy religiously every night, we found...
The views of the Kuala Lumpur skyline absolutely blew us away. All it took was an elevator ride to the top floor of our Airbnb condo building on our first day to realize we were in for a treat over the next six weeks. We had spectacular views of the famous Petronas Towers and the iconic...
The Chiang Mai Flower Festival has been an annual 3-day event for over 40 years attracting thousands of visitors from around the world. When we decided to start this round of world travel in Thailand, we had no idea our timing coincided with this popular festival. We got excited when we...
One of our favorite excursions during our first year of world travel was spending an afternoon caring for elephants, so without a doubt, we knew our first activity to kick off our new round of world travel just had to be another day spent with elephants. We were pleased to discover that...
