Dear Friends and Family,
We left our home on the Klamath River and drove into the Bay Area a day early to avoid 2 snow storms. Our China airlines flight left at 12 midnight. Fifteen hours later we laid over in Taipei, followed by a 5 hr. Flight to Kuala Lumpur, (KL) Malaysia. It is stinking hot in Malaysia and no wonder, KL is only about 200 miles from the equator! But wow, we cooled off in the warm waters of our great hotel pool, and the Asian street food behind KL’s Hotel Istana was cheap and tasty. Hawkers beg you to eat at their place. Generous portions are $2-6, and there’s plenty of great beer, fun, and live music. We couldn’t sleep on the plane, but we’ll adjust over time….then there’s the time difference, since Asia is 16 hrs. ahead of California. We were here for a week a few years ago. This time, we spent only two days in KL. We revisited the famous Petronas Twin Towers and milled around at a nearby upscale mall. Then we flew 1 hour to island paradise, Langkawi.
Langkawi is a small island off the NW coast of Malaysia. We treated ourselves to a beachfront chalet at the upscale Meritus Pelangi Resort for 4 nights, and enjoyed great breakfast buffets, incl. champagne, 2 large swimming pools, and an uncluttered beach of fine white sand hugging a placid sea. The guests were culturally diverse and wore everything from Speedo’s and thong bikinis to long black burkas. Muslim staff were modestly covered with hijab and very congenial. The pool and lazy warm ocean waters were divine. Except for quiet jazz music at breakfast, and the constant birdsong throughout the resort, we basked in quiet serenity. Everyone was relaxed and friendly.
Our routine was to exercise at dawn, walk the beach at sunrise, and lounge around the pools, dipping in and out. In the afternoon , we tried to stay under the a/c and avoid blazing sun/humidity. There were signs warning us of jellyfish, but we only encountered one washed up on the beach. In the evening, we walked down “Main St.” for great Chinese, Arabic, and/ or seafood, and watched the sunset on our stroll back to the resort. It was fun to eat falafel and hummus at a roadside stand that played Syrian/Arabic music. We had a fabulous seafood meal at “The Orkid” restaurant. They had tanks of fresh caught fish, crabs and lobster from which to choose our meal!
We could have rented a scooter for only $5 a day, but just really didn’t feel like exploring the rest of the island. There are all of the usual tourist trappings; helicopter rides, parasailing, jet skis, tours of caves, a crocodile farm, etc, but we were content to just hang out. We enjoyed a relaxing one-hour yoga class on the beach early one morning. We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary with a Chinese dinner, and the resort surprised us with flowers and a delicious chocolate cake. All in all, the place was wonderfully rich and relaxing, decadent, but worth the splurge!
We left Langkawi a few shades darker and looking forward to exploring more of Malaysia.
Hope you are all well back home, safe and warm.
Love, BnL
ps. We saw this bird in the flowering trees around the pool, but could not manage our own photo. We got this picture off of the internet. 😜
bnlmos 
Wow! You’re off to a great start! Did you know it was going to be so elegant? The beach looks perfect… food sounds great but I’ve yet to find any humus that’s I enjoyed! Crab, etc must’ve have been delightful. Pictures are beautiful and everything looks so pristine…Sweet Anniversary celebration! There is a couple at my church who live in Malaysia… he’s fromModesto she’s from there… wish I knew their address. I’ve quizzed them about their home and wish I remembered more what they told me… they talked about big difference of cost of living. they used to come a time or two annually to see his mom but she died last year. They have more complications getting in and out now than before… Have lotsafun and take lotsa pictures! Rita
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Sounds amazing – Happy 25th you two! Love the pics and that white sand beach looks amazing! My favorite thing to do is looking for shells- are there many there ? Love you guys – be safe!
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Thanks! There are millions of small ones, but anything larger was “occupied” by crabs!😜 I found beautiful mother-of-pearl in both white and black that I’m hoping to get back in one piece.
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Wow!! 😍😍 Bea- utiful! You guys deserve it! Love the pictures 💜💜💜💜
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It looks like you started your trip off perfectly! Relaxing in a tropical paradise and resting up for the next leg of your journey! Beautiful pictures as always! And I want to put my toes in that white sand! 🦶🏝🌊
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Wish you could have been there with us, Sis!❤️
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Happy Anniversary you two love birds.
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Thanks Chris! Time flies when you’re havin’ fun!❤️
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Wow! Langkawi looks fabulous. I have added it to my bucket list should I ever get down to KL. You both look like you really let yourselves enjoy it to the max! Great photos. Thanks for sharing. Gene.
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Cheers you guys, happy 25th! The place looks beautiful, and so do the two of you!
Love Jose 🙂
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Happy Anniversary! Looks like you found paradise! It’s been super cold here and we have had tons of rain with lots of flooding. So happy to see sunshine and the tropics for a change. You-two are living a dream! Enjoy!❤️G&M
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Thanks you guys! That was the prettiest beach we’ve ever seen! ❤️
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