New Season in SE Asia

We've returned to Langkawi, Malaysia after a few months in Florida and with this return comes a new adventure. Our twin 2-yr. old grandchildren and their parents have joined us and we are seeing things through different eyes. We traveled from the US with one of the boys and their parents traveled with another boy via a totally different route, ending in Bangkok within minutes of each other. For 6 days and nights we all struggled with the time change but eventually it all settled down and the other hotel residents breathed a sigh of relief. No more 2am chirps from the little peanut gallery! Instead of the usual tourist sights in Bangkok we visited the train station, rode boats on the river, fed the fish every day at the wat across the street from the hotel, rode tuk-tuks and the sky train and tried out all of the playgrounds. The boys have seen elephants, monkeys, monitor lizards and rhinoserous hornbills. They have learned to swim with arm bands and have no fear in the pool or the sea. They have tasted Dragon fruit, papaya, thai curries, but the french fries with catsup are their all-time favorite and have ruined every piece of clothing they own. Their little feet are getting quite tough and they dance quickly thru the hot sand into the water where they spend a couple of hours each day until exhaustion takes over.

Now the big adventure begins. First, a 2-yr. birthday party with Mickey Mouse cake and then we all attempt to check out of Malaysia and sail for Thailand. It can be a short or long trip, depending on how many stops one makes and how accommodating the children are. Two of them can destroy the interior of a boat real quick!