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Days 29 & 30 8 March to 9 March 2026. The Datai, Langkawi, Malaysia to Home, Adelaide, Australia

Day 29 & 30 8 & 9 March 26 The Datai, Langkawi, Malaysia to Home, Adelaide , Australia We got up to breakfast a bit after 9am, yes breakfast, not brunch, this holiday is coming to an end. We got … Continue reading

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Days 25 to 28. 4 March to 7 March 2026. The Datai, Langkawi, Malaysia

Day 25 4 March 26 No rush to get up this morning, no plans today until 3pm. We got up to brunch a bit before 10am, we are both enjoying the really slow starts to our days. In the afternoon, … Continue reading

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Days 23 to 24. 2 & 3 March 2026. The Datai, Langkawi, Malaysia

It seems strange to say this, but it has taken until we arrived in Malaysia for us to have an electronic lock on the door of our accommodation. All through Sri Lanka and even in the Maldives, all our accommodation … Continue reading

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Day 22. 1 March 2026. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur to The Datai, Langkawi.

Well that was an “interesting” night, not! We finished up changing rooms at about 12:30am because the hotel decided to have maintenance works done at night, and it was too noisy for sleep! Our/Deb’s alarm went off at 6am and … Continue reading

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1 March 2026 Middle East & Pakistan/Afghanistan Conflicts

Just a quick note for anyone concerned about our safety as things go crazy. We are both safe and expect to stay that way. We are not flying anywhere near the areas above. We are in the Malaysian jungle and … Continue reading

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Day 21. 28 February 2026. Maldives Six Senses Laamu to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Woohoo, we managed breakfast this morning, none of this brunch in disguise, 8:30am counts as breakfast. 🙂 After breakfast we checked out, got a boat to the float plane pontoon at around 9:40 and flew to Male for our connection … Continue reading

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Day 17, 18, 19 & 20 24- 27 February 2026. Maldives Six Senses Laamu

Day 17 24 February We managed to get to breakfast by around 9:30, so nice to take our time. After breakfast we walked to the dive shop and pick-up our snorkelling gear, then walked back to our villa to relax. … Continue reading

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Day 16 23 February 2026. Negombo, Sri Lanka to Male, Maldives and onto the Laamu Atoll.

We left our hotel at 8:35am. Overnight we got a message to say our flight had been delayed until 12:17pm, the original departure time was 11:15. So it was a longer wait at the airport than we expected. By the … Continue reading

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Day 15 22 February 2026. Sri Lanka Wilpattu to Negombo

We left at 10am , our last road trip in Sri Lanka!  Our first stop was on the outskirts of Puttalam to visit a community known as “Ceylon Africans”. They are the descendants of slaves from Mozambique and Tanzania … Continue reading

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