Today’s plan was to relax and enjoy the resort. We woke up to blue skies and started the day with breakfast and coffee at the Coffee Club in Turtle Village. After getting back from the coffee shop, we met the resort’s baby elephant on the way to the pool. That’s right. A baby elephant. I […]
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Day #8: Arriving in Thailand (and Malaysia)
Posted in Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, RTW 2013, Thailand on Jun 29th, 2013
We landed on time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The airport is a pretty nice, modern facility. Changing planes / gates was very easy (only one security checkpoint at the outbound gate). Since our flight to Phuket was a bit delayed, we spent a little extra time enjoying a morning cappuccino. We ended up leaving about […]
Day #7: Leaving London…
Posted in Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, RTW 2013, Thailand on Jun 29th, 2013
Today, we left London for Phuket, Thailand. Basically, it was a day of travel. We left the Allen House a little after 8am for our noon flight on a Malaysia Airlines A380 to Kuala Lumpur. Check-in, security, and boarding were all a breeze and ran as expected (early boarding of small children, gate check of […]
Day #6: Science Museum
Posted in England, London, RTW 2013, United Kingdom on Jun 27th, 2013
Libby and I have been to London together a number of times. I’ve lost the exact count, but I think it’s around 13 trips. As a result, there aren’t too many museums in central London that we’ve not visited at least once. However, we’d never made it to the Science Museum (and frankly had little […]
Day #5: Visiting the London Zoo
Posted in England, London, RTW 2013, United Kingdom on Jun 26th, 2013
Today, we visited the London Zoo in Regent’s Park. We took the Circle Line to Great Portland Street and then walked 20 minutes across Regent’s Park—which is always enjoyable—to the zoo. It’s a fairly expensive day out at about £70 (around $115 US) for admission for the three of us. But, it provides a full […]