On our budget family gap year with our 4 kids, we travelled over 40 countries and enjoyed some amazing destinations! Check out our highlight destinations here.
If you’re travelling to Melaka with kids for a weekend getaway, you’ve come to the right travel blog. Just wandering the streets of the old town, shopping for trinkets and sampling the amazing food is a great way to relax!…
There’s a lot of genuinely excellent things to do on Penang Island with kids. Some of our top activities in our 1 year around the world trip have been on Penang Island. Be sure to check out our Penang Island…
If you’re not sure where to stay on Langkawi Island, follow this guide. We’re a family of 6 travelling the globe on a tight budget. Langkawi Island was a real highlight for us – beautiful beaches, minimal tourists, diverse wildlife…
If you’re like us, travelling on a budget with a family, you will have to pick and choose between your ‘must do’ activities. They often just don’t stack up, or you can get a better experience elsewhere, and it’s sometimes…
The Langkawi Mangrove Tour in the Kilim Karst Geoforest Park is actually amazing. We’ve done quite a few tours in our 1-year around the world trip, including mangrove tours. They often aren’t worth it – looking at you, coconut basket boats…
If you’re thinking about going to Kuala Lumpur with kids you’re in for a pleasant surprise. We’ve just spent 8 nights in Kuala Lumpur with our four children aged 4, 7, 10 and 12 and can’t recommend it enough! We’re…
Batu Caves are regarded as the most important Hindu temple outside of India. They are a pilgrimage site for Hindus in Malaysia and across the globe and are adorned with impressive statues and rainbow painted steps (272!). They are inhabited…
The Petronas Towers certainly have a reputation that precedes them. Once the tallest buildings in the world, they remain an icon of Kuala Lumpur and a symbol of the incredible economic progress of Malaysia. But are the Petronas Towers worth…
Kids love fun and Berjaya Times Square Theme Park has it in dizzying bucket loads. The biggest indoor theme park in Malaysia is such an unexpected surprise. We’ve been to many theme parks in our 12 month world trip and…
We’ve just completed the Singapore Johor border crossing and had a really good experience. Use this guide so that you can do the same! There are two land border crossings between Johor, Malaysia and Singapore. The first and main crossing…