http://www.globetoddler.net/en Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:46:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After Exmouth we tried one last time in Coral Bay and this time they had a vacancy on one of the campsites. Coral Bay only has two campsites, a few hotels and hardly any houses. It’s sounds rather touristy but because of its size it’s a very cosy place at ... http://www.globetoddler.net/en/australia/australia-southwest-and-melbourne Finally, Australia. First back to Singapore then forward to Perth where our flight landed around midnight. Even though we had to pass customs and security we were outside in the cold after just half an hour. The temperature was at least ten degrees lower than Bali. For the first night ... http://www.globetoddler.net/en/australia/australia-perth-to-exmouth After a few nights with mice, rats and other unwanted guests in Villa Ratu Ayu it was time for Brigitte to move. Lovina on the Northern coast wasn’t far. It’s one of the most popular resorts of Bali. Driving there also meant driving through Singaraja, Bali’s second biggest city, but ... http://www.globetoddler.net/en/bali/bali-north-to-west Because we flew with Air Asia from Phuket to Singapore and our flight to Bali would be with Singapore Airlines, a transit was not an option. We had to go from Terminal 1, through customs, to then go to Terminal 2 for check in again to catch our flight to ... http://www.globetoddler.net/en/bali/bali-south-to-north This time a less hectic arrival at the ferry gate, maybe symbolising the atmosphere on the island, at least we hoped. First we had to go through some tough negotiations with a songthaew driver to get to Haad Salad on the North West coast of the island. They double or ... http://www.globetoddler.net/en/thailand/koh-phangan-to-bali The short boat trip from Langkawi to Thailand would turn out to be the roughest of all boat trips so far. A Dutch couple was already sitting pole position next to the door for a while when we barely go our feet wet from jumping on to the stairs and ... http://www.globetoddler.net/en/thailand/krabi-to-koh-samui The ferry ride from Penang to Langkawi lasted almost 3 hours on a rough Andaman Sea, hence the sighs of relief when the boat finally docked in Kuah harbour. Pulau Langkawi is an archipelago of islands in the North West of Malaysia with Langkawi being the largest and most important ... http://www.globetoddler.net/en/malaysia/langkawi From Melaka we took the bus the capital Kuala Lumpur. Lesson learned from Melaka was that a city stay without having the possibility to swim in sea or pool was not okay for Sara. Therefore we had pre-booked via Internet a hotel with pool which was not too expensive. We ... http://www.globetoddler.net/en/malaysia/kl-and-penang It was hard to say goodbye to Tioman and Air Batang. We could have easily stayed longer but curiosity to see more of Malaysia was stronger so we boarded the ferry back to Mersing on a Wednesday morning. Back in the terminal we went looking for bus tickets to Melaka ... http://www.globetoddler.net/en/malaysia/from-east-to-west After an extended stay in Singapore it was time to move on to Malaysia. As the express bus tickets were almost sold out and getting the last ones meant crossing the entire city with taxi to be on time before the ticket point closed, we decided to skip the bus ... http://www.globetoddler.net/en/malaysia/on-the-road-and-boat-to-tioman