The lap of luxury

 The lodgings are amazing and sleeping over the sea in the water chalets is a real treat. There’s not much adventuring going on as it’s Crispy’s downtime before once again moving on. The weather is a little hit and miss which is not surprising as Malaysia is almost equatorial in its seasons. It’s usually cloudy with the odd down pour and sunny day. It’s more changeable at the moment due to the huge tropical storms that have been hitting all south east Asia but it’s still +30 degrees and very humid. We’re not complaining as without cloud cover it’s really uncomfortable to be out in the sun. We went for a walk along the beaches yesterday and had a mooch around the local area. The beaches are full of Malay on their New Years holiday. Hundreds of tents lining the beaches and parks. Everyone is very friendly. We have only seen a handful of western tourists here as it’s not on the backpackers trail as apart from nice hotels the place is expensive with nothing other than beaches to see. We found a great little bar, the only one in Port Dickson that is not in or attached to a hotel. It was as you can imagine very busy with the locals and although they had no free tables for the evening Crispy managed to work her charm and secure us a table for seven pm. The food was fantastic and the live band excellent. The rest of the time here is just chilling and Crispy bless her has gone for a spa treatment.  Tomorrow we move on to Kuala Lumpur and swop buses up to Lumut and the Island of Pangkor. Unless the weather improves somewhat we may cut our time in Pangkor . It’s ’s a tropical island and other than beaches there is not much to do. We may head further north for a few days in Penang. Crispy likes Penang and there would me more to keep us occupied. The other option is to head inland to the Cameron highlands for a couple of nights. We have not been there before and it looks amazing. We will play it by ear and see how it goes.

Bare and Crispy chilling in Port Dickson, Malaysia