Langkawi island

So far we've never spent more then three nights in one and the same place (if not counting Vang Vieng we're we stayed four - only because we were to hangover to move). But we're now on our fourth day in Langkawi and do not intend to leave for yet a few days. It's so beautiful here, unbelievable.

The beach is just five minutes walk away, the sand is white, the water is turquoise, the beer is cheap and the food is amazing - what else can you ask for? So far we've spent all days just relaxing on the beach from morning till late with just a few breaks for food and ice cream, we are definitely not complaining.

One thing that stroke us both by surprise is the amount of Swedes here, we are everywhere! In every bar you go to you'll find a Swedish girl behind the bar, on the beach you're surrounded by Swedish speaking people, in the book shops you'll find books in Bahasa Malay, English and Swedish and I guess about half the rooms on our guesthouse is occupied by Swedes.

- is there even anybody left in Sweden?

On Thursday we're leaving for Phuket in Thailand to meet up with my friend Elin and her cousin that are just in the beginning of their South East Asia-trip, it's going to be awesome!

If anybody have been to Phuket or Phi Phi islands before and has any  good tips to share - please feel free!

What we have been up to

As we have abandoned the blog for some time I thought I better make a brief summary of where we have been and what we have been up to recently.

After Vang Vieng we headed for Vientiane, the capital. Most things we had heard about the city were true - less beautiful, more expensive and fewer things to do than other Lao cities.

After Vientiane we spent a few days in Kuala Lumpur which wasn't too nice either. Apart from Chinatown which was a cool place, most areas seemed to house buildings that was either banks or hotels. Also, the humidity (95%!) made it just impossible to enjoy anything at all as we were stuck in a big city.

I think that was why we decided to go to Pulau Penang, an island a couple of hours away. We had this idea of an amazing Malysian island paradise which unfortunately didn't exist on Penang. We got absolutely soaked both days we spent there so we decided to not think too much about consequences and flight tickets and go where the sun was. That place was Langkawi island and we haven't regretted going here once. It's amazingly beautiful, don't Google it unless you want to die of jealousy. Seriously, I mean it.