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The Journey Begins
This is now the Lind’s favourite place to be as we travel the world. Of course, we weren’t always the “Travelinds” jetting off to the next adventure. The humble Travelinds blog started as a basic diary, giving us a platform to capture the strange and wonderful things we were seeing every day in a place we didn’t know. It was our first time leaving our home in South Africa, as we’d quit our jobs and signed up as English Teachers. From there, it snowballed quickly. Before long, we had hopped onto planes, walked foreign streets, and navigated subways for the first time. We also guessed at what menu items we pointed at would bring to the table, which could mean a delicious steak, a soup that burned off your taste buds, or pickled silkworm larvae.
Undoubtedly, it all started in Penang, Malaysia.
The Penang trip was like taking a blind stab at the map on the wall (and looking at the absolute cheapest flights we could get from South Korea to somewhere that sounded interesting). The criteria were simple:
- Cheap flight
- No visa required for South Africans
- Within a few hours of South Korea
- Looks interesting
And that was that! Boy, did Penang deliver.
The Travel Bug Bites Hard
That Indian food restaurant we went to on the first night is still vividly etched in our minds. It may have been the MOST DELICIOUS FOOD we’d ever tasted! We went back the next night and the next, sampling all the delicious curries, even when we couldn’t pronounce them. Then, we discovered the mouth-watering market food stalls, fresh Malaysian cuisine, sweet mangosteens, Doctor Fish foot spas, friendly locals, and the monitor lizards that swam in the sea every day… Of course, when we survived the five-hour speed boat ride in pouring rain from Langkawi island in Malaysia to Southern Thailand, there was no going back!
Still in Travel Mode
Mainland Malaysia was just the start of truckloads of exciting trips to explore, learn, and marvel at the world in which we live. We’ve since been to Vietnam, Kenya, Indonesia, Borneo, and The Philippines. Sometimes, we’ve revisited these destinations again and again, committed to finding as many new and wonderful experiences as possible! Isn’t there always more to see?
Come and see!