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cuti-cuti malaysia

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cuti-cuti (pronounced as chuti-chuti) is a malay word for vacation, leave or holiday.

after my week-long solo trip to malaysia, i am not sure now if i can call it a lone backpacking experience.  one thing, i left my newly bought 35L knapsack at home and preferred carrying my laptop bag and an old duffel bag.  i also did not stay in hostels but slept comfortably every night on budget to mid-range cost hotels and my means of transportation were mostly by cab, which cannot be considered as budget friendly.

a week is really not enough to experience most of malaysia but my itinerary of visiting kota kinabalu, penang and kuala lumpur was enough for me to appreciate a glimpse of the country.  i realized that it can be fun travelling alone and i have never had a boring moment during my travel.

so keep posted for my next entries that will cover my one week travel to malaysia.  i have to go back to work in the mideast by weekend and i will surely be busy but will still try to blog.. till then!

goin’ malay

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i have been home for days off for nearly two weeks now but had to stay at the house due to a bad infection i suffered. i’m still thankful though that it happened here while i’m home and not where i work. good thing i’m better now for my flight for my first “lone backpacking” will be this coming week. so where am i going? i’m going to have a week visit to – malaysia.

my initial plan is to visit three key places of malaysia namely, kota kinabalu, penang, and kuala lumpur which will be my last stop. i have researched a little about spots to visit in kota kinabalu and kuala lumpur and will just maximize the limited time i have but not to the point of stressing myself out for i want this to be a leisurely trip. i have not planned anything on penang for my doctor-bestfriend-instant tour guide, docgelo has everything organized for me, hehe.

my transportation will all be by air (cebupac and air asia) and accommodations have been pre-booked to avoid the hassle of looking for a place to stay. travelling alone is not new for me and getting lost is a usual thing i always experience! i get lost in airports looking for gate numbers, i hate trains for i jump out on the wrong station and i am a magnet for cab drivers who are total asses. i have this habit of asking about three or more persons on directions for i am very poor on reading signs and notices, lol!

anyway, i’ll just do this and have fun and stay safe. 🙂 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ i have received four entries for my bloggy blog contest. thank you for joining – docgelo, chyng, kg and pm. and the winner of the mini travel speakers is.. prinsesa musang for her post “what to do in an orthopedic clinic“. she deserves to win out of the endless purring i got from her that she should be the winner, hehe.

congrats pm, i’ll send you an e-mail for your contact details, will send your prize through courier. of course the three bloggers who joined also have something from me. i just revisited monasterio de tarlac yesterday and got these beautiful scented red beads rosaries. docgelo, chyng and kg will have one.

watch out for my blog anniversary give-away this coming may. i’m giving out cool prizes again exclusively for my blog followers. 😉