Malaysia Trip (Dec 12-28, 2022)
During our 2.5 weeks in Malaysia, my daughter and I toured through Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, the Penang Island towns of Georgetown and Jetulong, and the sleepy southern seaside town of Port Dickson. We were intentional about traveling at a slow pace and leaving room for plenty of downtime, as we’d had quite a stressful month in Bangalore beforehand. One of my motivations for visiting Malaysia on this trip is because I’ve been researching possible places to retire as an expat and Malaysia and Portugal are always among the top 10 destinations on all the expat blogs. I’d already spent 3 weeks scouting possible retirement locales in Portugal this past July and so it was time to see if I could envision a life for myself in Malaysia. While there is still more to explore in KL on my next trip, I didn’t care for Penang or southwestern Malaysia as longterm options. And I found that there are extremes in Malaysia - the ultra urban, business/tourist hubs, and the remote, rural towns which