[Langkawi 2011 - back and burnt!]

We are back!!! It felt like just yesterday morning we left the house and now we're back again.... of course the mountain of laundry that i just put to wash attests otherwise.... boo :) I guess because we didn't really DO much - just mostly bask in the sun and swam in the pool - repeat ad nauseum.... the days felt super short! Plus we were so tanned and burnt that everybody slept early every night!
Photos......
1st off, our room. The resort is made up of 400+ of these quaint little chalets dotted around a rainforest (actually more like jungle?) landscape of hilly terrains - great for jogging as V reported! Not for those of you who like your 5* comfort of 400 count bedlinen and 5 piece bathroom, but it was a good compromise for us - not too expensive for a getaway, and a certain rustic uniqueness. Anyways, for the girls, anywhere is fine so long as they have the beach, long bath and pool! There was the main entrance hall, which had all the facilities annexed to it - the restaurants, pool, changing rooms etc... and the chalets were all a distance away from it. So, in order to get to and fro the beach / swimming pool, we had to call for the tram that will take us there. It was probably the most fun thing for the girls! They loved the tram ride, even making friends with the tram drivers....
One day, we decided to take a tram ride around the whole resort - these were some of the premier chalets up near the beach side.
Us on the tram... it's really quite fun and chill! And to have a tram at yr beck and call is quite cool! :)
We didn't actually see any jellyfish, although i thought i might have seen a dead one.... but it was a good thing to scare the girls with when I didn't want them to venture too far out into the water..
View of the beach - it was amazingly private, as our resort was the tip of the whole stretch of beach, the only other people on that beach were the other resort guests... and as it wasn't near any school hols or major holidays, it really was pretty empty!
Perfect to sip your breakfast cappucinos...
The most wonderful thing about this trip had to be how the girls are playing together so much more.... of course there are all those silly fights and bickering that go on all the time... but they are also getting a hang of entertaining themselves with games like Snap, Uno and also monopoly!

Here's what sisters are great for!! -
Feeding you breakfast when you're too busy playing with sand :) and before you say - poor K, she has the advantage of getting rid of the parts of the pastry that she doesn't like..... an altogether win-win situation!Jumping waves with and making up silly songs all the better for splashing in the water!
Spotting swimming fishies in the clear clear water..
Chatting non-stop with about all the silly things they can think of....
Writing yr names out in the sand....
And doing fun poses with them when mummy says so!

Girls, I hope you remember this holiday as much as we do, we love how you are so much alike and yet so so different... we love the many ways you drive us totally crazy with your constant episodic intense dislike for each other, but also make our hearts warm right to the core when you watch out for each other and take care of one another, and laugh and chatter nonstop with each other. We love how cuddly you are and how clever the things you say. We love the total optimism and unfailingly enjoyment you have in every little thing. How just being able to spend time with us is enough and how you both will exclaim every time of the day that it is the BEST holiday ever! lol....

Signing off with my favorite shots of you -
K, you with your impish grin, you are starting to be such a little miss know-it-all... you love all the little girl things like cuddling up to mummy or daddy, yet insist on being a big girl by eating all by yourself, packing your own bag and making sure that che-che has the same amount of treats as you do. You never fail to make everyone around you fall a little in love with you, when you say please and thank you so sweetly, and prance about without a care in the world. You complain every single morning that you don't want to go to the beach or the pool, yet when you are there, you sheepishly say actually you quite like it there and might have been a little bit silly to throw a tantrum back in the hotel room. You love to sleep in and take a long while to adjust from sleepy to awake.... you probably take after me in that respect! :) G, my little teenager in a 6 yr old body, we have often been bewildered by your intense behavior. You have definately grown up so much with every holiday that we take. No longer do you collapse into tantrum-y sulks and screaming matches with yr sister, you also don't lose your cool at the drop of the hat. You still test all the boundaries we set you, but are so much better at keeping within the lines. We are starting to look out for signs when you are over-stretched on your emotions, we know now that when you are tired you start to become a lot more hyper, and we cut you quite a lot of slack when that happens. The change of attitude to yr behaviors have made it so much easier on all of us than it has been to have met you headon.. You love your little sister so much sometimes it is so wonderful to see you take care of her when we least expect it. You love making her laugh and i can only hope your non-stop chatter with each other will last through the growing up years. You are so beautiful when you hold your own in all our conversations, you're curious about everything and everyone. You form your own opinions on things and often act on your own accord to make things right (although mostly for yourself!) You are so brave about so many things, and yet have a lot of fear if you are doing the 'right' thing. You make me feel so loved when the first thing you did on the beach was to draw a little heart and in it that said 'i love you mummy'. You are my little me and I love you...

love mummy & daddy