We're back from our Christmas get-away and I'm excited to show you a tiny bit of Malaysia!
We had a great Christmas and spent our days lounging, reading, napping, and swimming. It was a nice way to spend the holiday, but being away from family is hard. We skyped and did our best to put on a happy face, but Christmas is about being together with loved ones. We missed you all so much!
We spent all of our time here, at the Shangri-La. The beach wasn't the best, so our time was spent at the pool. It was a perfect holiday!
We were in KK right at the tail-end of the Monsoon season, so we saw some pretty awesome skies at night that brought some crazy rainstorms.
We spent Christmas Eve having Teppanyaki
and marveling at the Asian Christmas decorations.
We woke up on Christmas Day to beautiful sunny skies. Our day consisted of more: lounging, reading, napping, and swimming.
We found elephant foot-prints in the sand...
and watched the sun go down...
while trying to figure out the best settings to take the sunset shots on :)
We got dolled up, and had a traditional British Christmas dinner complete with duck and liver pate and Christmas pudding.
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On Boxing Day we went to visit an Orangutan Sanctuary which was part of the Shangri-La. These orangutan's were being rehabilitated to return to the wild. We watched them swing among the trees and trying to break open coconuts. Sad story: I forgot my Zoom Lens. I mean, I left it in Hong Kong. Brilliant, Lauren.
Not the softest, but I loved him nonetheless!
We finished off our day by the pool and had a great Indian meal that night.
We had a great Christmas together and hope yours was filled with family, friends, and lots of love!
xx,
Lauren
6 comments:
Lauren, it looks great and your outfits complimented the holiday decorations!! What was wrong with the beach? Too hard packed sand? Whatever, it was a beautiful view and the weather cooperated with your stay. Stay well. Gene/Pam
Merry Christmas! I love the picture of the elephant print in the sand and of Michael mid-air. Love all of your dresses and the meals sound amazing. xoxo
I agree - these pics are beautiful! Looks absolutely amazing! Love your dresses as well. You always have the cutest clothes. How do you do it? ~Klein
love the pics of you and of mp- the dark background for the xmas dinner -- very nice!
and of course, the pygmy elephant is sooo cute!
well, guess you'll have to go back and get those zoom pics another time. oh, darn! :-)
happy holidays and all the best in 2011!
xoxo anne and john
You know me.....my favorites are the orangutangs and little elephant (and of course, you and Michael!)Malaysia looks beautiful. I have heard the Malaysian people are also very nice.?? Sounds like a lovely Christmas holiday. Also, thanks for the geopgraphy lesson. I definitely needed it, and it helped to see exactly where you were headed. Great idea! Hugs and kisses! Mom
I don't know Lauren, snow or beach, snow or beach... Loved seeing all the pictures of Malaysia. Thanks for sharing your holiday with us. I am ready for some of that warm weather.
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