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It was my first time going to the airport in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, even after having been to JB (as the locals call it) multiple times, as I was generally flying in and out of Singapore. Suddenly though, I discovered how much cheaper it was to fly to other Malaysian and Thai cities from JB. My boss said to me, “It’s a very small airport,” to which I nodded. I couldn’t imagine that it would be a large airport, as JB is a fairly small city. In fact, I had no idea that there was an airport there until recent times. Which is why, I was incredibly surprised when I did finally fly out of it, it had pretty amazing food options and shopping. Walking in, there were several Malaysian chain restaurants and kiosks as well as a fancy Japanese coffee chain. I got some coffee, and then bought some tiramisu almonds- SO yum!- at a Beryl's (Malaysian chocolate company) gift shop. I breezed through security, which was pretty easy and friendly. After security, I thought that there wouldn't be as ...

Even though I went to Koh Lipe once this year already, I decided to go back again. It was the high season, though, this time, and I couldn't book the exquisite accomodation I had last time, but these cheap bungalows ($20 a night!) were right on the beach. There were frogs in the bathroom, a few monitor lizards walking around outside, and some nails sticking up from the bamboo on certain parts of the flooring (crocs came in handy for indoor shoes), but really, besides those issues, I couldn't think of a more perfect spot. Not noisy, save for the myriad of birds' songs every morning and throughout the day, and something about the complete lack of commercialism in this particular spot, really accentuated nature's pure and gorgeous self. I would go dip myself in the turquoise waters any time, and it wasn't too far of a walk to get to the North Point's pristine beaches and sandbars. colorful, humble bungalows But, hold up---- there she is, in her electric blue splend...