The rest of Mom's visit and Malaysia

Like we mentioned here my mother, Ginger, came to visit for the last couple weeks of September.  Having family visit is one of the highlights we have in the year.  It is so fun for us to show the people we love most our life here in Phnom Penh.  We went to all the markets (this time I took mom to Khmer fabric market so we could get some clothes made for us and for a Christmas gift for my niece), to our favorite restaurants, and found new ones that now have been added to our favorite list (Pacharan on the river front - for those who live in Cambodia), and spent many days in our apartment talking, eating, watching movies, and enjoy the day to day life we have established here.  The whole visit was a big blessing!

Pictured above: tuk tuk ride to church, at home after working all day, our favorite Khmer noodle restaurant for breakfast with the Hein's and their daughter Allie, and pedicures at Daughters.

Half way through her trip was the Khmer holiday of Pchum Ben (read here about this holiday) and we were treated to a trip to Langkawi, Malaysia.  The island off the peninsular coast was nothing shy of beautiful.  We spent four days relaxing on the beach, renting motos and driving around the island (even Mom drove!!!), and visiting the jungle waterfalls. 

After our time on the island we started heading back home with a short one day layover in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.  We stayed in the area of town called Little India, and enjoyed an amazing lunch when we arrived.  We then shopped in Chinatown, walked abound the city until we finally reach the Pentronas Towers, which were stunning at night, and yes went to Chili's grill.  There are two in Asia, one is Singapore and one in KL, and we have happily eaten "Big Mouth Bacon Cheeseburgers" at each of them.  Thanks Mom for going to a massive American food chain while visiting Asia.

The trip was wonderful and we enjoyed the natural beauty, peace and quite, and good quality time with family.  As a bonus we only had one rainy day (pretty good for rainy season...)