south east asia trip

making this map was a pain in the butt

finally something about my south east asia trip! i think we're all pretty excited because we get to meet up with family on christmas and we'll be visiting new places. it's still up in the air but here's the 'ideal'  plan:

• leave on christmas eve for Singapore. (i hate the 8 hour flight)
• stay for 5 days in singapore then leave for Melaka (city in Malaysia)
• celebrate new year's eve in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia's capital city). hopefully we'll be staying in a hotel that has a good view of the fireworks. 
• spend 2 days in Penang (another city in Malaysia). 
• and finally, Bangkok! we initially planned to go to Bangkok but the flood situation scared us off. apparently the government has given the clearance and advises tourists to "exercise a high degree of caution." still not quite as reassuring...

i have to admit, it sounds exhausting but i guess it will toughen me up! in the meantime i will post about what i'm packing and some information about the places we're visiting.