as well as we’re off! lastly the day of departure has come as well as we’ve winged our method to South east Asia at last. It’s been an adventurous week for the both of us as well as while our bad hometown of Sydney soaks as well as gurgles under a terrible deluge that’s hit the east coastline of Australia extremely hard, we’re sweating it out in Thailand’s damp begin to the rainy season.

The weather condition in Australia has been especially horrible since we left – as well as yes, we’re extremely delighted with our timing. social network is full of pictures as well as stories of people’s houses being swept away, 7 metre waves pounding the city shoreline as well as a multitude of power outages. We just hope everyone’s risk-free as well as as dry as possible back home.

For us, it’s been a romantic, elegant yet oddly frantic trip. We’re working with an airline as well as a number of hotels while we’re right here to ensure that we can bring you a few of the very best tips for charming travel in Thailand as well as Malaysia we can find. as well as so far, we’ve got some cracking stuff to tell you!

So here’s our latest Instagram Diary as well as travel update coming to you all the method from the tropics of the City of Life – bonkers Bankok!

I am super impressed with our seats on our AirAsia flight to Malaysia. It’s the very first time I’ve ever had full lay-out flatbed seats on a flight as well as I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be tough going back to the typical method of flying!

I was rather surprised by exactly how affordable getting these seats can be. You can upgrade from your routine seat at check-in for extremely little, so for a charming trip or a special occasion, I’d definitely go for this.

Service onboard is extremely friendly as well as efficient, which goes against a few of what we’ve heard about AirAsia flights. appears like these guys are upping their game. as well as by the way, this blanket is incredibly cosy!

We’ve shown up in Malaysia as well as have worked our method to our hotel. It’s a bit of a culture shock for us being right here (mostly since of the modification in climate) so we’re taking things slowly. The pool at our hotel – the Berjaya Times Square hotel – has the biggest rooftop pool in Kuala Lumpur.

We won’t be taking things as well slowly though. We’re only right here for one night as well as there’s so much to do!

After a solid night’s sleep, we’re out as well as about in the buzzing rush of Malaysia’s capital. We’ve made our method across town to the iconic Petronas twin Towers. From right here – the other side of the KL City Park – it’s still rather a walk, so we’ve decided to enjoy the view from here. as well as then from sky Bar in the Traders Hotel. The rooftop pool bar there is quite lush!

We’ve got so much more to tell you about our time in KL, however everything’s going past so quickly, we’re already in Bangkok! We’re so excited to be back right here – it’s been method as well long since our last visit.

Breakfast in our hotel is quite darn fine. as well as with this view, it’s almost unbeatable. We’re staying in the Centara Grand hotel above central world buying Centre.

We’re extremely impressed with this location – particularly as it’s house to the very first rooftop bar we ever visited in Bangkok: RedSky. We even featured it in one of our early posts about rooftop bars in Bangkok.

We’re totally in like with the Centara Grand’s rooftop pool. It’s got infinity edges around almost every side as well as incredible 270° views of the city from up here.

Later on today, we’ve likewise got a medical spa treatment booked in to try as well as massage out the stresses of blogging!

Tonight has been absolutely spectacular. Today we spend exploring the regional area of Bangkok around our hotel, fighting with cramped markets, eating random as well as tasty street hawker food as well as doing our finest not to get run over by the horrible traffic.

As a reward, we’ve just eaten to the point of explosion in Uno Mas. On level 54 of Centara Grand is one of the most unforeseen however finest executed food choices in Bangkok. As the name suggests, this is a (very more-ish) Spanish restaurant.

This location is seriously fine dining to the point where they have a 3-year-old dry-aged leg of jamon  at the bar prepared for slicing, cheeses, caviar as well as pates sent all the method in from Spain, as well as the most incredible vertical wine cellar you’ll ever see. They have ‘wine angels’ who abseil up as well as down the glass cellar to fetch the bottles!

And then there’s the view…

Finally, we’re back in our old haunt: Red Sky. High above the scrambling streets of Bangkok, this rooftop bar ironically flies under the radar. most people go directly for Banyan Tree or Hangover II’s Labua, however this bit number is still our favourite. It’s quiet, romantic, friendly as well as leans right over the edge of this 55-level skyscraper.

It’s such a pity we’re not staying right here longer. however the beach is calling our names!

Hua Hin is about 3 hours southwest of Bangkok – as well as surprisingly close to the Myanmar border. The speed of life right here slows down considerably, however the food is still as great as in Bangkok. In truth I’d state it’s better.

This restaurant – Sopa seafood – is quite much a corrugated barn roof as well as a huge kitchen, however the usual indications of great deals of Thai people (we’re quite much the only non Thais here) as well as their entire families, extremely bit English on the menus as well as the most amazing smells of food tell us this is going to be good.

Our extremely dear buddy Andrew moved right here about a year back as well as has brought us to Sopa. as well as now he’s an even dearer friend.

This meal – whole deep fried crispy sea bass (which really looks more like barramundi), eco-friendly papaya salad, fresh clams as well as garlic, amazing special fried rice as well as 3 big imported beers – all came to THB970 (about AU$35, US$27, £18). Amazing. as well as incredibly fresh.

Ah Thailand. You have our hearts!

Next stop, Phuket!

This week’s travel recap

Each week we go back in time over a few of our favourite travel destinations utilizing never-before-seen pictures of our travels. Here’s where we’ve been looking back on this week.

Mrs Romance’s trip to Adelaide a while back looked amazing. No, I wasn’t invited along, however that’s ok. Honest.

She stayed in the gorgeous Mt Lofty House, which is quite famous for people getting married there as well as it being generally just rather beautiful. Mrs R wasn’t getting married there or even going to a wedding, however she did have time to check out the grounds as well as find this!

The primary piazza of Siena is somewhere I desire everybody might experience at least once. It’s a shallow bowl lined with medieval buildings as well as this enormous tower. It’s the stage for the Palio di Siena – an annual equine race that goes around the square.

But it’s just such a unique place. A location where people meet, where swifts flock high above at dusk as well as where time has gone on however left extremely few marks. It’s extremely special.

For more about Siena, inspect out our important guide to this heart of the Italian culture.

Venice is rather something to experience too. however many people miss out the very best bits in location of seeing the prominent ones. Burano is harder to get to than most locations in Venice, however it’s extremely much worth it. The colours of the buildings as well as the vibe of the location all produce somewhere extremely special.

Check out our review of Burano here.

On the topic of Venice, last week we composed about a few of the things you should do away from the beaten track of the tourist path here.

The ‘back streets’ of Venice are its canals, as well as it’s food shows its watery culture. right here are 5 things you must do while you’re here.

Also in Italy – however back in Tuscany, the bit town of Lucignano was when the stage of a wonderful twirl from Mrs Romance. We were right here to see two dear buddies get married, as well as it stimulated an concept to compose not only a guide to going to destination weddings, however likewise for Mrs romance to pen an ebook on exactly how to do wedding event hair when you’re getting married overseas! inspect it out!

We hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s vagabond Instagram Diary. We’ve definitely enjoyed producing it. Make sure you inspect out next week’s which will be much more beach time now we’re about to hit Phuket!

Tell us exactly how your week’s been – particularly if you’ve been hassled with the Aussie east coastline weather. We’d like to hear from you. 

Images by Mr as well as Mrs romance via Instagram: @MrAndMrsRomance, @HairRomance, @Christina.Butcher – Mrs R’s Insta account as well as @AngryBastard of course!