Sun, sun, sun

Our boys can now testify that it takes three plane rides to get from Sweden to one of the many paradises on earth -- Langkawi, Malaysia. And, yes, it takes another three to get home again.

One of these plane trips lasts 13 hours. Nicholas was fine with it in the beginning, but after about 8 hours, he'd had enough (as I'm sure anyone who was on the plane with us that day will tell you.)



But, after hours and hours of flying, we ended up here.

And it was all ok.

We spent most of our time (i.e. three hours a day) at the pool. Nicholas fell in love with swimming -- jumping into the pool without fear (even missing the pool completely and landing flat on his behind on the edge) and, in the end, dunking himself under the water and coming up all smiles.

The bigger boys, of course, loved playing in any of the hotel's five pools too. The challenge was to keep track of them.

When the pool wasn't good enough, there was always snorkelling....

We spent an afternoon sailing through a mangrove forest, where the trees grow by the thousands right in the water - their roots entangled in one-another in a vast network that absorbs the tides like a sponge.

A few monkeys joined us as we sailed.

And we also had a chance to feed the fish at one of the many local fisheries (yes, that crab Lucas is holding is ALIVE!)...

We visited a wildlife park and bird sanctuary, where the boys had a rare opportunity to interact one-on-one with the animals.

We enjoyed great Malaysian, Indian and Thai food, of course.

And basically just enjoyed a week of getting to know each other again -- laughing, telling stories and relaxing. An unforgetable time!

Wow, aren't my guys handsome????

And to top it all off, we had sunsets like this.

Bonus photo -- a bit of Malaysian humor.