Traveling solo with kids as an expat in Malaysia

When we lived in KL we drove everywhere in our car to places like Penang, Port Dickson, Ipoh, Melaka etc. When we visited Singapore we'd often take one of the comfortable buses. Preparation for travelling with kids is nothing because it's easy.

I don't see so much in the way of challenges when travelling in Malaysia, except to make sure that the kids are close by and that there is no opportunity for thieves to steal either the car or the kids. I mention the kids because during our stay in Malaysia kids sometimes got kidnapped and some got killed or disappeared. Maybe not everyone agrees, but we were always very conscious of the threat of kids or women being kidnapped.

As our kids had UK passports it was quite easy travelling to many countries in Asia. Wherever we went we might have had to apply for visas in advance but in general passports were all that were needed.

No tips or anecdotes, just use common sense and be a good parent.

Forgive me for being the resident pedant.  But traveling with kids is not traveling solo.

Yes it's better not to be pedantic or take things word for word. I simply assumed she meant travelling as a family as opposed to joining a group holiday or tour. It would be petty to pick apart Cheryl's English because I for one have better more important things to do.

Ziggy, also since Cheryl's questions have been posted in the forums of every country in the world, have you considered posting your same response in the other 180 forums around the world? I mean, that might give you some closure to this matter.

@wyngrove60

I'll work on controlling myself.