What Meg Did Next - Finding Freedom Through Remote Work and Travel

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📍 Bansko, Bulgaria 🇧🇬
🔜 Paphos, Cyprus 🇨🇾
💻 Remote working around the 🌎 since 2021

2024: what a belter! 🥳 Started in Scotland for

2024: what a belter! 🥳 Started in Scotland for some wintery fun (and bookclub by the fire 📖🔥 @lexandlaura) before heading to Cape Town (my favourite place ever!), Spain, Bansko, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bali, and back to Bansko to ski (but playing it fast and loose with the word ski....see last clip 😬).

We learned to dive 🤿, kayaked and swam with dolphins 🐬, climbed Table Mountain 🏔️, got chased by a lion 🦁, drank enough wine to keep the vineyards in business 🍷, watched Dua Lipa tear up the main stage at Glasto 🎵 and enjoyed (well, we did...not sure about the other customers trying to enjoy their dinner) 5 hours of karaoke on Christmas Day @altspacebansko 🎤

Becoming Auntie Meg and Uncle Aaron to baby Maeve, and spending time with her was super special - can't wait for our little holiday next year ☀️ @lisajsmi

So many funny moments - beach club chaos in Thailand (B52s anyone? 🥃 And where is Chanelle's toe? @gemmaclo @cnellew), too many lovely games of fives (this time featuring picklebacks @bethchurchill1 @a_mac87 @dcbeattie ) and so many hilarious, brilliant moments with friends around the world ❤️

Here’s to 2025: to staying upright, to slowing down and spending more time with friends and fam and hopefully the same amount of fun (just less wine-induced heartburn 🍷). To all our pals, thanks for making this year ridiculous in the best way. ❤️ Happy New Year! 🎉

Ko Lanta 🇹🇭📍 We arrived in bright sunshi

Ko Lanta 🇹🇭📍

We arrived in bright sunshine and to a lovely sunset (photo 1), but with quite a dark storm on the horizon (photo 2) - and you know it's going to be an epic storm when all the locals are on the beach watching it roll in.

Well let me tell you, that storm rolled in within about 2 hours of our arrival and it didn't stop raining for about 16 hours 😂 it was crazy! It seemed like monsoon season started the day we arrived 😂😂 luckily we had a few hours of dry weather the following day and headed to the Ko Lanta National Park and walked the nature trail. After all the rain, it was quite slippery and I almost fell backwards into a stream and Aaron had to rescue me from a rope I was clinging onto. It was sweaty work (photo 3!) But the views were still lovely despite the rather cloudy weather (photo 4).

Next up was Ko Lanta Old Town which had lots of restaurants and bars on stilts in the water - it was really cool and we had a quick drink break to test out the Thai craft beers! 10/10 on the delish scale (photo 5).

Headed up to Why Not bar (photo 6) where they had lovely cocktails and a sunset view ..which obvs we didn't see because of the cloud cover (photo 7) 😂 but there was a DJ and the drinks were good AND there was an amazing curry house close by which was amazing!

On the last day we found a cute little outdoor gym (photo 8) and did a v sweaty workout before treating ourselves to brunch at a cafe called Lazy Bird, I had a smoothie bowl but had serious food envy of Aaron's Turkish Eggs - it was amazing (photos 9&10).

Then the rain came again so we went for a massage before having a chill eve in the hotel...and it didn't stop raining until we left the island the following day - and this was serious rain...we were soaked to our pants when we got on the minibus 😂

So a mixed trip, the rain was a bit limiting but it was still lots of fun and we loved scooting around the island 🛵...we will definitely be back to see these epic sunsets were told about 🤞

After all the rain, we have decided to change our plan of heading to Phuket/Phi Phi and instead head to the Gulf who h is meant to be calmer/sunnier! So the next stop is Ko Tao! 🏝️

Ko Lipe, Thailand 📍🇹🇭 The first stop on

Ko Lipe, Thailand 📍🇹🇭

The first stop on the Thailand Tour was Ko Lipe. In high season we'd have been able to travel there by boat, but because we are in rainy season, we had cross the border by bus to Hat Yai (around 4 hours) then change busses and head to Pak Bara Pier (2 hours) where we got a shorter speedboat to the island (90 mins) - so not a short journey!

When we arrived we saw a huge black cloud in the distance (swipe to the last photo!). I was hoping we'd miss it or arrive before it hit. Instead we headed straight towards it, and the heavens opened within about 10 mins for pretty much the whole journey 🤣 to say it was rough is an understatement. As we went over the waves and slammed back down, people were screaming 🤣 not to mention we were SOAKED 🤣

So we were absolutely thrilled to arrive on land and make it to our gorgeous hotel. We stayed in 2 different hotels over three nights (Mali Pattaya & Mali Sunrise) and we could have stayed forever - the pool was amazing and the water is right on your doorstep - at Mali Sunrise you could use their kayaks and head out to the little island to snorkel. The water was SO clear 😍 both felt like a real treat and it was probably the first time we'd properly relaxed on our little holiday (after so much city sightseeing!).

My highlight was heading to North Point and watching the sunset from Zodiac Bar. After a day of cloudy weather we were so happy to be on the beach soaking up the sun with a beer in hand - is there anything better?! 🌅🍺

If you're travelling to Thailand you have to visit - we did the bare minimum but would love to go back and see more next time (maybe in dry season 🤣).

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Penang, Malaysia 📍🇲🇾 Our final stop on t

Penang, Malaysia 📍🇲🇾

Our final stop on the Malaysia tour was Penang and wow it was ... delicious 🤣🤤 Another stop of predominantly eating 🤣

But we did do some touristy stuff among the foodie stops. We arrived at around midday so we rode the funicular up to Penang Hill (photo 1), and visited the Habitat which is a rainforest trail at the top. It was really cool to see and there are rope bridges through the trees which are great (photo 2). Rewarded ourselves with an Indian in the eve which was amazing...and more like the curry you get in the UK, it wasn't overly spicy and was quite rich. Delish but we were both stuffed after. Had the best ginger masala tea here! (Photo 3).

Penang was also super pretty, with lots of grand and colourful buildings and fairy lights at every turn (photo 4).

I have no photos, but we also went to Escape, a waterpark in Penang, home to one of the scariest racer slides (you know the ones where you go down on a mat on your front) where I'm pretty sure my soul left my body and Aaron was very brave and rode all the slides, even the ones where they put you in a box and the floor disappears from under you. I cheered him on from the bottom 🤣

We also visited a couple of food centres (photo 5), where there are lots of different stalls to choose from. Had some amazing dumplings (photo 6) followed by a VERY spicy noodle soup. For dessert, we tried a Kachang (photo 7 - shaved iced, with bright pink bubblegum tasting syrup, sweetcorn, kidney beans and peanuts)...we weren't sure why this was so popular before tasting it...and are still wondering now 🤣

Other foodie highlights were the Nasi Lemak (photo 8) for breakfast - blue coconut rice, fried chicken (in lemongrass and ginger), peanuts, egg, cucumber, poppadom and dried anchovies...also a paste of some sort which I think was maybe a shrimp paste? Not sure on it being a breakfast choice but we enjoyed it anyway. Photo 9 are Kaya Balls - little pancake balls with Kaya (coconut jam) in - so good!

Finished the trip with a beef rendang (photo 10) which was...amazing. So much great food in Penang, it's no wonder it's known as the foodie capital!

Next stop Thailand! 🇹🇭

Eating up a storm in KL 🤤 one of the best thing

Eating up a storm in KL 🤤 one of the best things to do is head to the famous street food road, Jalan Alor where there are a ton of food stands and restaurants. It's a great place to try lots of different foods and there is SO much choice!

1&2: Pick an octopus or a squid and they'll cook it for you - choose.spicy or not spicy (spicy obvs!)
3&4: Dumplings - one of our favourite! Pink is crab, black is pork & charcoal and the yellow one was their ordinary one. I didn't take a photo of the stand but it was called 'Fat Boys Dim Sum'. Amazing name 😂
5: The brown noodle dish was amazing - hokkien mee, with thick udon noodles and the secret ingredient is pork fat (it had little bits of crackling in it) and it was SO good!
6: Croffle! A croissant/waffle with honey drizzle. Delicious 🤤 (this was actually from the cafe in our apartment building and not the market but had to include because it was delish!)

We did a lot of eating in Kuala Lumpur...and it didn't stop when we arrived in Penang either 😂

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