Real Life Reels: A Week of Lemons into Lemonade in Kuala Lumpur

Real Life Reels. When travel gives you stinky durians…or lemons 🍋, gotta find a way to make lemonade!

Kuala Lumpur really tested us this week but we rolled with it. 💪

Got food poisoning in KL 😵‍💫🤢. NOTE: We know it WAS NOT the street food…

48 hours sick without comforts of home sucks. 😫 Missing our couch, favorite blankets, binge-worthy shows, Gatorade.

Bought some random Chinese medicine. Also, found 3-years expired antibiotics in the bottom of my bag. They worked!

Hotel: No AC for 12 hours. 😱 Scheduled maintenance they say. 🙄

Solution? Headed out for a spa day! 🛀

WAIT…no water indefinitely, too?! 🚿 This unplanned surprise made the planned AC outage seem minor.

Thank goodness for all day happy hour. 🍻

Bars within a backdrop of a Muslim-majority country. Ironically it all co-exists here.

Malaysia simply taxes the hell out of alcohol, is all. The good ol’ “sin tax”.

Excited for necessities to be shipped to us from the States! 📦 DHL said NOPE to Rx. 💊 They check every single item, our friend learned. 😔

Plan B: Kuala Lumpur walk-in clinic and a Chinese pharmacist, 15 minutes, and $250 later = fully stocked! 🤯

March Madness Season: Alabama didn’t make it past Sweet 16. Womp womp.

Moving on. Plenty of rugby and football ⚽️ to watch here!

Plot twist. We finally buckled down to do our taxes. Got a REFUND!💰 🎉 Like winning this gigantic bag of Lay’s chips!

This is Real Life Reels. No more lemons…or durians for now 🍋❣️