Cameron Highlands
Hello from Malaysia....so what have i been up to well...first up was the sailing boat trip in Sydney harbour....it was supposed to be a really beautiful romantic jaunt - but infact although really fun and tricky (sailing is harder than it looks - allot harder) mel was so ill (vomitus maximus) that I ended up having to eat most of the seafood platter (as Mels seefood wasnt nice) it was lovely sat on deck though if it wasnt so windy it gave you sea sickness with the rocking. But anyhoo it was fun and a niceish end to adventures in OZ.
The flight to Singapore with singapore air was interesting; I think that they are staffed with war painted proffesional feeders - I've never eaten so much food on a plane ever. Singapores nice a bit dull and certainly is the nanny state - the monsoon season there didn't help us enjoy it much as we spent most of the time hiding from rain. Malaysia is much cooler we started off with an easy border crossing on the coach from singapore up to Melaka. Its a real nice small town with an amazing Chinatown - walking around at night made us feel like we were on holiday all over again - met some nice people and found a fave little spot in a cafe down by the river. Have now taken to napping in the afternoon though as the humidity gets overwhelming and really havent acclimatised yet.
We then moved on to KL aka Kuala Lumpur - this place is a real big city - smoke galore and giant high rises everywhere. Its a bit claustrophobic. We did go up the telecom tower (to the top) and the petronas twin towers bridge walk which is an odd experience in itself. It lasts for about 2 mins and you cant go all the way accoss just up 1 tower to the middle back and back down... but its the super complex queueing and waiting system that gets me - must have got it from the british empire along the way somewhere as its totally bonkers.
Anyway sitting in chinatown watching all the illegal hawkers avoid the police was the best bit really. We arrived up in the much cooler much more pleasant Cameron Highlands today and are off on a landrover tommorow in an attempt to see the biggest flower in the world (that stinks like rotting flesh allegedly!) anyhoo if i survive i'll write again...byeee for now
The flight to Singapore with singapore air was interesting; I think that they are staffed with war painted proffesional feeders - I've never eaten so much food on a plane ever. Singapores nice a bit dull and certainly is the nanny state - the monsoon season there didn't help us enjoy it much as we spent most of the time hiding from rain. Malaysia is much cooler we started off with an easy border crossing on the coach from singapore up to Melaka. Its a real nice small town with an amazing Chinatown - walking around at night made us feel like we were on holiday all over again - met some nice people and found a fave little spot in a cafe down by the river. Have now taken to napping in the afternoon though as the humidity gets overwhelming and really havent acclimatised yet.
We then moved on to KL aka Kuala Lumpur - this place is a real big city - smoke galore and giant high rises everywhere. Its a bit claustrophobic. We did go up the telecom tower (to the top) and the petronas twin towers bridge walk which is an odd experience in itself. It lasts for about 2 mins and you cant go all the way accoss just up 1 tower to the middle back and back down... but its the super complex queueing and waiting system that gets me - must have got it from the british empire along the way somewhere as its totally bonkers.
Anyway sitting in chinatown watching all the illegal hawkers avoid the police was the best bit really. We arrived up in the much cooler much more pleasant Cameron Highlands today and are off on a landrover tommorow in an attempt to see the biggest flower in the world (that stinks like rotting flesh allegedly!) anyhoo if i survive i'll write again...byeee for now
posted by Bob Smith at 9:22 am
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