Day 28 HOME! Not much sleep last night as we went to bed at afer 3am after getting those last minute night photos of the twin towers and the pummeling we got from the massage. Still it’s been a fabulous four weeks and it has just gone so bloody quick. Up at 6am for a bit of fruit and coffee for breakfast before our van turned up on time at 7am to take us to the LCCT. An uneventful journey, we watched the sun come up and then I’m afraid David and Mary’s last dramas of the holiday began. We all [View Full Entry]

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Day 27 Our last full day in Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia before we fly out tomorrow. Abby and Stu and the girls fly out Monday so it’s just about all over red rover. Today we all got up early because Peter had a dentist appointment and try as much as I did last night , I could not find the appointment card. We assumed it was 10am but the card miraculously turned up and it was for 11am. Anyway, we left about 10am with Abby and Stu and the girls and we left them at Bangsar to go the Mid Valley [View Full Entry]

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Day 26 Another day dawns and as it’s Friday we probably should go to a mosque. Problem with that is, most mosques do not allow visitors on Fridays or during prayer times. Three trips here and w still have not been inside one. We will have to rectify that next trip. Today we pretty much split up and went our separate ways. Last minute shopping and everyone with different needs aspirations. So I’ll just detail each persons exploits till 6pm individually. David and Mary headed off out into the suburbs to the Mid Valley Megamall. This place is just huge with [View Full Entry]

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Day 25 Today started as usual - late. Got up before 10am and had breakfast and then we got a visit from Anita, our maid, and Christina the owner of the house. We had a good long chat and she told us of some of the best places to visit. Some of them we had already done and regrettably time is getting much too short to do some of her other suggestions. Peter & Gina and Mary & David had packed up some items to be mailed back to Australia as the cost of surface mail is a considerably cheaper option [View Full Entry]

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Day 24 Today we headed off to Batu Caves to view the cavern and Hindu Temple inside. We got away a bit late and in the end we did not see the main temple cave. It is important to get to the caves early enough as the temple cave is closed from 1pm to 4.30pm. As it happened, I checked the bus routes last and we should have got the monorail to Titiwangsa as we had to change buses there anyway. While waiting for the bus we were told to catch, we could have caught several others which would have taken [View Full Entry]

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Day 23 Today was a quiet and slow day. First of all, while Gina looked after the kids, the rest of us headed off to Low Yat Plaza. Abby and Stu and Mary and David both bought a computer after a bit of looking around. It's such a big place that you can get awfully confused with the amount of gear on offer. Once this was done we headed back to the house for a bit of lunch and to plan the evening ahead. This evening we headed off the Chinatown, which as it happened, is only about 15 minutes walk [View Full Entry]

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Day 22 Today dawned muggy and polluted as usual in KL. With it’s usual hze the city looks slightly surreal. Anita, our maid, turned up at about 8am with our breakfast and we had eggs and roti and coffee for our first breakfast in KL. As we had dental appointments, Peter, Gina, David and Mary headed off on the monorail to KL Sentral, the main railway station. Once there we transferred to the light rail system and heade to a place Taman Bahagia where the dentist is located. Peeter has been here before and he acquainted David with Dr Sara and [View Full Entry]

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Day 21 Travel day. What is it about travel days that the shit goes on for so long. Up at 7.30am for our last breakfast at Cactus and then back to hotel to do the final packing. With our flight, for all eight of us, scheduled for 12.50 we headed off for the airport about 10.45 to allow plenty of time to check in and relax. No problem there as the flight was delayed for over an hour until 2.00pm. If we h ad known that, we could have stayed a bit longer at the hotel and had a swim and [View Full Entry]

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Day 20 Today is our last full day on Langkawi and tomorrow we are off to Kuala Lumpur for our last week of this great experience. We’ve learnt a bit more about each other on this trip and it’s all been so very worthwhile. Today we did what is called here Island Hopping. We rented a boat for half a day for the princely sum of RM240 (about $90) and headed off in the boat on the open sea. We were picked up from our hotel and transported to the beach for a wonderful half day of sun and fun. Our [View Full Entry]

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Day 19 Today we got up nice and early - well the alarm went off at 8 am. Things to see and do today that we have promised Danika and Zavanna. Dave and Mary again headed off on their own on the bike and ended up on Gunung Raya (902m), which is the highest point on Langkawi. They were not supposed to go up there, as the hire place bans cars and bikes from going up the hill. Anyway, at the top they came across a hotel called the Coconut Resort and they said the view was astounding. They also travelled [View Full Entry]

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