Third Week: Selamat Datang!

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September 24th 2005

Published: October 11th 2005

***Pictures are up, YAY!!*** Welcome! Our third week started out with our first Bahasa Malaysia language lesson. As part of the relocation package we were given the option of having language lessons, so we said yes. Roger is our teacher. He teaches at a local school and also does private lessons. Monday night he came over to our apartment and we started learning the basics: good morning, good... Read Full Entry

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Koi ahoy!

Gigantic koi in a feeding frenzy. This was in a pool to the side of the temple being built.

Final look

Another view of the temple complex from the very top.

Funicular railroad car

This was at the middle station, taken on our way down. Above the right end of the car you can see two monkeys on the beam. These guys love to snatch small plastic bags out of people's hands because they associate these bags with food. Our relocation person told us about a woman she say crying because a monkey had stollen her bag and it had her car keys in it. Oops!

Georgetown, again

It was cloudy that day and the sun was in our eyes so the picture is washed out, but you can get an idea of the shape of the land. The 'point' is downtown Georgetown.