Ilham Resort Port Dickson

... to use an entire can of the stuff! I defy anybody not wearing a spacesuit to never get bitten in the jungle here.
Still, they behave differently according to different people, and I am told that some people are a mozzie magnet. I seem to fall somewhere in the middle of the category, receiving virtually no bites at first, feeling special (like I'm somehow immune), only to sleep that night while the mozzie coil burns out, and find myself bitten in about 20 ...

... a Burger King and so 7 of us walked there to sit and try and find out where we were. We all sat and stared at the map for while, too tired to actually wake up and take a look at it, and eventually figured out where we were and went our separate ways to try and find somewhere to sleep. Stevie and I booked into a hostel with a room containing a bed and nothing else, pretty basic! We spent a day in Kuala Lumpor, did ...

... 3 hour drive, the suburbs gave way to rain forest and the roads narrowed to a overgrown lane. En-route a trunk was popping its way through the undergrowth and as we rounded the corner a young bull elephant was quite clearly stuck to the other end! WOW! we thought, we cautiously got out of the car for a better look. Why is it, that when us humans come across animals we do two things, firstly take a photo (fine!) and secondly want to feed it!. We know the country ...

... a free MOON CAKE!!! Rachel was interested in checking out this Buddhist center that catered 3 vegetarian meals a day to the public (for free), and I was dead set on getting a free MOON CAKE of my own! Our new friend from the hotel drew us up a map, and we set out in search for this center. After a couple loops around a deserted run down block, we were stopped by some locals who made a gesture for eating. We nodded and ...

... south of the city and its neighbour Cyberjaya, a new high tech centre . In Putrajaya we would see the official residence of the Prime Minister and the amazing mosque all set between lakes spanned by giant bridges. From the pictures we had seen it looked amazing. This time there could be no problems with the train, a super high speed link, covering the distance in about 20 minutes. We boarded the train complete with comfy seats and TV screens ...

From Singapore, took a bus to Melaka. I booked online before I left, but that really wasn't necessary. Especially since the bus I booked didn't leave from the Lavender Street bus station, and I spent 30 minutes tracking down the appropriate leaving location (some random shopping center) convinced that I was going to miss the bus. It was about five hours from Sg to Melaka with stops for customs on both sides of the ...

... Kampoja(Cambodia), Myanmur (Burma), Thailand, Phillipines, Laos and Brunei. They put on a cultural music show too with colourful dancers performing dances from all over Malaysia. Towards the end of the show, one of the dancers asked me to join them on stage and dance. So I did! Was fun! After the show, the troupe invited me backstage for drinks and once there asked me to teach them dances from Uganda. The guys were so "camp" it was cute! Returning home in the evening ...

... clarify the details. While being asked to calm down in poor English by the other drivers when we are talking calmly and slowly (honestly at this point nothing fazes us, they try to convince us to give up our passports. This is in an attempt to get the tickets for us and charge us with an extra surcharge. After much "hanging" out smoking cigarettes and chatting with them, I manage to convince them to take us to the port. As they are asking for money, I ...

... master who invited us for a cup of tea which turned into several pots we browsed the shops of Chinatown. We punctuated our aimless wandering through lanes, streets, and old alleys with refreshing cafe fare. We indulged in small snacks as we chatted through the jazz filtering out of the speakers and out onto the humid street outside. Eventually the day started turning into dusk and we had to put an end to the wandering. Jen had a bus to catch to KL and we had tickets to buy ...

did little between breakfast and lunch -- walked along the beach, went to the stalls, called Kathy. After lunch, sat around and talked with people. Played carroms and tried a little gymnastics on the beach. Then the Foos, Markus and Moshe, Jay, Mom, Pat and I drove to a town nearby to eat fruit: rambutans, mangosteens, oragnes, bananas, ci-gu, durians, and more. We gave Markus and Moshe ...