The Regency Tanjung Tuan Beach Resort Port Dickson

... You don't want to? Well, that's good! But I warn you, for the rest of this entry, my humour has already left the internet cafe I am in and is getting ready for bed!
Real Malaysian food (not the stuff most backpackers think is Malaysian food)
Breakfast:
Roti Canai - Pancakes with curry sauce
Nasi Lemak - Rice cooked in coconut milk accompanied with chilli paste, cucumber, boiled egg, and traditionally wrapped in banana leaf
Appetiser:
Rojak ...

After landing at KLIA, we took the KL transit to Cyberjaya station, where we woke up Mandeep really early in the morning and bugged him to come and pick us up. Reaching the company appt, we just crashed for a while. We woke up around lunch time and proceeded to what i think is now the R&H KL pilgrimage to Kanna Curry House. After that we spent the rest of the day watching the Australian Open at the company appt.

... at Kuala Gandah. There is a mixed bag of elephants here from the odd wild rogue awaiting a new home in the reserves, to ex working elephants from Thailand and Burma who now escort frightened wild elephants, and also baby orphans who have lost ther mums or fallen foul of poachers traps. In the sancuary you can feed, wash and bath with the elephants and even take a ride bareback on an ex working fellow! Initailly I was against the Idea, but it was then ...

... Still, at least I got a sample. Afterwords we washed our own dishes, and put them to dry. While we were doing this one of the women came out from the kitchen and handed me my very own moon cake. I was stoked! I knew it was a gracious offer and I tried to decline it, but she insisted that I take it. After seeing my excitement, she went back in the kitchen and brought out another cake for my friend Rachel. Little did she ...

... guy had said twice when he asked for the centre of Putrajaya. We boarded the bus along with many other passengers, we were slightly surprised by the 4 ringgit fare expecting it to be a little cheaper, but the bus appeared to be going in the right direction taking the Putrajaya turning not long after the station. Ten minutes later and we were beginning to be concerned, we had expected to be nearing our destination by now, but instead seemed ...

... homes may not be safe to return to. Much of the natural scenery visible from the road is terraces hills, with stone drains running down the sides. I wonder who built the drains? They are very uniform for the whole ride. Still raining when I arrived in Melaka. The bus station has been moved since my guidebook was published, so I caught a taxi in. Road is pretty badly flooded, and the taxi is driving through close to a ...

... It was great! In the morning, went swimming in her apartments' lovely swimming pool. Then to KLCC - shopping mall in one of the famous Petronas 'Twin' Towers. This had a great bookstore called Kinokuniya. Most of the books were shrink wrapped which I found a bit odd. At a flash restaurant I ate what has got to be one of my favourite dishes, Char Kway Teow - flat noodles cooked with chicken. At the Central Market, we bought REAL fresh water pearls for the equivalent ...

... and inviting destination. As we were coming back from dinner of vegetable, tofu, and noodle soup, I managed to catch a glimpse of an apartment complex with flats up for sale or rent. I briefly considered the location next to a Chinese Buddhist temple and actually imagined myself here grocery shopping and having friends over for dinner. This thought was stored meticulously in the back of my mind as I prepare to leave for India in several days. Thanks for reading!

Thursday morning and we are back on the bus and heading towards Melaka. We only had 1 night here so we had to fit in as much as possible and in the afternoon we were booked on a Trishaw (see photo) tour and I think I drew the short straw and had to share one with Owen so it wa s a bit of a squeeze. The poor guy that ...

... me to Kathy's house. We talked and talked and talked -- sitting in her house, in her bedroom, walking along the beach -- she sounds rather unhappy; her parents are very strickt, very religious, and scold her constantly. She says that she spends much of her time in her room, reading. We took a walk along the beach and met two of her schoolmates, nice chaps. One kept setting himself up ...