Malaysia

We have been in Malaysia now for four days but due to bad internet connection I haven't been able to post anything about our stay here yet.  But that hasn't stopped us from doing many fun things (as usual). 

We arrived by train in Kuala Lumpur (KL) late on Thursday night. The train ride was great, took about 7 hours and was very relaxing. In KL Adrie came to pick us up and it was great to see him after so many years. Bob and he worked together at NATO in Brussels.

Adrie is a diplomat for the Netherlands and works as an agricultural attache at the embassy here. He and his wife Concepcion live in a beautiful big house with a pool in town. We've been served wonderful meals with lots of fresh fruit. They have both mango and papaya trees in their yard. Concepcion is from Mexico and one night she made tostadas which we all loved. Another night we went to Hakka, a great Chinese restaurant with a  view of the famous KL Twin Towers. 

We also saw monkeys by the road and went up in the KL tower.

For lunch one day we walked over to a mall and had lunch and there we also tried the "doctor fish". You put your feet in water where little fish swim around. The fish nibble at your feet and it is supposed to help against skin cancer, promote circulation and make your feet smooth. In any way it was fun and tickled a lot!

Concepcion is very creative and taught the kids how to make pinatas. She also made a big orange cow out of papier marche, it took her 8 months!

We also managed a quick stop in Chinatown but we have to go back for some more shopping.

Yesterday we took a bus from downtown KL to Kuantan, where we are staying in a Malaysian resort. There are no other Western tourists here and it feels like the "real thing". Almost a little too much last night when the air conditioning didn't work. It is VERY hot here. We finally got it working in one room so we dragged mattresses into that room and all slept in there. Today they've promised to fix it. There's both a pool and of course the Ocean so the kids don't ask for much else.