After an indulgent week of Christmas feasting and hot showers we embarked on our next three month leg of travels: South East Asia!
We flew into Kuala Lumpur where we were lucky to be staying in James' luxurious pad. A day by the pool, mooching around the local neighbourhood, eating and resting helped us adjust to the eight hour time difference in time for New Year's Eve. James had got us invites to a party being held at an apartment right opposite the Twin Towers with a view of the fireworks that must have been one of the best in the whole city.
Not a lot happened on January 1st. Once we'd all managed to get up, eat breakfast and have another dip in the pool there wasn't much of the day left. We headed to Publika, the local shopping mall for some authentic hangover food. Ali was almost enjoying his ice fruit dish until he got to the sweetcorn layer.
Before catching our next flight on our final day in KL we were keen to visit the city's bird park, 'the world's largest free-flight walk-in aviary' no less! The whole park is covered with a high net which means that most of the birds are able to fly freely around the park. The star attractions were the Great Hornbills, the many parrots and the cheesy photo opportunities!
Next stop Bangkok..
Great to see this blog up and running again, with fantastic photos and amusing text. Amazing photos with the birds. (Were they not pecking your arms and pooping on your heads? Still, the latter is supposed to be lucky ... or so it's said in Olde English folklore.) Looking forward to more news and pics.
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