Gita Bayu Welcome

On Saturday we moved to Gita Bayu
Move went very well, Only took two trip in the car to move everything.
I am not looking forward to the move out of malaysia. It's going to cost a lot..

On the Sunday Gita Bayu had a sport Day for the Kids on the Community
It was a chance for us to introduce ourselves.

Monday was shopping for all those thing we needed around the apartment.

Tuesday was a rest Day to recover..

Little Drive to Genting Heights

Genting Heights is a resort set in the clouds.

It was only about 30 Mins drive to get tot he turn off, another hour of twisting and turning to get to the top. A real strain on the engine going up. And the views were fanatantic, Sorry no pictures due to the rain and the heavy cloud cover. Still a very nice drive.

The drive down only took about 20 mins but was a strain on the brakes. Plan is to come up sometime during the school holidays to enjoy the resort. this place is the only place the police station is a castle in the middle of the road?

On the way home we found out why the traffic slows town in the rain. it becuase the rain can become so hard so fast that you cannot see where you are going, to dangerous to speed.

Lesson learnt, don't turn passing bus when there a puddle ahead. Then don't slow down a the wave is big. Just about washed us off the road. But that another story...

We have a car at last

yes we now have a rental Car.
Day one was hell. We went to Shah Alam. Easy to get there
On the way back we put the map down. Bad move.
We ended up in the Heart of KL in a traffic Jam. Two hours later we finally got out of there.

Lesson. Never go in the heart of KL. Park outside and get a Taxi

Place in the sun.

Nothing happen much the weekend of the 10th June.
Spent much of Sunday by the pool.
It was a quiet Weekend.

Loo Yat Plaza

Loo yat Plaza is a mall. But specializes in IT goods and Componets.


As a guide as it is mixed up a bit. But generally

The first floor is a mix of stores.
Second is a fashion level. Ideal to loss the wife in.
Third level is phones, every mobile device you can thing of.
Fourth Floor is for Desktop and Laptops.
And the top floor for every accessory you can think off

just when you get to the top you have to head for the basement for the Food.

But still a greta mall.

Little India

Litlle India is two roads in KL that the Indian Community have made their's

It it a major shopping area, with fine spice, bollywood DVD's and Fabic to dress the world. Most of the stall coem out in late afternoon and the smells and sight's are fanatastic.

We enjoyed ourselves greatly there.

Putrajaya

Putrajaya is Malaysia's Political Homecourt advantage. This please is bueatifull and grand. once this place is finshed and well developed it will reveal Washington. So the yanks are not the only ones with pride in there Government... This is a must see for a day... if you have time....

Traffic Jam from Hell in KL

Does KL have a traffic problem?

Yes, this place has traffic problems all over the place.

We were on the way home from Malacca and we came across this one.

Three lane highway that was cut to one lane. The queue went for 12km..

Malacca Town of great history and cultures

Then onto Malacca. This is a town with so much history that it oozes it.
First were the Sultan's, then Chinese, then Portuguese, then Dutch,
Then English, then Japanese, ten English again, now the tourist.......

First stop was a famous food shop for Chinese Chicken rice balls. This
local speciality had people queuing up for it and Mike had arranged a
table for us so we just walked in. This upset some of the tourist there.
But the Meal was fantastic and only cost us about RM25 ($12NZ) all up.

The museum has been a museum since 1880. So we went through the old
church 1680' then toured the museum. The museum took 2 hours to get
around and the history was fantastic.
Then Stephan and myself went for a rickshaw ride around Chinatown and
the old waterfront, then to finish up in the Portuguese area. While Mum
went shopping.
We all met back up again in the church courtyard. Finally got a photo
with Stephan and myself with a python around us.

Then to do some window shopping. The stuff here was at tourist prices
so Mike would warn us what was fair and what was not. He even would
argue the cost with some of the street vendor. Stephan thought it was
great fun.

Animals and Cowboys

We went to Malacca this weekend.

first stop was the animal safari at A'formosa.


As the song goes, "there were lions and tiger and other spooky things there.
This park is a must see. The elephant show is good and you can see the elephant are enjoying themselves doing the tricks.

The cages were clean and all the animals looked well cared for.
Stephan even got to cuddle a snake...

Getting Lost in KL

Taking taxi's is the normal way that tourist get around in KL.

Insist on the meter or just don't get in.
But make sure the taxi driver know hwere you want ot go.
We were traveling from the Petronas Tower to the bird Park last weekend.

The driver got lost. So out came the map books. The driver also stopped the meter once he knew that we knew he was lost.

So the ususal cost would have been about RM12 and cost us RM15. But we got to see a bit of the back streets around KL in the process.