KL, Melaka, Penang
Hi,
Just another update about whats been going on. Not much except for traveling.
From Kuching we few to KL where we got a room in a friendly is not stoned guest house. On the first night we went to see the Petronis towers, you might have seen these on a postcard, they are the tallest building in the world I think, two towers joined by a bridge which is 100m off the ground. They look really quite specky at nigh all lit up. The next day we went for a long walk to the Butterfly park and the Orchid/Hibicus garden, the gardens were nice Katie loved the orchids. The butterfly park was nice but would have been a bit of a let down if it was just the butterflies. There were numerous fish ponds and a few aquariums and also a turtle pond which had just been cleaned and had no water in it so the turtles were climbing all over each other to get to the puddle that was left. That night we went to the recently opened Aquarium, which was pretty cool, they had some of the usual suspects, Nemo, nice Lion fish, some large sharks etc but they also had some other really exciting things like bright coloured poisonous frogs, live Tarantulas, and one of the largest fresh water fish in the world. There was also divers feeding fish in the large aquarium which as well as fish had a Christmas tree?! You really cant get away from it.
We stayed 3 nights in KL and then headed off to Melaka. We got our nicest room yet, it was a small loft suite (spotless new paint, hot water, aircon, light switch near the bed towels, a window in the room and one in the bathroom, the shower didn't spray directly onto the toilet) in a friendly guest house. We really didn't do much in Melaka we sat around and drank coffee and read trashy magazines. We did venture out for a little sight seeing but only for an hour or two.
After our day of relaxing we got the night bus to Penang. The bus is made for eskimos thats all I will say. We got a short break from the cold when the bus broke down misteriously (it was a new bus not some old crappy thing) after a while another bus came and we were put on that along with one other family while everyone else stayed with the broken down bus?. The new bus was colder but we got to penang and warmed up with coffees and teas for 2 1/2 hours till the sun started to come up and we made our move for a guest house. Little did we know, the bus stop had been moved half way around the island so after a bit of a walk finding no land marks we went back to the bus station for a taxi.
After a shower and some breakfast we went to the Cheong Fatt Tze mansion. Cheong Fatt Tze was a Chinese man who started out poor and ended up being very rich and famous (to cut a long story very shot) He built several houses the best being the mansion here. It was built in the 1880's in an old Chinese style (old for the time too) and there was a major focus on Feng Shui. The house is amazing there is a detail on everything. There are 38 rooms 220 windows (all of which open). Water runs off the roof and down through copper pipes in the walls and through the floor into the 5 courtyard where it pools and is slowly released back through pipes in the floor. Although feng shui in a house does not last more than about 20 years this house still has a really nice feel to it. I am thoughly impreased.
Thismorning we visited the Khoo Kongsi (Khoo family clan house). It is an elaborate Temple/house built in 1894-1901 and was burt down by unhappy ancestors when it was completed (the ancestors thought is was too elaborate). They built it again a little less over the top.
Tomorrow we are heading back to KL so we can fly to Bangkok. We were to go overland but there is major flooding and all the trasport has been cut off so we have not choice but to fork out the money and fly.
Anyway, not long till Christmas now.
Dylan
Just another update about whats been going on. Not much except for traveling.
From Kuching we few to KL where we got a room in a friendly is not stoned guest house. On the first night we went to see the Petronis towers, you might have seen these on a postcard, they are the tallest building in the world I think, two towers joined by a bridge which is 100m off the ground. They look really quite specky at nigh all lit up. The next day we went for a long walk to the Butterfly park and the Orchid/Hibicus garden, the gardens were nice Katie loved the orchids. The butterfly park was nice but would have been a bit of a let down if it was just the butterflies. There were numerous fish ponds and a few aquariums and also a turtle pond which had just been cleaned and had no water in it so the turtles were climbing all over each other to get to the puddle that was left. That night we went to the recently opened Aquarium, which was pretty cool, they had some of the usual suspects, Nemo, nice Lion fish, some large sharks etc but they also had some other really exciting things like bright coloured poisonous frogs, live Tarantulas, and one of the largest fresh water fish in the world. There was also divers feeding fish in the large aquarium which as well as fish had a Christmas tree?! You really cant get away from it.
We stayed 3 nights in KL and then headed off to Melaka. We got our nicest room yet, it was a small loft suite (spotless new paint, hot water, aircon, light switch near the bed towels, a window in the room and one in the bathroom, the shower didn't spray directly onto the toilet) in a friendly guest house. We really didn't do much in Melaka we sat around and drank coffee and read trashy magazines. We did venture out for a little sight seeing but only for an hour or two.
After our day of relaxing we got the night bus to Penang. The bus is made for eskimos thats all I will say. We got a short break from the cold when the bus broke down misteriously (it was a new bus not some old crappy thing) after a while another bus came and we were put on that along with one other family while everyone else stayed with the broken down bus?. The new bus was colder but we got to penang and warmed up with coffees and teas for 2 1/2 hours till the sun started to come up and we made our move for a guest house. Little did we know, the bus stop had been moved half way around the island so after a bit of a walk finding no land marks we went back to the bus station for a taxi.
After a shower and some breakfast we went to the Cheong Fatt Tze mansion. Cheong Fatt Tze was a Chinese man who started out poor and ended up being very rich and famous (to cut a long story very shot) He built several houses the best being the mansion here. It was built in the 1880's in an old Chinese style (old for the time too) and there was a major focus on Feng Shui. The house is amazing there is a detail on everything. There are 38 rooms 220 windows (all of which open). Water runs off the roof and down through copper pipes in the walls and through the floor into the 5 courtyard where it pools and is slowly released back through pipes in the floor. Although feng shui in a house does not last more than about 20 years this house still has a really nice feel to it. I am thoughly impreased.
Thismorning we visited the Khoo Kongsi (Khoo family clan house). It is an elaborate Temple/house built in 1894-1901 and was burt down by unhappy ancestors when it was completed (the ancestors thought is was too elaborate). They built it again a little less over the top.
Tomorrow we are heading back to KL so we can fly to Bangkok. We were to go overland but there is major flooding and all the trasport has been cut off so we have not choice but to fork out the money and fly.
Anyway, not long till Christmas now.
Dylan
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