We arrived at Kuala Lumpur bus station at 4.30 am and then cycled to the hotel. One good thing about arriving in the middle of the night is being able to cycle on empty dual-carriageways that during the day you wouldn't want to go any where near on a bike!
We arrived at the hotel at 5.30am and thank god the night receptionist let us in and told us that they had a room available. So we got to check in 8 hours early! We went to bed to get some much-needed sleep and then waited for my Mum and Dad to arrive. We got a phone call from Dad who said that they had made it to a bar around the corner and that is where we had our tearful reunion. It was so wonderful to see them.
That afternoon I went to an eye centre and found out that I had a corneal ulcer on my right eye. Oh dear! Luckily it was treatable with anti-biotic drops and the doc told me to go back and see her in 2 days.
Also, whilst we were in KL my Dad injured his knee and it was really painful for him to walk. He went to the hospital but they just gave him really strong painkillers and anti-inflammatory medication.
We did manage to have a few outings, including a party at friend of a friend's. Dad was asked to do some magic tricks and everyone enjoyed the performance. We met some nice ex-pats and the evening ended with free drinks at posh bar until 3am.
Whilst in KL we left Dad in the apartment and visited the Bird Park. We had a really lovely time there. Here are 2 visitors having a crazy bird-experience! I like the way she's hugging the hornbill; I guess he likes it!
A Hornbill feeding it's chick:
They had adorable chicks and ducklings. Aaaaa.
We left KL and in our hire car we drove to an Elephant Sanctuary. Poor Dad waited for us whilst we went off and fed, rode on and washed elephants. Their habitat is being removed and so this place is sadly necessary.
Here's one ellie having fun at bath time:
Mum with a couple of baby ellies:
Nic got the opportunity to help wash 2 baby ellies; due to my eye problem I couldn't help but it was fun to watch and take photos:
Our first ever ellie ride:
Nic, our sole driver, drove us up to Fraser Hill, which is about 1500 metres above sea-level and therefore quite chilly. This is the view from the apartment:
Here's Nic relaxing in our enormous, but rather dated apartment:
The following day Nic drove us back down the hill, along the highway and then all the way up to the Cameron Highlands. More very twisty steep roads with great views. Cameron Highlands is very touristy and there are huge resorts. We found a small hotel to stay in and had 2 nights there.
Nic, Mum and I had a trip to a tea plantation:
The following day we had a drive up the highest tarmaced road on Peninsula Malaysia which had more great views:
We left Cameron Highlands and drove to Penang, where it all went a bit pear-shaped!
We arrived at the hotel at 5.30am and thank god the night receptionist let us in and told us that they had a room available. So we got to check in 8 hours early! We went to bed to get some much-needed sleep and then waited for my Mum and Dad to arrive. We got a phone call from Dad who said that they had made it to a bar around the corner and that is where we had our tearful reunion. It was so wonderful to see them.
That afternoon I went to an eye centre and found out that I had a corneal ulcer on my right eye. Oh dear! Luckily it was treatable with anti-biotic drops and the doc told me to go back and see her in 2 days.
Also, whilst we were in KL my Dad injured his knee and it was really painful for him to walk. He went to the hospital but they just gave him really strong painkillers and anti-inflammatory medication.
We did manage to have a few outings, including a party at friend of a friend's. Dad was asked to do some magic tricks and everyone enjoyed the performance. We met some nice ex-pats and the evening ended with free drinks at posh bar until 3am.
Whilst in KL we left Dad in the apartment and visited the Bird Park. We had a really lovely time there. Here are 2 visitors having a crazy bird-experience! I like the way she's hugging the hornbill; I guess he likes it!
A Hornbill feeding it's chick:
They had adorable chicks and ducklings. Aaaaa.
We left KL and in our hire car we drove to an Elephant Sanctuary. Poor Dad waited for us whilst we went off and fed, rode on and washed elephants. Their habitat is being removed and so this place is sadly necessary.
Here's one ellie having fun at bath time:
Mum with a couple of baby ellies:
Nic got the opportunity to help wash 2 baby ellies; due to my eye problem I couldn't help but it was fun to watch and take photos:
Our first ever ellie ride:
Nic, our sole driver, drove us up to Fraser Hill, which is about 1500 metres above sea-level and therefore quite chilly. This is the view from the apartment:
Here's Nic relaxing in our enormous, but rather dated apartment:
The following day Nic drove us back down the hill, along the highway and then all the way up to the Cameron Highlands. More very twisty steep roads with great views. Cameron Highlands is very touristy and there are huge resorts. We found a small hotel to stay in and had 2 nights there.
Nic, Mum and I had a trip to a tea plantation:
The following day we had a drive up the highest tarmaced road on Peninsula Malaysia which had more great views:
We left Cameron Highlands and drove to Penang, where it all went a bit pear-shaped!
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