Last day in Malaysia

As I write this on my last day in Malaysia I am currently undergoing a form of torture commonly known as Reflexology.

After walking up all those steps and walking most of Malaysia flat, our legs and feet have a taken a bit of a pounding.

I can’t say reflexology is fun but I reckon we needed this!

Today we went on our final tour through the butterfly park filled with gorgeous varieties of butterflies flitting around- never sitting still for long enough for us to get a really nice photo.
With all the butterflies gaily flying past our heads, you can’t help but want to twirl around and burst into song ala Disney Princess.

We also paid a visit to the Bird Park. Being the largest covered bird park in the world, it houses a host of birds: parrots, peacocks, Hornbills (Malaysia’s national bird) etc
The heat put a bit of a strain on us today and the sweat was literally running in rivulets down our body.

A lovely Arab couple asked us to pose with them for a photo and I was pleasantly surprised that the lady lifted her veil for the photo.
A couple of waterfalls made the gardens very picturesque and Tharien avoiding falling on her bum…. 4 times!!

 

We had 30 minutes to explore the gorgeous orchid gardens (they are actually called the Hibiscus & Orchid gardens, but we never saw any Hibiscus plants- which are actually the national flower) I strongly suspect that we missed an entire section of the gardens, but by that time I think we were just exhausted from the heat and loss of water.

We came back to our hotel and promptly fell asleep to replenish our energy levels.

Our last night was spent eating sushi,  with ice cream (not our usual donut tradition) for dessert.

We browsed by the huge, multi storied electronics mall and stocked up on another memory card for our camera as only a few days into our holiday we have used up almost all our memory capacity!

A quick visit to the pool refreshed us- for once we were actually cooled down! Thank you to the kind gentleman who allowed us 15 minutes in the pool after closing time had already passed.
Puppy dog eyes always work!

The Royale Bintang hotel has been a great hotel to stay at, with everything a traveller needs: WiFi access, a spa, a gym and a pool and extremely friendly staff who have helped us with everything we have needed.

I didn’t expect to enjoy Malaysia as much as I have as it was merely supposed to be a stop over to Thailand, yet I have been thoroughly surprised!
The nightlife is infectious. The shops all stay open from 10am-10pm. With some establishments only closing after midnight.

The people mostly speak english, which has been a great help and overall have been very friendly and helpful.

I highly recommend stopping by for a visit as you won’t be disappointed!

Malaysia continued

Took in a Malaysian cultural show tonight.

Was a nice mix of Malaysian, chinese and indian dancing. Its amazing how the cultures all live harmoniously and have embraced each others cultures.
Colourful costumes and traditional dancing made this a very enjoyable night!

The city is so pretty at night. Fairy lights hanging from the trees and fake blue and white trees- yet it works!

 

Dinner tonight was not as nice as the prawns and rice last night but nevertheless, it was good
The humidity here seems to make me hungry all the time! Perhaps all the walking has something to do with it? :-p
There is a donut shop here that has the most awesome donuts- light and fluffy with a variety of toppings. Everytime we buy 1 and eat it, we wish we’d bought another!

The coffee is not the best though- we finally went and bought ourselves a Starbucks because we both seem to be having coffee withdrawals!

While getting our Henna tattoo today a little boy came up to me and asked me for a photo. I smiled at him and then he hid away- probably took a lot of courage to ask me but when I looked again, he was gone. I wish I couldve found him again for the photo because that was so sweet of him to pluck up the courage!

Off to the Bird Gardens tomorrow and we’ll also get to see the orchid gardens and butterfly park. Should be a pretty day.

30 Days and Counting!!!

 

 

 

So what do all these images have in common?

Thailand Baby!

These are the hotels that I will be staying in over our holiday!

With only 1 month to go I am becoming super excited. (Even if I have only shed 1 whole kilogram)

My gym routine has been constant and I have been so good.
1kg is very demotivationg and I have been at it for 2 months now.

I have 4 swimsuits and only 1 barely still fits. Dammit.

My brother has now forbidden me to drink as he says that the alcohol affects your metabolism negatively. I didn’t think it would be this hard to give it up. I do love me a glass of a good merlot.

I have been preparing for the trip in other ways too.

Pretty nails and bikini waxes forming part of it.

I better shed a whole bunch of weight this last month!

I must admit, I am feeling better and my muscle tone is improving.

I am really looking forward to the break away from work as well as sharing Tee’s birthday with her. She is my best friend & I just couldn’t think of any better person to share this trip with!

Thailand & Malaysia, here we come!