We have been busy enjoying the last part of our trip and have not been very good about updating the blog. Chris's brother Jon and his wife Tania were here for Christmas and New Year's and we all had a good time. Above, Tilly is sporting her new backpack and dress. We discovered these huge snails walking home one night. They only come out at night, but are all over the sidewalk. Don't worry, he didn't really eat it.
So, if you know Chris, you know that he can't go long without a good night of karaoke. Luckily, there is a karaoke place right down the street with private rooms. Chris convinced the server, Zoo, to sing with him for a bit.
We got the microphone away from Chris for a few songs...
We were at the karaoke place on New Year's Eve and a little before midnight we heard huge explosions and went outside to find out that a restaurant next door puts on a giant fireworks display. It was ten minutes long and may have even been bigger than the City of Bellingham's 4th of July fireworks. It was cool, because we were standing right below it.
Gary rented a van while Jon and Tania were here and we all drove to Penang, an island about four hours north of KL. One night we had dinner in a huge ship, hence the captain behind Chris's giant beer.
We visited a botanical garden on Penang that is home to lots and lots of monkeys. Tania was getting a good picture of one when the other one came up to her and scratched her leg! Jon ran it off with the umbrella, but it was a little too close.
Tilly was eating an ice cream cone while we rode on a little tram that drove you around a loop of the gardens, but we had to get rid of it really fast when the monkeys started getting too close, trying to get the ice cream. Chris jumped off the tram and ran to the garbage to throw it away with a monkey in hot pursuit.
The monkey even dug it out of the garbage can after he threw it away!
Tilly monkeying around.
There was even a monkey on our van when we got back to the parking lot!
We got a ride on a bicycle rickshaw through the busy streets of Penang. This is us before I realized that our lives were in danger.
Chris thought it was pretty cool.
And Tilly liked them too.
Chris, Tilly and I stayed at a different hotel than everyone else because theirs was booked, and we wanted to stay on the beach. But the beach was filthy and I seriously saw a little kid poop in the pool. So, we hung out at their hotel a lot. They stayed at the Eastern & Oriental, which is a historical building and it was very nice. Here is a cannon on the grounds.
Swimming with Bubba at the E&O hotel pool.
Here is a lady having fish eat the dead skin off her feet. We've seen lots of these places here and in Thailand.
I've got more pics to upload of our recent trip to Langkawi, but it probably won't be today. We're headed to the pool!!
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