Driving to Kuala Lumpur in the taxi

Maddi had a sleep in the taxi on the way back.

We had a really good flight to KL.  We left at 8.50pm and arrived at 3.45pm the next day (we also gained 7 hours along the way, so now we are the same as Australia).  It was a 12 hour flight and Maddi slept for nearly 10 hours.  I also slept a bit (I think all the late nights and busyness were catching up).  I even slept through the dinner getting served, which, if you know me well, I would never usually allow to happen!!  Apparently they even tried to wake me up.  They must not have tried very hard...anyway, they still had some left fortunately.  It was seafood risotto, salad, a roll, dessert and crackers and cheese.  It wasn't till we were leaving the plane that I found out the stewardesses thought the man next to me was my husband!  There was another couple sitting next to us with a 6 month old baby and they were in the unfortunate position that they couldn't have a baby bed as the attachments in the wall were a bit broken.  Well, at least they had 2 people to share the job.  Breakfast the next morning was fruit, omelette with cheese sauce, wedges, a roll and "ontbijt koek" (dutch koek/cake, I think some people have it for breakfast).

It took quite a long time to find a taxi and drive to the hotel - it was about 6.30pm by the time we got there.  This time we had separate rooms, which was nice :

View from our bedroom window

The next morning, this is what I saw out of our bedroom window : fish drying on the roof:

That night and the next day, I had a few walks around the streets.  I took Maddi once and everyone kept talking to her and touching her.  It was nice looking around at all the different things for sale and all the foods.  Wiwik told me what lots of the unusual (for Australia) vegetables were.  The toilets here are interesting, they have a hose on the wall which I think is for washing yourself and the toilet paper is behind you on the toilet, maybe the idea is to dry yourself with it - very hard to reach if you go to the toilet in the "normal" way!  The temperature was mostly mid 20's but very humid.  The streets, things for sale, people etc.  are all very similar to Bali.

Anyway, it's goodbye to KL tomorrow at 9.30am and hello Australia at 3.30pm.  I'm really looking forward to seeing my family again DV.  That's all for now on the blog, I will add a bit more to finish it off, but I'm not sure when - I'll be quite busy unpacking and maybe doing a bit of cleaning (I know Steve is really good for doing the major things, but the dusting (5 weeks worth) is probably more in my department...thankyou for sharing the journey with us and thankyou most of all to God for making it all possible.