30 November 2009

Mother and Daughter at the Petronas Towers
One Malaysia!

From our hotel room looking down on Devin and Nevi swimming in the pool


KL



Old KL




KL

We spent the whole day walking all over KL. We shopped a bit, walked, explored, ate, walked, shopped, ate....it was hot...crowded in places...humid...and fun! This was an example of the hot...
Nevi in the fabrics which FILL Little India~

fountains in the center near the government buildings...a refreshing spray!


Shopping...



Kuala Lumpur

After Malacca we drove about 2 hours to the capitol city: Kuala Lumpur. This is called a hawker market....tons of food stalls and some of the most interesting and delicious food choices EVER!
fresh fish....vegetables and fruit.

The famous Petronas Towers lit up at night...a beautiful sight.


Trishaws

This mode of transportation used to be used all over SE Asia. Well it still is, but mostly for tourists. But in Malacca it seemed more than just tourist took advantage of the ride. It is a serious art to decorate your ride!
This is the center square by a Christian church and where all the trishaws wait...

Devin and his Mom having a ride...Genevieve and I are in another behind them


Malacca

At the night market, this man was making the most delicious pancakes and you could choose different fillings: chocolate, chocolate and peanuts, kaya which is coconut spread, fruit etc.
...Obama tee shirts

Devin, Nevi and Grandma Jan rode up a little space needle for a view of Malacca from the sky!


back to the Malaysia road trip

Ok now I have all the road trip pictures in one place- thank you , Devin! So now for you all to see more of the beautiful country we live in! This is Genevieve at the night market in Malacca. Malacca is a beautiful historic town on the western coast about 2 hours north of where we live in JB.
Here we are walking down a side street on the way to the night market.

We were in Malacca for Deepavali. These colored rice patterns are made for Deepavali. This one was on the floor in the lobby of our great hotel called the Puri Hotel.


29 November 2009

Thanksgiving Post #2

The day after Thanksgiving we had such a lovely day at the pool. Felt so strange to be in the sunshine frolicking when usually we would be in the rain or even snow! We are very thankful for this tropical reality! This is a local dessert called ABC with Cendol. It is basically shaved ice with palm sugar syrup, little jelly pieces, corn, red bean and noodles which are green and a scoop of ice cream on top! It is called ABC which stands for air batu campur which in English is something like water, rock blended. Thus- blended ice!
Devin likes it-yum!




The view from my chaise lounge~