Half Term

Half Term The main beasty bits of half term were: 1) The wedding present. A lot of my friends chipped in and got Han and I a private day tour around some really cool places. Photos are on facebook. We got to go to Batu caves which was beautiful and I saw a cockerel trying to scavenge food from an angry monkey. Then we went to a deer sanctuary where we fed some deer. I also got to hold a mini dragon and an albino hedgehog! We noticed that one of the snakes wasn't in the cage and turned around to see it on the path. It was a massive python with one of the workers and Han and I had a go at holding it. It felt really heavy but nice and smooth. After a quick lunch we went to the elephant sanctuary. After a weird video about moving elephants, we got our own tour guide who showed us how they cared for the elephants. We got to try some of the elephants food (surprisingly nice!) and got to help chop up some papaya for the elephants to eat. We also got to hand feed a baby elephant which was really cute. They took the food with their trunks but if you held the food in the air then they put their trunks up and let you put it on their tongue. It was so much fun and we had a great time! Unfortunately the water was too high to go in and bathe them but it was an amazing time nevertheless. After this we went to Kuala Selengor where we had already been with the school to see the monkeys. This time we were a little bit braver and managed to get the monkeys to come and sit on our shoulders. They were so cute although they were very greedy and tried to steal all the food. After this was dinner, fireflies then home. It was a wonderful day filled with some memories that I will keep for the rest of my life. 2) Malaka The next day we went to Malaka just 2 hours drive South. We got the bus and found our hostel. It was so peaceful and quiet and f it was cleaner then would have been a hipster's paradise. Just walking along the road we saw a massive dragon like lizard. Upon asking the owner, it turns out that there are 4 of them although they only really eat fish. We ate some lush food and saw some of the many many temples there are. It was lovely to be in a quieter place and it really felt like a relaxing mini break. Some of the food highlights included dim sum, rice balls, nyonya food, a lush little breakfast place and of course red bean pudding??? We found a bar called Mr and Mrs Jones which often has live music. As it was empty at the time, they allowed me up to the stage bit and plugged in a guitar whilst I played a couple of songs. It wasn't great but then Han joined in and san a couple of songs with me so saved the day! Another cool bar was a reggae one on the river. It was 15RM for a drink but was the same price for a single or double?!?! So I had a double and enjoyed listening to the music. Some of the museums there were a bit sexist and weird. The museum of beauty just had loads of pictures and info about foot binding, body mutilation and such. It was quite disturbing so we quickly left! 3) Nicholas Cage When we got back to KL we went to the cinema to watch a Nicholas Cage film. As usual it was ridiculous but unintentionally very funny!