Welcome to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

Awesome!

From the bottom up.

 

Rainy night in K.L.

Great lightning show from the 24th floor lounge. 

Roughing it

It is not easy catching all of my good side at the same time, but, well, here it is. 

Ready for anything!

Waiting for our ride to the Batu Caves. 

Batu Caves

270 plus steps to the top! Monkeys, Lizards and Snakes... Oh my. 

The one on the right looks fresher!

In the better restaurants you get to choose your meat before they cook it. Not really. These two, along with a python, were available for pictures at the Batu Caves. I don't know if the Iguana is native to Malaysia, but I did see several Monitor Lizards on our trip to the caves. 

Monkey Snack

Half way up the steps to the temple we encountered about 10 monkeys. They like to beg for food and are well known as pick-pockets. We were instructed to keep hold of our cameras and wallets. 

Tea by the Towers

After a long hard day of wandering the streets of Kuala Lumpur a spot of tea by the towers is quite refreshing. 

More fish!

Fish farms in the bay.

 

Fish!

Fish farms all along the river. Ther region south of Vigan is one of the largest sources of farmed fish in the Philippines. There are farms on many of this regions rivers. 

Lone Donkey

Just waiting take someone for a ride through the peaceful streets. Many little shops to visit where you can pickup hand-rolled cigars, homemade vinegar, pottery, or countless woven goods. 

Me in the streets of Vigan

Posing for a quick picture after lunch in Vigan. Good lunch - pancit and a calamunci juice. Vigan is a village in the northwestern province of Luzon that has retained much of its Spanish architectural influence. 

Only one thing missing.

This could be home. The only thing missing is float plane tied up at the dock. 

Hundred Islands National Park

Pick an island ... any island. 

The Stockdales

Tina and Dave at the beginning of a long Friday night. Dave is doing his best to help improve my golf game. I am afraid it may be in vain. 

Dessert!

My dessert after brunch. I did share a bit with Nickie. 

Sunday Brunch

Tina and Carol enjoying some Champagne. Well Tina anyway, Carol was nursing a sore throat with some hot tea. I drank her share. 

New Friends

Cajau and Whitney from Mexico City, Mexico. 

Street Vendors

To late they've seen me! 

Jeepney

Stuck behind a couple of Jeepneys. 

Welcome to Bedrock!

This is a house on our street that reminds me of the Flintstones. There are several Embassies and Consulates on our street. So far I have seen the following countries (no particular order): Mexico, Monaco, Nigeria, India, Egypt, Vanuatu, Turkey and Iran. Also in our village are: Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, China, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Romania, Russia, and Sri Lanka. 

Christmas Decorations

They just put the Christmas decorations up yesterday at the gate to our village. It may seem early, but here they start playing Holiday music and selling the Christmas decorations at the beginning of September. The "ber" months appear to be fair game when it comes to Christmas. There is a house on our street that has had there Christmas decorations up since I arrived at the beginning of October. When Halloween came around they just decorated right around the big stuffed Santa Claus climbing the mango tree in their front yard. 

While I was standing there it started pouring rain and the Koi thought someone was feeding them. You can just make them out below the water in the middle of the picture. 

This is one of the gardens at the Greenbelt Mall, near the Manila Art Museum. If you look close at the water you can see the ripples from the Koi swimming around.