Bukit Tenggi

Today we went on a family adventure to Bukit Tenggi (bukit = hill). It is about an hour drive from KL up in the mountains. The terrain in Malaysia is really quite beautiful when you get out of the city. On the drive out/up of town it is like a war zone of cars. The average car in Malaysia is a 1.5 liter engine so some of these hills are just too much. The big trucks are CRAWLING and when I say crawling I think Emily could actually crawl faster. It is the crazist thing to see all these vehicles chugging along. Thankfully our Civic has some get up.

Bukit Tenggi is a collection of a few resorts which are all touristy. The first is a French theme resort. You can see the castle in the picture. Really weird to see this on the top of a hill in Malaysia huh? Anyway it is a hotel with a cobble-like street in the middle with shops, games for the kids, rides and a "show". The guys in green are the show. Kyle and I could not help but snicker. It was a little sureal to see these terrible dancers in a third rate theme park. Have to say all very Malaysian. Samantha and Emily loved it, of course.

We also went to a beautiful Japanese tea garden. It was at 2000ft above sea level so the weather was so nice. I can't remember the last time I felt a cool breeze. We toured around here for a while. There is a tea house where you can dress up in a kimono but Samantha was not interested. It was nice just to be outside.

On our way back down the mountain we stopped at a Rabbit Farm. Now this was a sight to see. Imagine a really old rest stop with a pin of rabbits out back. Then cross a mini road and they had some deer and donkeys in another area. All a little too gross for me. Kyle and Samantha fed the bunnies while Emily and I just tried to stay clean.

I also posted some pictures of the other resort's golf course. It looked very nice. Kyle will have to make another trip back to try it out.

All in all a fun family day.

Fly Kidz

This week was an open house at Samantha's gymnastics joint. She got to show off all her moves. Here are a few pictures of warm up, the bars and the path back to the trampoline. I also added a video of the balance beam.

Now she is looking forward to a class field trip on Thursday to the bird park. She told me tonight that we need to set out her unicorn to wear. Took me a minute but then I realized she meant uniform. Of all the birds, she is excited to see a wood pecker. I hope they have one.

The Wash

I have gotten several haircuts since we have been here but I always get it colored too so I have never experienced "the wash" until this week. Unlike the US (or other places I presume) they don't take you to a sink to wash your hair. They do it in your seat. Yes, it is hard to fathom washing your hair while sitting in a salon chair right? Well they use a bottle of water that looks like a squeeze ketchup container and they start at your crown. She squirts on some water with a little soap and starts to swirl. Gradually she adds more water and more hair to the the mix. She keeps swirling and adding until all your hair is sudsy. Then she starts the massage, probably the best part of a hair cut here. I bet it was 20 minutes of washing and massaging. So nice. All done with a bee hive of sudsy hair strategically balanced on the crown of your head. I have semi long hair but they do this even with really long hair. A real talent. Once the massage is over then you do have to go to the sink to rinse. That would be amazing if they rinsed in the chair too.

I attempted some pictures on my iphone. Not great but I think you can get the gist. Different, that is for sure.