On our travels again

The morning of departure did not start well.  I blearily opened my eyes, went to press the Facebook icon, missed and pressed the camera icon instead.   What an image!   Scary.   Then a message popped up to inform me that it was going to post the picture to my other devices.   No!   Delete immediately.

 Thank goodness all progressed relatively smoothly after that, except for the bag search at Terminal 4.   Everything had to be taken out, by the security person, and put into a red tray or a grey tray.   And there was plenty, tablet, kindle, charges, stand for tablet, keyboard, crib game, jewellery case, toiletries, electric toothbrush, small gifts already wrapped, 6 glass cups and Scott's cup.   How did I fit all that into a laptop bag! Repacking took some time.

A very uneventful flight, with only two small lots of turbulence.   Reasonable food, exit seats, just behind First Class, with only the dim sounds of babies crying in the far distance, a good book and music.   The twelve hours passed very quickly.   And before I knew it, we had landed in Kuala Lumpur.

 A slow trip in a taxi, due to congestion, Monday morning peak hour.  Plenty of large and expensive cars.  Apparently petrol is cheap here, about 40p a litre.  Finally we arrived at our hotel, in brilliant sunshine.   After damp, cold and gloomy England, this was a joy to see.   Our very large and comfortable room was the final touch.

Cherry blossom!   Masses of it too.    In a shopping centre.   Wait a minute, it is winter in the northern hemisphere.    It was all fake.   Preparation for Chinese New Year.   

There were plenty of other decorations too.   Chinese New Year - January 31st.

Lunch time.   Or curry time more like it.   Walter making a careful choice.

And very healthy too.   Vegetable paratha with dahl.   Very healthy. But washed down with an extra sugary drink.   People in Malaysia love their drinks to be loaded with sugar.

Then off to our favourite shop, the electronic playground, to look at what is new, or not so new.   We restrained ourselves, and only purchased a new battery for my telephone and an SD card for my camera.   Samsung is definitely big here.   It would appear that every second person has a Samsung telephone, white of course.    Perhaps they get a discount, being so close to Korea.

We finally succumbed to jet lag at 7 p.m. and slept until 5 a.m.   And no drugs either, as you cannot buy Melatonin in Malaysia, unlike in Singapore, and we left our tablets behind at home.   We proved that we can manage without them.