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Singapore/Singapur Round the world trip 2007
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Riding to Melaka, the birthplace of Malaysia, was a treat! The architecture was so distinctive! We passed old traditional longhouses (we learned the long, thin house was to avoid high taxes); new, snazzy wealthy homes; and middle-class moderate stucco houses. We stopped to photograph a lane that followed one of the frequent irrigation ditches along the palm oil groves, when above me I heard crashing sounds in the trees and there appeared a troop of eight to twelve monkeys! WOW!
The roadside vendors are selling many unusual fruits, among them the durian. Art was told by a Kuala Lumpur couple at breakfast that we must try them since this is the fruit season. Behind our hotel, we came upon a large family sharing durians (not allowed in the hotel) and we joined them. One needs to understand that this fruit STINKS! It smells so bad, we thought we were passing garbage dumps on the road until we identified the actual source of the putrid smell. So, here we are eating the custard-like sweet and sometimes bitter-sweet meat off the huge stone pits inside. It isn't bad like the smell but the flavor stays in one's mouth for a long while after eating. Perhaps, it is an acquired taste, like avocados or oysters?
Art is resting on the bed, looking at the ceiling as I write and sees the familiar arrow. We laughed at reasons for this queer practice - until now! Of course, it is the direction of Mecca. So many new things to see and learn!
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July 07 Singapore/Singapur Weltreise 2007
Riding to Melaka, the birthplace of Malaysia, was a treat! The architecture was so distinctive! We passed old traditional longhouses (we learned the long, thin house was to avoid high taxes); new, snazzy wealthy homes; and middle-class moderate stucco houses. We stopped to photograph a lane that followed one of the frequent irrigation ditches along the palm oil groves, when above me I heard crashing sounds in the trees and there appeared a troop of eight to twelve monkeys! WOW!
The roadside vendors are selling many unusual fruits, among them the durian. Art was told by a Kuala Lumpur couple at breakfast that we must try them since this is the fruit season. Behind our hotel, we came upon a large family sharing durians (not allowed in the hotel) and we joined them. One needs to understand that this fruit STINKS! It smells so bad, we thought we were passing garbage dumps on the road until we identified the actual source of the putrid smell. So, here we are eating the custard-like sweet and sometimes bitter-sweet meat off the huge stone pits inside. It isn't bad like the smell but the flavor stays in one's mouth for a long while after eating. Perhaps, it is an acquired taste, like avocados or oysters?
Art is resting on the bed, looking at the ceiling as I write and sees the familiar arrow. We laughed at reasons for this queer practice - until now! Of course, it is the direction of Mecca. So many new things to see and learn!
