Our appartment block in Melaka. We enjoy the swimming pool which we have almost to ourselves during the week. From our 14th floor balcony we have great views for the ships steaming up the Straits of Melaka. 

Margaret walking up one of the older streets in Melaka. A new mosque near the exhibition and conference centre. There is a clear Chinese architectural influence.

The beach near Melaka

The Chayamangkalaram Thai Budhist Temple has a 33 metre long recling Buddha. 

The Chinese quarter is a wonderful mix of chinese teples, old chinese association buildings and pastel painted shop houses.

The imposing Dewan Undangan Negeri or State Legislative Building. Next to this the Dewan Bandaran or Town Hall. These grand old colonial buildings are still here on the waterfront but their functions have been taken over by offices in the monsterous concrete tower of the new Komplex Tun Abdul Raazak or KOMTAR Building.

Tea plants on the rolling hills of the Cameron Highlands. The tea bushes are regularly cut back to waist height to make the leaves easier to pick and to encourage the growth of new leaves.

Chinda shows Margaret a pitcher plant. Insects are attracted to the flower and then slip inside and are trapped in the liquid in the plant. They are then digested by the plant. Margaret admiring the sights and sounds of the mossy jungle.

Ali and Margaret at a waterfall in the jungle.

Margaret practices using a blow pipe before we set off. Allan spotting potential game in the jungle. At this point Ali was using poison tipped darts.

Margaret with one of the leeches. Margaret shows off a live giant millipede bracelet.

Ali waves goodbye and disappears into the jungle.