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Monday, July 09, 2007

Holiday

We're back from a few days' holiday in Bukit Tinggi. "Where?" I hear you ask. Think Medieval France. Think narrow cobbled streets and wobbly wood-beamed buildings. Think fountains and wishing wells. And then think 3000 feet above sea-level in a Malaysian rain-forest. That's Bukit Tinggi. If it still defies imagination, please click on the pic below to see a rather OTT collection of holiday snap-shots.

Holiday in Bukit Tinggi 2007


Highlights of the holiday (for Chris, anyway) were:
* the cool weather (think 20-25 degrees C. Yes, that's cool)
* the privacy - and not just in our suite. The whole resort was almost a ghost town on our first night.
* the reasonably authentic Italian food (ironically, we didn't eat any French food)
* the quality 'family-time' that we enjoyed.
* complete control of the TV.
* the sofa to loaf on (despite having a crater in the middle)
* the feeling of not being even remotely near a big city (although it only takes about 45 minutes to drive there from the northern outskirts of KL)

For Hannah, it was a chance to cool off, to see lots of God's creation, to bathe in a full-sized bath and to learn some new vocabulary. The new words had nothing to do with the surroundings and everything to do with Mummy and Daddy repeatedly reading her books out loud. She definitely got her tongue around "bear" and "dog", and Mummy swears she also said "kangeroo." Well, if she did, we are still waiting for her to repeat that one. Anyway, these are in addition to "daddy", "papa" and "mum-mum" (which might mean 'Mummy' but more likely means 'I'm starving - feed me NOW!')

Well, now we are back in KL. Chris goes back to work on Thursday, Cindy is already on call. Oh, and the TV is no longer ours. Life goes on...

5 comments:

Philip and Sandy said...

Wow! It looks you all have a lovely time. Bukit Tinggi sounds familiar but I am not sure where excatly it is. Hm...maybe I should take Zoey and Philip when we get back in August.

C&C said...

Well, we could give you some suggestions. We ended up at Bukit Tinggi by default really, since other places we were interested in were fully booked!

You can find more information about the place by googling "Bukit Tinggi" or "Berjaya Hills". It's quite near Genting Highlands.

We should definitely try to meet up when you come home. Assume you still have our contact numbers?

Philip and Sandy said...
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Philip and Sandy said...

Is Bukit Tinggi = Fraser's Hill?

It would be great if we could meet up, do you know if Chris would like anything from his homeland? I guess you can get most things in KL now, anyway do let me know.

If you can email me your contact numbers that would be great.

C&C said...

Bukit Tinggi is not Fraser's Hill. Definitely not quite as "natural" as Fraser's - it's meant to be quite a popular bird watching venue.

Thanks for the offer, but we probably have all the options we will ever need at the hypermarkets here! You should see the number of Tesco's mushrooming in the Klang Valley and beyond.

I can't seem to find your email address - the latest seem to be your "jaring" address. If you have mine, maybe you can email me?