Monday, July 31, 2006
Sunday, July 30, 2006
River Quay Seafood
Just about every week we go over to see our friends at River Quay Seafood in Boat Quay. They are so nice and the food is ALWAY delicious. Michael always gets their black pepper crab, and I love the cheese lobster, but really I shouldn't eat that on a weekly basis. Last night they prepared scallops and prawns with a Thai sauce. Yummy! You can see that it was hot and spicy by the beads of sweat on my face! Madame Loh, the owner, Ken, Calvin, Allan, Myat always make sure we have plenty to drink and eat. They treat us like royalty!
Michael and Ken
Calvin and me
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Tioman, Malaysia
OK, my audioblogger post didn't work out that well when I was trying to record the loud screeching noises of the bats -- big disappointment. Using my new camera, I thought I could make a "movie" of them; and I did, but I didn't realize that I had to adjust the properties to record the audio -- sooooooooo.........no sound. Shit! If you listen carefully in my audioblog, you CAN hear the bats in the background. My friend Diane and I were out on our separate balconies and we could hear them screeching. I thought that the sound was from cats, then monkeys. Only until we reached the jetty and actually SAW the bats did we realize what the sound was. Still, those suckers are very big and creepy!
Berjaya Resort, Tioman Island
Of course, it took much longer for us to head out on the ferry than we had been told. I believe it was going on 7 p.m. before we went anywhere. It was still storming and the sea was very rough. I'm glad that I had taken medicine for motion-sickness.
There were lots of people on the ferry. The aircon was blowing full-blast and we just about froze to death! Fortunately, I had a sweater with me, but it was still too cold. There was a woman sitting a few rows behind us who sounded like she was going to cough up her lungs! I do not like crowded enclosed spaces.
We finally arrived at Tioman around 10:30 p.m. It was difficult getting off of the boat and onto the jetty. I had trouble seeing because there was very little light. Somehow or other we made it to the little bus that would take us to Berjaya Resort. Since we were so late in arriving, we missed out on the welcome drinks.
After we got unpacked and settled in our rooms, we went to get a bite to eat. Then strolled around the resort. As we were walking along the beach area, we ran into Hauke and Geli, and Hauke's sister and family -- very nice!
The next day was lovely and Mike and Mike did some snorkeling and we hung out at the pool and pool bar. Beautiful!
