Malaysia

Plan to change your plans. Our goal for Malaysia was to visit the Taman Negara forest. However, with the rainy season now, there was no way to reach to forest. Traveling for at least 2 days to get to there, only to play in the rain and mud did not sound ideal. So, we will skip the forest and fly to Phuket tomorrow morning!

Since we were already in Malaysia, a day in Kuala Lumpur sounded reasonable. Kuala Lumpur in the 5th most visited city in the world. Rich in Muslim culture, the architecture is none like I've ever seen before. We got to visit a mosque and see other interesting buildings in the city. The best part of the day was visiting the worlds largest bird park. There were birds flying at us from every direction. I was so excited to come out of there poop free! We saw many species of birds native to Malaysia and the Borneo jungle. We even got to do a photo shoot with multiple birds. I held a Macaw, with a Hornbill in my lap, and some kind of strange owl on my shoulder. Jackie had a bright red jungle bird on her head! After the birds, we walked around the orchid gardens. Orchids riavl Lilies for my favorite flower of all time. The variety of orchid they had in the gardens was astonishing. We walked around the city a bit at night to see the famous twin towers. They are the second tallest buildings in the world. They had a strange old-meets-new design while capturing a mosque sort of feel all together.

 birds!

 peacock

 towers

The day in Kuala Lumpur was fabulous. Completely looking forward to a couple weeks in Thailand. I am in desperate need of a home base for a couple days to air out the contents of my backpack. My clothes are already starting to smell! We've only had a chance to do a bit of "febreeze laundy" so far.