WE ARE AT THE BRAND NEW SHERATON HOTEL IN KUCHING

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LOOKING AT MY SWEET GRANDSON HAPPILY CURLED UP WITH HIS DS MAKES ME REALIZE HOW LUCKY WE ARE. HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO LIVE IN THE SAFETY OF OUR WORLD IN THE SAFETY OF OUR COUNTRY AND HOW WONDERFUL THAT WE DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE TAKING THAT AWAY FROM US. WE DONT EVEN HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GOING HUNGRY...WE ARE CANADIANS AND THAT GEOGRAPHIC MIRACLE KEEPS US SAFE FROM SO MANY THINGS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD...OF THE CHILDREN LIVE WITH EVERY DAY.
I PRAY THAT MY GRANDSON(S) WILL KNOW HOW LUCKY THEY ARE AND WILL DO ALL THEY CAN TO HELP OTHERS BE AS LUCKY AND AS SAFE. I PRAY THAT BY SHOWING THEM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND BY ALLOWING THEM TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF IT FIRST HAND THEY WILL KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE AND THAT WE ALL HAVE A CONNECTION THAT SHOULD BE RESPECTED AND HONOURED.
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WE HAVE CHECKED INTO THE 4 POINT SHERATON

WE WENT TO THE REHABILATION CENTRE TODAY

THERE ARENT MANY ANIMALS HERE, BUT THAT IS GOOD AS IT IS MORE A CLINIC THAN ZOO. BUT WE DID GET TO SEE ORANUTANGS! THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO MUCH LKE US OR US LIKE THEM. THE FEMALES WERE FULL OF FUN THAT MADE US LAUGH AND THE 2 BIG MALES ARE SO GIANT AND SERIOUS. WOW, I COULDNT IMAGINE ENCOUNTERING ONE ON A JUNGLE PATH. WE WERE ABLE TO SEE 2 YOUNG ONES AS THEY ARE TAKEN TO THE JUNGLE EVERY DAY AND BECAUSE THE RAIN WAS SO HEAVY THEY CAME BACK EARLY AND WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE. SO CUTE!

THE SPIDERS ARE AMAZING, HUBB SPIDER I THINK. WHILE WE WAITED OUT THE WORST OF THE RAIN I GOT SOME GREAT PICTURES OF THESE GIANT NON LETHAL GUYS!

I MET A GUIDE WHO WAS WORKING WITH SOME OTHER PEOPLE BUT HE GAVE US SOME GREAT ADVICE FOR OUR FURTHER TRAVELS!

VERY DANGEROUS CROCS!! FUN TO WATCH THOUGH.

WE WENT TO A CROC FARM, YOU CAN BUY CROC MEAT HERE!

HERE WE WAITED FOR ORANGUTANS THAT NEVER CAME!

HERE WE WAITED FOR ORANGUTANS THAT NEVER CAME!

KUALA LUMPUR

BY THE TIME WE ARRIVED IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, THE 2 WEEKS OF NON STOP SWIMMING ANS SWIMMING POOLS HAD TAKEN ITS TOLL ON TRENYN AND HE GOT A BAD EARACHE WITH A 3 DAY FEVER. WE STAYED IN THE HOTEL BUT IT WASNT A VERY NICE HOTEL, SO WE CHANGED TO A 5 STAR THAT I FOUND FOR 40 USD A NIGHT ONLINE, THEN WE GOT UPRADED TO ONE OF THEIR SUITES, IT WAS SWEET. GREAT FOOD, BEAUTIFUL ROOM, NICE PLACE TO RECOVER.

WE FINALLY WENT FOR A WALK AND TOOK THE TRANSIT TRAIN, GREAT FUN AT THE AT THE 'K.L.TOWER'. WE HAD LUNCH UP THERE. IT ISNT AS HIGH AS OUR C.N. TOWER BUT IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING AS KUALA LUMPUR'S BUILDINGS ARE HUGELY TALL AND SURROUNDED BY OLD BUILDINGS THAT ONLY SEEMS TO ADD TO THE HEIGHT OF THE NEW. SO WHEN YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLY HIGH UP. LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS YOU THOUGHT WERE TALL.... YOU GET IT!

SO THIS MORNING WE FLEW INTO KUCHING (BORNEO) AND ARE SETTING UP OUR TOURS FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS. SHOULD BE SOME GOOD PICTURES AND STORIES COMING.

HOPE ALL IS WELL, KEEP THOSE LETTERS CO9MING, I ENJOY THEM. VIOLET&TRENYN

I HAD THE BEST TIME!

SPENDING 2 WEEKS WITH 2 OF MY GRANDSONS AND MY ELDEST DAUGHTER IS PARADISE WAS AMAZING. TRAVEL IS MUCH DIFFERENT WHEN YOU HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD. NAPS ARE STILL A BIG DEAL AND WHEN HIS OLDER COUSIN DOESNT HAND OVER THE SNAKES AND LIZARDS RIGHT AWAY AND HE SAYS "MOMMY! HE ISNT SHARING!" WITHOUT FEAR OF THESE CREATURES. AHH, WHAT A PIE! EASY TO EAT UP!

BALI ITSELF IS ALL ABOUT TOURISM. IF IT HAS CULTURE WE DIDNT SEE ANY. I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO DIG A BIT DEEPER THAN WE COULD AFFORD!

WE HAD A GREAT TIME ON THE GILI ISLANDS!!