Wednesday 13th November
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| And yes the sky is very overcast - much better than blazing sun! |
So did we get to
Lego Land Malaysia?? Yes of course we
did. Pete once again bent the
space-time continuum and we managed to have nearly three hours there before the
gates clanged shut and the crowds swarmed back out.
So what did we do…
Well it is all quite fascinating and so very ingenious. I took lots of photos and I think for the
next many many weeks there will be a Lego Photo lurking somewhere on the
blogpage…
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| Outside the Lego Hotel |
We watched a 12
minute 3D movie, with a Lego theme, which was just delightful except that it
went on for ten minutes too long. Part
of the interactivity involved water squirting out of the ceiling onto the
audience… And also icy wind blowing through the aisles, in sync with the
story. The trouble was, the theatre was
icily airconditioned and it was just TOO cold!
Children shivered and shuddered around us, but they did seem to have a
better grip on the story line than I had.
I think Lego Land
would be a great place for children of all ages – lots of rides, lots to see,
and a nice safe, brightly coloured play area for toddlers. I kept thinking of my own offspring and of
how much they would love it…
Pete and I went up
a revolving tower thingie, which was very gentle and pleasant and which gave us
a great view of the whole complex. And
of the roller coaster, which sang its siren song to us… I have never been on
one… And now I have! It was very
thrilling and speedy and it only just stopped in time for the wellbeing of my
tummy.
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| Great Wall of LegoChina with roller coaster just visible on the left |
I asked Pete to
pose with R2D2 and C3PO because he had never heard of them. (He hasn’t ever watched Star Wars, or even Dr Who,
and doesn’t really believe in SciFi at all.)
He sighed a bit, and rather grumpily tweaked one of them. It doesn’t
even do anything! he said, just as it emitted a batlike shriek and started
jigging robotically around. He nearly
jumped out of his skin, causing much amusement to some of the bored young attendants
nearby.
On our bus tour on
Sunday Marian and I were sitting in prime position in the very front of the
bus, with Jan and Pete in equally prime seats across the aisle.
Behind us was a
cheery Irish woman who told us her amazing Sailing Tale. She and her husband had never set foot on a
boat until he retired. They then did a
few sailing courses and set off circumnavigating Ireland and then leaping off
into the wide blue yonder across the Atlantic.
That was four years ago and they have travelled very many nautical miles
since then. The extraordinary thing is
that…her husband can’t swim, and has, in fact a fear of water… He wears a
safety harness a all times – SO sensible, in the circumstances…
Our trip ended
with a bit of an adventure. VERY
stressful for our calm and cheerful young bus driver… We were to go to a
coastal village for a welcoming ceremony – tea/coffee/orange juice
possibilities… Our party was comfortably spread between three very big, shiny,
new buses and the drivers were directed to take us down winding, narrow roads
to the village. Narrower and narrower…
Our driver was told to turn into another side road – not an easy task, and NOT
a three point turn. More like a fifty
six point turn. But he did it, to the
delight of the passengers. And then down
we crept, down a VERY narrow lane until we could go no further – trees overhead
and a sharp corner
with stone kerbs. We all got out and ate
rambutans, surrounded by enthusiastic village inhabitants, who were thrilled to
bits to have a large bus full of strangers trapped in their street. We thought the bus might have to stay there
forever but no…with a lot of help from passers by
the driver backed
the poor bus in and out of various little turning possibilities until – whew –
we were out and away, ready to try another approach to the village.
Yesterday we
filled up with fuel, from a barge at the end of one of the marina
pontoons. So convenient; we were very
lucky. They haven’t ordered enough fuel
for the umber of boats needing to replenish their tanks so we are very relieved
to be one of the lucky ones.
We did get 100
litres free fuel, as a gift from the Sail Indonesia Rally, when we were in
Belitung. Lovely, how kind. No problems.
But…we discovered this week that some of the other boats were less
fortunate. They received their fuel on
another island and found, to their horror that it was contaminated. Some of them had to drain ALL the fuel from
their tanks, scrub them out, and start again.
Hard to be REALLY grateful for this particular gift…
As we were leaving
the fuel wharf Pete glanced at the sandbanks, where they are reclaiming land as
speedily as possible. “Otters” he said,
casually. I was SO thrilled! Otters indeed, as large as life, scampering
around. As soon as enough sand has been
dredged and dumped, the builders will come in to erect tall towers, shops,
roads, hotels. Development is very
speedy in this part of Malaysia. Both
Singapore and Malaysia are racing each other to reclaim as much land as
possible. Where will the otters
go?? They looked so very competent and
resourceful, I imagine they will find a niche…well I very much hope so…
How exciting!!! Lego land and otters! xoxo
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