Tuesday 14th October
At Manila airport
we were greeted by an armed guard with…a fearful sniffer dog!! I was too intimidated to take a photo, but I
was able to nick this from Toby’s Facebook page…
We had a peaceful
last day in KL. Just a bit of shopping
in the Central Market.
Pete spent a lot of
time in the wooden puzzle shop, which holds great fascination for him. This nearby shop sold Indian clothes…
The young shopman
rushed towards me, brandishing an enormous kaftan featuring large lurid
butterflies. It was immense; I could have
fitted inside it with all three daughters.
I recoiled a bit and said, Goodness,
do you think that is the right size for me?
Blink, blink…well obviously – YES!
I got my nails
done at my “regular” Geo Hotel salon. My
manicurist did a very good job of prettifying my very shabby nails. But…she was extremely distracted and thumped
and pummeled away at my hands – part of the treatment here is a sort of hand
massage experience – while gazing out the window. I felt like saying, Ummm…this is NOT supposed to be painful! I was quite fascinated by the other customers
in the salon. At least 50% of them were
men; local men, fairly tough-looking. NOT
metrosexuals! Having their hair dyed blacker
than black, plus…facial massages with sweet-smelling unguents!
Our flight leaves
at 11.30pm. I have booked the hotel for
another night so we don’t have go wander the streets of KL until the evening; this
is a very sensible thing to do! At least
we won’t be beginning our journey fraught and exhausted.
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| And just one last piece of glorious Philippines GOLD |
SO looking forward to tomorrow…Tasmania, here we come!
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