Borneo...pt one.

Our first night in Borneo, Jenny and Steve brought out the "tuok", a local rice wine. Jenny's mom makes an especially smooth, deadly version! Anyway, as you can see, we carried on the tradition started by the previous visitors (you know who you are!) and drank shots of Tuok on the back porch. Note Stan was confused and thought he was drinking "three-ok".

Belated Happy B'day

A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SIS-IN-LAW KATHY! SORRY ITS LATE, LAH! CAN'T WAIT FOR YOUR VISIT IN APRIL!!!

Make a Smilebox greeting

Rainy Day...

I know we have to have rain to support all the lush greeness....but enough already!

Birthday Blog....

Happy Birthday to Beth....hope you have a good one!

Rod Stewart

Saturday night a big group of us went to the Rod Stewart concert. Ok, no groans out there! The man is 64 years old and still rocking! He sang for over 2 hours, had an awesome band and backup singers, and even had his 21 year old daughter come out and sing. For us baby-boomers it was a great concert.....for you younger ones...you know you love "Maggie Mae"!

Malacca

Preferred mode of transport...decorated trishaw.

Old church from time of the Portugese rule in Malacca. Note the colorful Trishaws in the circle in front.

The gate to the fortress that once protected the harbor at Malacca. From the 1500's.

Artist on Jonker St. He is doing Batik painting on silk. We bought some beautiful paintings of orchids from this store.

My friend, Tracy Hunt, and I went on an overnight trip to Malacca, Malaysia on February 25th. I had heard about Malacca since moving to Singapore, and had always intended to go since it is a short bus ride (4 hours) there. Well, Tracy and I went to investigate pricing with a local tour company, found out how cheap and easy it was and signed up on the spot!

What a great trip it turned out to be! The town is full of history since Malacca is on the old "Spice Route" through Asia. Its history is basicly a series of occupations from the early 1500's! The architecture is varied, and shows Portugese and Dutch influence. The people have done an excellent job of restoring the old churches and government buildings and we covered all the highlights on foot and in one day!