We finally left Thailand and arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last night. Today, after meeting my auntie for lunch (this is Adrian writing the blog post), we visited the city's bird park where Amy discovered ANOTHER new favourite animal (or should I say bird) - the owl that she's stroking in this picture (actually, I must admit that it was very soft and cute).
When this little owl was returned to its tree, a parakeet - jealous of Amy's affection for the owl - tried to eat the poor little thing. Luckily one of the bird handlers stepped in to protect it. I decided keep my affection for Amy a bit more covert after that. I reckon if the paraket saw ME with Amy, it would have pecked my eyes out...
From Kuala Lumpur we caught a bus to Melaka to spend a few days with Adrian's uncle and his family. While we were there I finally decided to give in and try some durian - it is a large and lumpy fruit (see photo) and extremely smelly. I used to find the smell offensive but now I associate it with places in Asia that I love so I've grown sort of fond of it.... However! I will not be eating it again in a hurry - once inside that strange exterior you'll find pods of weird creamy fruit with stones in the middle with a very odd flavour. It lingers for ages afterwards too, urgh.
