So Friday FINALLY came, and Fridays are the best because Muslims are supposed to pray at lunch time which means the rest of us get 2 hours to go shopping! This could turn out to be a very bad thing for my wallet, but for now it's fun. Since changing jobs, I don't need to wear formal business wear anymore, so it's nice to have some time to buy some more casual, but appropriate dresses and clothes for work! Kashika, Rebecca and I went shopping with a few people from work, and our 2 hours of shopping soon turned into 3... which worked our great for me because it shortened the work day by a little! When it was FINALLY 6:30 and time to go home we took the LRT home... it takes about an hour... and got ready to party! We all got dressed up and went to this bar called beach club which was really fun! We pre-drank around the pool with everyone then went to the bar at around midnight and got home around 4am!
On Saturday we all had a recovery day... lay by the pool in the morning, when for lunch, but got caught in a torrential downpour on our way to the restaurant and Sefel stole my umbrella which is why i look like I had a shower in my clothes in some of the pictures! After lunch, Breann and I went to the Batu Caves, it's a religious are just on the edge of KL and is so beautiful! We saw our first monkeys here and climbed 272 stairs to the top of the caves in the mountain.. it was beautiful and an adventure! On our way down the stairs torrential downpour number 2 started and after finally drying off from the first one, Breann and I were both soaked again! Since the trains don't run in the rain we decided to get Henna done on our feet which was fun, but that got ruined when we had to walk barefoot through puddles back to the LRT station with a broken umbrella! After we got back from the caves, Stef, Breann and I went to the mall for a delicious sushi dinner and to wander around a bit, then home to bed for our early morning wake up on Sunday!
So after finally getting around to packing at about 1am, no one was very happy when their alarms went off at 5 to head to the airport! Everyone was so overtired everything seemed funny, and after a 1 hour flight, I was in the most beautiful place in the world! Crystal clear turquoise water, 33 degrees, beautiful beaches, with palm trees and lush jungle everywhere! We all changed... went to the duty free shop... we got 40's of vodka for $18 canadian, we were set for a great day at the beach! We hung out for a bit, then had a buffet and snorkelling amazing fish, and some people saw sharks and turtles, but I didn't see either! boo. After that we all went back to the beach and lounged for a bit before going for dinner and ready for a night of partying! Sitting outside at night here is amazing because there are no bugs, it's still so warm and it's just the best atmosphere. So we all hung out and had some beers until about 2am and then went to bed. Monday morning we booked a waterfall tour and went to the beach just in time for a torrential downpour to start! We had to sit that out, and then had about half an hour of sun before we had to leave for our tour!
The tour was beautiful, but an experience to say the least.. 7 girls all crammed into the back of a pick up trick being driven STRAIGHT up hill FAST... our mothers would have had a heart attack if they could have seen it! But it was so nice to be in the fresh air in the jungle! The waterfall was pretty, but a lot smaller than I thought it would be! I went swimming with Jill and it was really nice! After the waterfall we went to a turtle sanctuary and pet a blind turtle named Jo and swam on the most beautiful beach I have ever seen!
So we got back to the hotel about 4 hours later and swam in the pool with everyone and told stories of our days, then had a delicious bbq buffet dinner and showered for our nightly hang out on the beach! Stayed up until about 2 and then had to be up for 7am breakfast on tuesday morning to head back to "real life" in KL!
Flight home was pretty good, everyone was either still drunk, or way too tired, so I think it was the quietest we've been since we got here! When we got back to our rooms Stef Breann and I went down to the pool for a few hours and then headed in for a little nap! When we woke up we went to the mall for $12 pedicures and then home to wake the boys up for family dinner in Chinatown! We had a long weekend because it was Buddha's birthday, so we decided it would be fitting to go to Chinatown, and wonder through the markets! So we had family dinner which was delicious! And then spent about 3 hours walking through the markets! Got some sunglasses, perfume, a bracelet and a bellybutton ring because mine fell out in the ocean!
Home to bed and then back to reality this morning with work again! GREAT weekend, I don't know how the rest could possibly live up to this one, but we'll do our best! Tonight we're booking our trip to Singapore in 2 weeks, so i'm pretty excited for that!!
I miss you all, am having the time of my life, and hope this post wasn't too long for you to read! lots and lots and lots of love!!
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