Sunday, 21 June 2009

One day Lobster Firefly Tour


Time: 635 am
We are on our way towards to Tuas Checkpoint. Tired. I slept less than 3 hrs the night before.

We are in Malaysisa! This is my traveling companion, Mr. M tucking into his very very oily guotiao. It's amazing how there are sooo many aunties around us at the coffeeshop n how awake they are so early in the morning. Next stop: Ostrich Farm.

I have a fear of dirty toilets. It scares me. Stepping on human pee is just eww. Here's a picture of the tandas at the ostrich farm. Very kampung style.

Ostrich chicks. They were forever eating and snapping their beaks at things. Everything. Wires and I believe my finger if I were to try and pat it.


This is a REAL ostrich. It seemed a little stoned though. It just stood there and let us touch it. Its mouth was always open. I wonder why.

These cocks were allowed to roam freely in the farm and they were really tame. Surprising.

Ostrich meat. It tasted like chicken though. Mr. M looked so happy to be eating. Must be really hungry. Humans are really funny things. One moment we are happily taking pictures and saying how cute the chicks are. The next moment we are eating them.

Tau sa pia!!! Super nice. I love Malaysia's tau sa pia! The crust is not so crumbly and they are pretty generous with the filling.

That's us. I was trying to protect myself from the sun hence the robber look.

I was trying to apply what John Ang taught me in special areas. Taking creative photos with not too much details. Have I learnt well? Next stop: Desaru Fruit Farm

I was not trying to take a picture of the girl. This is a dragon fruit plant! I never knew that dragon fruit is a member of the cactus family. Cooollll.

This was our guide, Nor.

A random shot of a really pretty flower. Flowers are such mood lifters.

Scary Kois. They will just swarm towards the food source. They were pretty though with all the different colours.

The thousand hands Guanyin banana. What a name.

Cat mountain king (direct translation) durians. I remember eating at Geylang and two cost S$70. It's the most expensive durian.

We saw this monkey that can drink from a straw and shook people's hands and refused to let go.
All about bees. I love the honey they served! Yum yum. A little fact I learnt: Don't put your honey (Not that human honey) in the fridge or drink it in hot water. It kills the enzymes (the good stuff) in them.

My bus mates feasting on durians. Yum Yum. But they are really heaty.

Kota Tinggi. Pardon my bored face. There was really nothing to shop there. I couldn't buy my smarties choc at 7 eleven store cos' they didn't have change for a RM$50 note. Business seems really slow.
Yeah this was how it looked like. Looks like a photo from 70's - 80's Singapore. Rustic and peaceful.

Firefly boat ride. Pretty ain't it? The sky, the land the sea made a beautiful picture. The tranquil atmosphere soothed a person. I love nature.

We were all in this luminous life jackets that were old and "chui3". Mine was held together by 2 strings. Anyway I think we provided some form of entertainment for the locals cos' we looked like refugees or some shipwrecked survivors travelling in a boat.

Cruising into the dark. No more photos were taken cos' it got too dark. Fireflies were really pretty and tiny insects that glowed like Christmas lights on trees. I remembered when I was Sec 3, I went on a school trip to KL to look at fire flies. And I caught one! Ok it's actually not allowed but I didn't know! Anyway it looked like a flying ant that has eaten a small light bulb.

Trip was fun. Food could have been better. Tandas were not as scary as before. Will love another overseas trip.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

it's "one day lobster firefly tou" la :)

Anonymous said...

so LOMANTIC AH! -pris