A couple of buses and we arrived on the West Side.
The day has finally arrived – our ticket out of Jerantut, by bus – loKal bus. We tried to have breakfast at the same place knowing that their would not be any food on the bus, but no one was hungry. We had plenty of food and water in our travel backpack for the one hour trip to Temerloh. The bus was plenty full and I am glad I purchased my tickets in advance so we could all sit next to each other. The change of bus in Temerloh was a little frantic, because we were the only ones to exit the bus. A couple of European girls were travelling with their long skate boards. I wonder if they were allowed to skateboard through Singapore. The bus station had a aquarium which kept Ezra mesermized while we waited for our connecting bus to Melaca to arrive. Four hours later we were in Melaka. Ezra was not feeling so good on the bus and at one time tried to puke, but lucky he did not. We listened to Spiderman remixes on the phone. The taxi ride to our home-stay was uninteresting. I had a sense of “oh, here we are, another taxi ride.” Not sure why that feeling came over me. My camera was not even out and was in the trunk and I did not seem to mind. So, I did not take any photos where usually I am snappng away in a new place. I was ready to be at our new place and I was glad when we arrived and we were greeted with smiles and ducks and chickens and rabbits and air conditioning – for Dwana of course. An air-conditioned room in the family setting of Apa Kaba is just what we needed and a little girl Viena age lives here. She is closer to Ezra in age, buts has a personality more like Ezra. Soon the children were in bunny heaven. Dwana is still not feeling the best and so I went with Ezra and Viena to find some food. We walked through the small pathways that led to the main restaurant area. I was able to buy some shaved ice. A very large size with fruit and other toppings for $2. We also found some fresh vegetables. Yum. We have all been craving fresh vegetables. For some reason, none were to be found in the jungle. The streets were a bit more crowded than we have seen but the walk was not far. The picks were lit at night to save our feet and ankles from being eaten. The mosquitoes were bad during the evening hour and you never really see them.We met a couple from Switzerland who are travelling in their van through Asia on the way to Australia.. Some day we will travel the coast of Australia, but we will wait until the US dollar is good and strong. Not this trip. Not missing our van yet. I really liked the bus ride. I was able to just sit back and let someone else do all the driving. And where will we go from here – an air conditioned room. The days of the wild jungle are far behind us, we are now in the civilized colonial city of Melaka. But mosquitoes live everywhere.
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