Sunday, February 9, 2014

Poop




Kopi Luwak coffee

Glynis thought she might like a cup of the most expensive coffee in the world. No, not the Verde starbucks. This coffee comes out of the backside of a small animal.

It is known as an Asian palm civet. It eats the coffee cherries on the branches then poops. The beans are then collected, cleaned and roasted and made into coffee. Got to love that
 uniquely rich aroma and smooth, rounded flavor


Asian palm civet hard at work making coffee.   (not my image)

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                             Glynis likes it but it is hard to know with her. She is full of it. LOL

CNY








 We are under attack or it is Chinese New Year. A few weeks of fireworks and Lion dancing














 Lions stalked our condominium



























Lion dancers travel around in a carlsburg sponsored truck going from engagement to engagement. It is non stop for a few weeks.




After the lion dance they put on a few snacks and drinks. Guess who won a prize. If I had of known she wanted a yoga mat that badly she should have asked.





On the weekend we went to the  Penang Chinese New Year Cultural and Heritage Celebration. There was a slight hiccup as we arrived at 11am when it did not start until 5pm




Gave us an opportunity to have a look around. To hot to be in the heat all that time so  had a curry and found a bar





  




        Like the incense smell






Getting ready for the show (the girls in the back)




 The girls we saw earlier performing with spinning tops












It ended up being really busy. There was 4 stages but we found it to difficult to move between them all because of the crowd. It was sardines.

















 Of course Seren just likes the fighting

This Lion dance on stilts was incredible. At one stage the front two legs jumped off onto the side of the stilts. Only the back legs were stopping the creature from falling. If I were the back legs I would have a serious talk to the front legs about the consequences of its actions. Crazy Lion.  





Bad photo of a cool dragon.








Kung fu panda has made a big impression on today's children. I think that is where seren gets her moves.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

No diving here

Shared some video of the family visit
                                                      They seemed to be popular




                                                           No diving in the pool


Waterfall






Langkawi: Seven Wells Waterfall














'Spotted something nasty in the water'
  





Advert for hair shampoo





 Nephew's are not the greatest at hide and seek. I gave them ten to get  away.. but found them easily.





This was the best part about going to Langkawi. Next time will take a picnic and stay longer.







































Family arrival








The family arrive








                Feeding the sea life at Langkawi








Na na na na na na na na batcave








                           Not one of my relatives







Tattoo you







     Hmm ...what fun things can I do with a crab







 Pet the crab,  nice and easy





Models




































Always time for some quick posing






                                       The bar









Big bird steals girl





A dose of food poisoning meant time for TV watching






One of these is a snake,
the other is a carving