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How's it going in KL Brocky

Staying with your Chilean friend or hotel

Some nice sights and great food

For a bit of old colonial - try the Collisuem Hotel and Cafe

http://www.coliseum1921.com/

There are a few outlets now - but you need to go to the original restaurant establihed in 1921 in Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman

Another gem is the Colonial Cafe at the Majestic

http://www.majestickl.com/colonial-cafe.html

Some great pubs in Ampang and Sri Hartamas as well

Still in Bangers fly out 2.15 on Malaysian ..Two hour flight .

yay, ya made it LOL

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Not yet dummy - he's probably only just taken off

Brocky - I;m all booked to stay here in Aug

Hi Guys ,

Staying in great house and grounds of friends in Ampang KL .

Cocktails last night at house with staff from Chilean Embassy and British High Commission .

Surprised at Growth of KL since last visit in the ninineties it is now 6.5 million now bigger than Singers .

Hey Brocky

Selamat Pagi !

Good Morning to you Raph Just .

Nasi Lemak or Roti Chanai for brekky

Or perhaps Chee Chog Fun

Well almost lunch time for you now

Going to Tamirin Spings ? For long lazy lunch with friends ..

Tamarind - lovely Thai restiurant

Enjoy

Life is a series of anecdotes . The Filipino maids call the driver drebar , which I assume is pidgin for driver . The car is a 2012 5 litre XJ long wheelbase . Got picked up yesterday at the airport by him holding up a sign with just my Christian name.

At Tamirind Springs now it's in a rain forest but so close .

i phone

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Hi Cats not sure what Regan/Micha is implying but who cares , Hope you got photos

catsahoy

6 yrs ago

DONT know BROCKY, just come on board, i have been watching my beloved SAINTS, beat the suns, WHOOOOM oh when the saints come marching in, as for travel, i have always wanted to do a trip on the GHAN, maybe one ill get there, ya, brocky, got two,, one, SARAH, one GEORGIE, SHE doesnt even look 36, let alone 39,

catsahoy

6 yrs ago

ha VE any of you done the GHAN, ?what are the prices, can anyone tell me, if i start saving now, i may get before im 80, lol, so many good places here, i dont know why anyone would want to go overseas, id see australia first before i went anywhere else,

Having brunch at Sho Cho's

amazing restaurant

its 5 pm

have to go home

had a champagne on arrival

a mojito

margarita

5 wines

pissed as an old Irish tinker

catsahoy

6 yrs ago

take it easy RAPHAEL, youll be no use to your irish lassie if your drunk,

Cats I'm sure you would like to take one trip back home . I will be there soon and go to Camden Markets and think of you .

catsahoy

6 yrs ago

BROCKY, i would like to go back just to see how things have changed, i know the cafe that my parents owned is no longer there, cant find it on a google map anyway, i did keep in touch with a few of my school mates, but like everything, other things come along, you grow away from people when you dont see them, all my relatives are gone, but would like another look at CAMDEN TOWN, have a ride on a double decker for me, wish we had them here,

Attila

6 yrs ago

Oh Catsahoy you are a London Lass!

I know Redbridge, your not far from London Zoo & Regents Park!

Bet you went there as a child?

That is pretty central, how great to have lived there. My late grandfatherr came from the East End of London and left in 1930.

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Camden+Town+uk&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlj6jjttvTAhUGrJQKHetbCXsQsAQITg&biw=1920&bih=930#spf=1

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https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Camden+Town,+London,+UK/@51.5155004,-0.1253099,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x48761b1c5f1a9429:0x5ffdbed0f63cba58!8m2!3d51.5390111!4d-0.1425553

catsahoy

6 yrs ago

thanks for those pics ann, there is one there of a canal, and where our shop used to be, behind it a canal run, im wondering if its the same one, as for regents park, we were walking distance from it, i spent half my childhood there, we had one of the boards that went around the outside loose, and we used to crawl in under the paling, very wrong, i know, but we were kids, just wanted to see the animals,

catsahoy

6 yrs ago

thanks for those pics ann, there is one there of a canal, and where our shop used to be, behind it a canal run, im wondering if its the same one, as for regents park, we were walking distance from it, i spent half my childhood there, we had one of the boards that went around the outside loose, and we used to crawl in under the paling, very wrong, i know, but we were kids, just wanted to see the animals,

Attila

6 yrs ago

Welcome home Thea.

How did you find Fiji?

Bula!

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We love to hear the Fijian Police Band they are really good at making music, are always happy and helpful. They create a holiday mood.

Sophie

6 yrs ago

Good morning Ann..later in the day I would love to tell you about my little jaunt..I am only on my first cup of coffee!

It's a gorgeous place and made even more so by the people..genuine happy folk..

The last time I went to Fiji was to Castaway Island with the children . Great family resort . We took the seaplane out and back directly from the airport .

Attila

6 yrs ago

Have you been to Tonga? That is similar, but it has not had the tourist spots built on it, looked quite poor when we went there three years ago.

But I am glad I went. We are going to Tahiti later in the year.

Was going to Montereal and Alaska and come back via the Panama, but decided against it due to the goings on in Washington DC.

I did go to Tonga once . It was in the seventies and my rep for the Pacific had made the King of Tonga an Agent .

Hey Brocky

How's it going in Tioman?

Still in KL Raph

Attila

6 yrs ago

http://www.greatsouthernrail.com.au/fares-and-timetables/fares/the-ghan-fares-2017-2018

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Ghan+photos&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5zcPkl93TAhXBKpQKHdexCQ0QsAQIJA&biw=1920&bih=930#spf=1

Catsahoy, here is the info you need for the rail journey and photos. Enjoy!

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Thanks Ann I am sure Cats will dream . Let's all help Cats realise her dream ..

In spite of living so close - I've never felt the urge to holiday oin Fiji or any of the other pacific islands

I'm serioulsy considering living for a month or 2 in Bali next year

Don't do it it's Bogensville .

never been to Bougainville

Milne Bay and the Trobrian Island is beautiful

Alythough DO NOT visit the Trobes during yam festival

Its legally allowed for women to gang rape men during this season

Rape in the Trobrian Islands Yam Festival

I don't know but I've been told that in the Trobrian Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the women rape the men, during the yam festival.

The primary food of the Trobrian Islanders is yams. A yam is shaped like a male penis and during the annual yam festival gangs of girls will grab a man, drag him off and rape him. This poses such a danger to the male population that men commonly walk in groups of two or three to protect themselves.

Trobrian Islands Girl

At first I did not believe this story, but there is enough evidence for it to merit further investigation.

For example, one Australian man reported that he had been raped twice by gangs of Trobrian girls. It was a terrifying experience when it first happened but, after he got used to it, it was not so bad after all, he said.

Naturally you will want to investigate this for anthropological research purposes of course, but the Trobrian Islands, also spelled Trobriand, are not easy to reach. The Trobrian Islands are located off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea and south of the Island of New Britain.

The Yam Festival only happens once a year, in August, so be sure not to go there at that time or this cruel fate could befall you too!

Two major factors which may contribute to this are that the yams which the Trobrian Islanders eat contain natural hormones which prevent child conception. Therefore, Trobrian girls almost never get pregnant during the Yam Festival. The Trobrian Islanders are so primitive that they do not even realize that sexual intercourse leads to conception and child birth. They are among the many primitive tribes who are not aware of the link between sex and babies being born.

Here is a picture of a typical Trobrian Islander girl. I am sure that you will agree that it would be a horrible experience to be raped by such a girl.

Sam Sloan

I think Sam Sloan is actually Shaggy Dog

http://www.anusha.com/trobrian.htm

Is there a direct flight to the Trobian Islands

Air Niugini

Cairns to Alotau, Milne Bay

Then on speed boat to Trobes.

In Milne Bay stay at the Masurina Lounge

Owned by Aussie and hhis PNG wife - but lasyt time I was there was 20 years ago

His son's probably running it now

I have actually flown around PNG Shaggy has all the stories

I will tell you one story I flew over the highlands with a guy with a bone through his nose as pilot .

Haha

Yes - the highlanders waer that

and a penis gourd

bodies rubbed with pig oil to keep warm

And how can one forget the sight of women breasfeedling little piglets

True story Raph . The guy had been trained in Oz .But had to go back to the village to fight .

He was a good pilot and took me over the highlands .

He flew me from Madang to Moresby .

I know - I wasnt mocking it

And Ive actually seen those highlanders with bones , penis guard and that awful pig oil

Chembu women breasfeed their little pigs

On this trip we did Lae Madang wee wak and Mt Hagan . It was Hairy to say the least ,

So the last time I did Fiji with the Children I did a pacific round Robin . I flew Sydney Queenstown then drove Mt Cook to Christchurch flew C to Auckland then drove to Bay of Islands then back to. sukland then flew to Nandi then out to Islands then back to Syders .

So Thea enlighten us about your "Break "

Prolly jet-lagged

11 hour flight from Perth the Suva , add a couple more for airport time and then getiing to resort, thats a good 2 days gone

Thats really tiring even for young people

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