There are parking tickets in heaven

This morning like every other morning Nelly woke us up at 7 a.m. sharp (oh, she's punctual). The refrigerator was as empty as our stomachs, so we packed our shit and drove to Starbucks.

Nelly likes it there and the feeling is mutual. The staff is (just like 99,9% of Malaysian's population) very friendly and helpful and they always have time to play around with cute babies which is perfect cause it gives parents a chance to unwind.





After our java break we strolled to Dataran Lang (or Eagle Square in English). We've mentioned before that the eagle is the symbol for Langkawi. The Malay word for eagle is helang - shortened is "lang". Kawi means strong or rock. Hence the word Langkawi means eagle rock in colloquial Malay.





The Dataran Lang park is dominated by probably the most prominent landmark of this island, a huge statue (not Statue of Liberty huge but still pretty damn impressive) of a proud eagle spreading its wings ready for take-off. The wing span is over 70 feet.







When we got back to our car we noticed that the front window had been decorated by the local police. The traffic fine read "for causing unnecessary obstruction on a road". The claimed offense is a joke if you ask us, who are they to speak when they themselves put up big road signs in the middle of the sidewalk. Talk about obstruction!



But anyway what can you do, we're just gonna bite the bullet and pay. Although it feels somewhat embarrassing because the car is not the rental, it's our host’s car that he was kind enough to let us borrow for free.



VIP means Very Important Plutt (Nelly)

Life's a bitch

We keep hearing complaints from friends and family back home that it's the coldest winter since Elvis left the building and how everyone been carrying around the same cold for weeks while waiting for a bus that never comes, and so on, and so on. Stop complaining people, we also have problems, not everything is peachy here in Malaysia. So with that said, please stand back and let us bitch a little.

• First of all it's really hard to keep beer nice and cold in this heat.
• The local Starbucks uses regular milk in the latte, not Barista milk.
• If you do not park in the shadow it takes the air con at least a minute to cool down the car.
• When you eat mango, your hands get really sticky (unless you have a napkin of course).
• During our vacation so far it has rained for more than one hour.
• Our swimming pool can get crowded (we spotted at least five people this morning).
• We have been eating seafood for over a month, how much more can you take?!
• And finally, it's hot! The heat makes you tired and it takes at least one nap a day to recover.
  

Wow, so glad we got that off of our chests, it actually feels a little better now ;-)