More Taman Negara

Pics are from Taman Negara and Travellers Home resort.

Things I have learned:

-in the jungle you cannot age a tree by counting its rings—the trees have no rings. Their growing season is year round.

-the small bats navigate by radar however the big bats are fruit bats and they have large eyes so they do not navigate by radar but by sight.

-The Malay people are fun loving by nature. They like to tease and smile easily. The women are shy and more serious and the men more playful. One cannot help but fall for their charming smiles. The urban and Island Muslim men are so charming which is in such contrast to the rural Muslim  men-- who are down right frightening. I guess it is the difference between Extremist Muslims (rural mainland) and regular Muslims (the island and urban men I find so charming and warm).

Travellers Home proved to be a unique experience. The owner and his wife treated each and every guest like family. We were well cared for and any problem they were there to help. One felt very comfortable and safe there. They ate breakfast with the guests each morning. I would highly recommend the resort simply because it was like staying with family who cared and were very wise about al the goings on in Malaysia. The meals were all home cooked by the kitchen staff. It was a warm, comfortable experience.

Malaysian food is not the best. I’ve been warned not to drink the water or eat raw produce or else traveler’s diarrhea. Thus, there is nothing for me to eat! I dislike the greasy meat and the cooked veggies are cooked in so much oil that I feel sick all day after eating them. And despite bananas, papayas and mangoes growing in the jungle—try to find one to eat around here! All I can find are leechi type fruit which are jellyish and rather tasteless.