About the batiks:
                 They were fun to create.
 Langkawi specializes in creating them and using them on very fine materials, silk and cotton and then making
clothes, tablecloths, bolts of material etc.  Some are very beautiful.
They can be pictures or prints.
I really fell in love with mine.  The teacher framed them.

So ..... they really do not fit into our apartment in Chicago.

Which of our friends or family should we give them to as a present?
 We spent a lot of time discussing it.
And choosing not to burden any of you, we left them there.

FORGOT TO TELL

Syl at 5 AM outside casita writing blog

  

 Bob and Syl each created a batik masterpiece 

The masterpieces.  (Also we found this chair interesting.)  

  

We celebrated and drank to your health.  Anyone who honors us by reading this blog

I forgot to tell about our experience in Langkawi

KUALA LUMPUR PICTURES

Pictures from Kuala Lumpur
After diner walk    

KUALA LUMPUR

KUALA LUMPUR    March 23

To get here we took our 6th airplane since leaving Astor Street.    Bob had prepared 6 x 9 inch  bright iridescent sticky labels to put on each of our 4 ship-thru suitcases for each flight: the destination airport codes and “priority handling” was printed on each one.  They usually come out first and are easy to spot. 

The Westin upgraded us to a large suite, the finest in this luxury hotel.
We have a dining alcove with surrounding windows, fully equipped kitchen alcove, 2 office spaces, LARGE  living room, bedroom and bathroom.
The breakfast buffet is so large that there is a map showing where each type of food (Indian, Chinese, Western, smoothies, Malaysian, etc) can be found. 

This city amazes us.  In some areas it feels like New York -
Lights   Action   Energy   High class stores   Crowds  Hotels  Restaurants
Night life   Office buildings  Tall buildings

Last night when we walked back to our Hotel after dinner we passed a different  kind of very busy area - all in the street - food cooking, crowded
tables, bright signs,  bombarding  color, noise, movement, smells, bumping.

Today we  will hire a guide. 

3:00 PM      Good guide, good driver .....Bob took lots of pictures .
We are surprised by the large number of tall buildings, good architecture.
The Petronas Twin Towers are positioned by Feng Shuei to face an important  bank.  
Good highways. 
We saw Muslim temples.  Since today is Friday it is the holiday of the week.  Major prayer time.  Only men can go into the mosque to pray on Friday. At a large mosque there were so many cars and motor cycles
that the police allow extra parking on the street.

Went into a Buddhist  temple.  So beautifully ornate.  Much park land and rain forrest in the city. 
A huge bird sanctuary covered by a huge net.

Weather is HOT AND HUMID.  Came back and took a needed nap.