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Ah! So I’m back! From the longest vacation I’ve had since I started work! And man the last ten days of these vacations have been the most adventurous and happening days of my life! I rode a horse unguided for the first time. I got interrogated by an army officer for asking around the location of the army mess. I attended the well-scripted wedding of a friend of 18 years, scripted by the dulha himself. I rode a chairlift and the steepest cable car 3000 miles apart, over two of the most beautiful landscapes nature has to offer. I flew a low-budget airline for the first time, where you have to pay for every cup of coffee you have. I rode the monorail for the first time, in KL. I climbed two-hundred-and-seventy-two steps to the top of a cave housing a Hindu temple. I saw the sun set over one of the most hypnotizing beaches of the world. I offered prayers at the largest masjid in Malaysia, and at the oldest masjid in Malacca. I prayed the juma’ behind a Malaysian imam in a local neighborhood masjid. I attended a traditional Malay nikah ceremony. I climbed 335 meters to the KL Menara. I carried a backpack for six days straight! I rode a swing after probably 18 years, and I saw my Ammi and Baba do the same. I had the sweetest narial paani in the world. I learned what a love letter is called in Malay. I got photographed with a bald eagle, a hornbill and an owl (amongst other birds). I saw the traditional Malay Batik artwork in process. I fed and patted a deer. I went through a Mangrove forest. I photographed a sand viper at close range. I drove a powerboat. I drove a rickshaw. I stood on a suspension bridge 650 feet above sea level. I visited the past of a city torn between the British, the Portuguese and the Dutch. I tried dozens of local Malay foods and snacks. I discovered that every third car in Malaysia is a Proton. And I discovered that 50 years is a lot of time for a nation to mature and to come into it’s own.
But more on all that later! Yeah, I’m gonna rub all that in for a long, long time 
You rode a swing after 18 years!!! o.O Maza aya?
You DROVE a rickshaw! Cool!
Oh, and a powerboat too! 
Oh boy, there’s more to tell?!
Lol! Yeah, it was all very, very fun!
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wow, that sounds soo exciting! Malaysia can be so much fun, brought back a lot of memories from my visit some 3 years back. yar, u should have come to singapore too!
Hehe, yaar bilkul packed schedule tha. We covered 4 cities in Malaysia in 6 days – KL, Langkawi, Malacca and Putrajaya. Agar Singapore ka bhi rakhta to time ki to aisi ki taisi ho jani thi!
pleeej do put up that pic with bald eagle over here, we will be able to play an interesting spot the difference game
so what is a love letter called in Malay? enlighten us,who knows you may even end up with one
I don’t even need to say that I missed you, right?
Cool stuff! And oh Engineer se rickshaw driver? Tch tch tch. Buhat he sharam ka muqaam hai.
Forget that, you attended a traditional Malay nikah ceremony? How was that?
I totally didn’t blog on my trip – maybe coz i was busy driving – but it’s awesome you had sooo much fun. Malaysia sounds so cool. I went when I was 6 i think – don’t remember much now! lol!!
I would like to see your pics with the “other birds”.
Where’s the post? Where’s the post?
Where did that ‘old jokes’ post go? :s
I came to read that.
ooh and u did all this in 10 days … thats even better
btw what a scripted wedding?
Pretty excited eh? Good for you
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Yaar blog update karo!!!