8 + 7 = 24

View from our hotel room.

Breakfast of egg sandwiches from Krispy Kreme, some roti chanai, and donuts of course.  And so cheap!  We were very excited about buying yummy cheap food on this trip.

It has also become a tradition to hang with the Patch family around Christmas time.  Two years ago, DC.  One year ago, Jakarta.  And this year, KL!

After breakfast we headed over to the KL Bird Park.  I'm sure anyone who saw us laughed at the 4 adults and 9 kids cram into 2 very small taxis.  The taxi drivers didn't seem as cool with it as they are here in Jakarta.  And the system in KL was all weird.  There wasn't really a meter.  There was either a set price you paid in advance, or if you hailed a taxi, you negotiated a price.  We had a few taxi "incidents" here.

Here we all are at the bird park.  It was hot.  And humid.  Am I used to it?  No.

G and his maps.

There's a good chance if you asked me if I thought the bird park was worth the money, I would say no. Then I look at these pictures and remember how awesome it was to see those bird guys put birds all over our children.  All over our excited, freaked out, a little bit scared, somewhat terrified children.

I think Y's look was enough to let those guys know it wasn't a good idea to put a bird on him.  Of course, A was terrified too, so they put a bird on her head.  It was awesome.

Mine weren't as scared, but they were a little freaked out.  Especially after the one Rhon was holding pooped!  I will laugh for years about the look on her face!

More holding of birds.

You had to pay for the bird food.  Everyone except G.  He kept going back for more, and the worker just gave him what he wanted.

Then we saw the bird show.  I wish you all could have been there.  There is nothing I could write that would make you understand just how awesome this show was.  And not in the birds are cool and what a great show kind of awesome, more like Asia-awesome.  I just want to remember how the host kept saying things like, "Let me show you a really cool trick" in a thick accent.  It didn't sound scripted.  Oh, and how the bird was supposed to know how to add, but he got it wrong.  More than once.  So awesome.

Taking a break after the show.

We went to the mall again for food.  This time we went to a Taipei street food-type area.  We got sausages, scallops, waffles on a stick, and lemonade that was like 10¢.  And for dessert we got Fruit Dings. 

These are the fruit dings.  I don't really know how to describe them.  It's like pieces of mild, fruity pudding, only firmer, mixed with a sugary syrup.  And they add other goodies like jellies and fruit.  We had an awesome day, but eating the fruit dings might have been my favorite part.  We joked around about everything, laughed a lot, and talked about how strange our experiences are.  How strange fruit dings are!  Those people are all so cool.  G too.  For some reason he's not in this picture.