Argentina Part 2

From Cordoba, we drove nearly 8 hours with Carlos parents (Nelly & Hugo) to Talampaya National Park. But even though the trip was long, the scenery on the way was beautiful... maybe we would have only taken 5 hours if it weren't for the many photo stops ;-)



We stayed in a hotel in Villa Union, the nearest hotel to the National Park (64 kms north)!
Early the next morning, we entered the Talampaya National Park... it was amazing!!

The rock formations are 265.000.000 years old and reach up to 150mts high (like a 50 stories building)

On the next day, we drove 137 kms from Villa Union in the province of La Rioja to the province of San Juan, where the Provincial Park Ischigualasto is located. It's also known as 'Valle de la Luna' - moon valley, and the pictures explain why!




The mountain behind Alex is called "Indio acostado" (Sleeping indian)...Looks rather like a pregnant indian :-)

Perfectly round stone formations gave the name to the area "Campo de Bochas"

A magnificient condor... Its wing span can reach up to 6 meters ...

Among others, this is one of the most wonderful formations: "The Submarine"...

A happy end to a 4 hours tour in Valle de la Luna...

After arriving from La Rioja we had dinner at Gandini's with my parents (Susan & Walter)

Argentina Part 1

Getting from our home in KL to Buenos Aires is a 36 hour trip!
KL - Dubai - Sao Paulo - BsAs

Shame though that the Dubai -Sao Paulo flight was "only"16 hours - we were upgraded to First!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoyed every single minute!!!






In Buenos Aires it was quite cold, but we got up early on a Sunday morning to experience the totally deserted city all by ourselves!




Normally jammed with traffic...

After noticing they have alcohol free beer in Argentina, I realised how I missed it in Malaysia!

Next day, my parents arrived and we did another city tour.

Cafe Tortoni, the eldest cafe in Bs As...

and we took the Subte "Linea A", the oldest metro in South America (built by Germans!)

El Caminito in La Boca

Now we´re in Cordoba, so watch this space for next week´s update!

Pangkor Laut Resort

We spent last weekend at Pangkor Laut Resort - on its own little island off Pangkor Island, off the west coast of Malaysia, app 3 hours drive from Kuala Lumpur.

The whole weekend, we did... nothing! :-)

The island is covered with rainforest (above) and we often saw Hornbill birds (below, click to enlarge).


Sunset at Emerald Beach





Breakfast next morning...

... and to the beach again...!

... lunch...

... and more beach...!




Our hillside villa with an outdoor bath

and a great view from the balcony...

After dinner we did a final tour of the island...