Last day in Malaysia

 One last trip to the bank to see if Catherine's money had arrived, but they needed her identification and the documents copied before they processed it. So we didn't quite see it to the end - fingers crossed the money goes in over the next couple of days.

While Bianca, Catherine and Linda were at the bank Heidi took Wilbur to 'play' in the shopping centre

Then an early lunch at the Curry House (Catherine's choice for her breakfast) 

and for Heidi's last Bandung Air




And Dal, Roti Telur, Roti Cheese (which had sugar sprinkled on it!)



On the way home, Bianca took us past the Kindy where Wilbur will go next year

Even though we have driven into the Kampung many times we see something new every time.

There are a couple of ways that we would drive in and out of the Kampung - this was at the main entrance.

Then Heidi finally managed to get some shots of the white breasted waterhen that she had been 'chasing' (not literally). It is quite a shy creature.



Why did the waterhen cross the road ...


After packing and loading all of the wonderful presents that we had received from our gorgeous family, it was time to start the journey to the airport.

First stop Farley foodcourt for our last Malaysian dinner.
A couple of things to spot in this picture...



Cassandra met us there, as did Lucas (after this photo was taken)



1 2 3 ...


We got to the airport in plenty of time so had time to play,



and hug lots


Once we went through, we thought that we would be able to wave goodbye, but they were making changes to the airport, and so we were not able to. We video called instead


Flying into Singapore


Back in Singapore airport and the robot cleaners


After waiting for all of the bags to come out (Heidi had collected hers), we and 3 others were told that our bags were missing. so off to the lost and found to file a report.


All's well that ends well. We had just finished completing the paperwork when they got a call that 4 bags had been found and were coming through on the carousel.
We rushed there with much relief that her bag was one of those bags.
We then headed out to find our transfer to the hotel that Heidi had pre-booked.
No name board with our names on :( So we headed down to the pickup zone in the hopes that they were there. Nope, a quick call and they agreed to come back.
The driver then proceeded to say that they tried calling and texting but hadn't got through. They had the wrong number - +60 instead of +61
He then demanded that we pay $15 extra (on top of the $120 that Heidi had already paid!!).

On arrival at the hotel, it was a completely different story. We felt like queens being waited on!








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