New Friends

We went out today to look for cars and Courtney and Jake went with us. It was an educational time. We learned that it is easy to get lost even when you’ve been to a place. We learned that sometimes it just seems that you are lost and then viola, you arrive! We learned that cars are heavily taxed here and in a few short years all cars look like they are 10 to 15 years old. We are considering a Toyota Avanza which is made here in Malaysia and not nearly as expensive because there are no import taxes.

After test driving the car, we had some Thai food before meeting all of the “newbies” for a fun time at a wine bar called Denise’s in Ampang. The night out was another invitation from Simmo and Margaret Chang and Richard and Dante to all of the new folks that had been staying at the Renaissance Hotel for the past ten days. So lots of people took up the invitation and met up for some fun. There was quite a few… let’s see… Donna and Joseph (US), Simmo and Margaret (Australia and England), Richard (US), Heather (US/ Taipei), Alyssa (US/Taipei), Jake and Courtney (US, San Francisco) us, Chris and Max (US, Cambodia and Philippines) and Bernie (England). It was a fun evening and didn’t end there. Several (most) of us went up to Margaret and Simmo’s for a night cap, the view and more visiting.