As I do, I posted a daily array of photos from our trip to Kuala Lumpur and Western Australia on Facebook. And as I also have learned to do, I provide links here. I enjoy going back and revisiting. Even now, although I've just returned (yesterday), I am finding it challenging to recall a few of our stops with clarity—they begin to run together. So I'm glad for the photo reminders.
9/12 Travel day: SFO-HKG-KUL
9/13 Arrival in Kuala Lumpur
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| KL is a colorful, cultural place |
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| A beer break at the restaurant next door to our hotel |
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| It's a neighborhood of murals |
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| Being presented with his award |
9/17 Batu Caves and a last walk through KL, followed by the conference banquet
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| Our restaurant host had mentioned 2,000 maybe 3,000 steps—fortunately, there were only 270-some |
9/18 Onward to Western Australia
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| A view from Kings Park and its marvelous botanical gardens |
9/20 Long driving day north to Kalbarri on the coast of the Indian Ocean
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| Our first kangaroos! At the Pinnacles, Nambung National Park |
9/21 A day around Kalbarri
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| The shoreline part of Kalbarri National Park |
9/22 Driving to Coorow
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| A good day of wildflowers |
9/23 And on to Dalwallinu, via a place called Camel Soak
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| This was a bit of a detour, but worth it—a place built by the men constructing the rabbit-proof fence in the early 1900s |
9/24 To Toodyay
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| Got a good eyeful of orchids here |
9/25 On to York
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| The wheatbelt with its primary colors |
9/26 And another long drive, south to Bremer Bay on the Southern Ocean
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| A 50-km long string of shallow lakes, Grace Lakes |
9/27 A day in and around Bremer Bay, including Fitzgerald River National Park
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| Royal hakeas and a few lovely banksias |
9/28 And on to the town of Albany for a few days
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| Our eclectic B&B, hosted by a twinkly-eyed gent named Craig |
9/29 Met up with a friend we met 20 years ago in Costa Rica, Keith, and his wife, Carolyn
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| The four of us |
9/30 A wander day—no driving!
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| Craig had recommended the botanical illustrations of a local artist named Maxine Holman, who started painting at age 63; she's now in her 80s. She does birds too. |
10/1 On to our last stop, Margaret River
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| Visited the giant tingle trees |
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| Mammoth Cave, self-guided with headsets |
10/3 One last driving day, back to Perth and our flights home
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| Stopped at the Art Gallery of Western Australia |
10/4 Eight-hour layover in Tokyo's Narita Airport
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| This cat epitomized the consumerist excess |
And journey done! Now, back to real life. I think I'm ready.
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