Dubai & Qatar

Lauren and I spent three night in Dubai visiting with friends and seeing this glitzy and surreal city. The company was so worth the visit and the heat really didn't bother us at all. Plus there we tons of Filipinos, so we enjoyed hearing people speak Tagalog again.

We stopped in Qatar to change planes and got a great view of the beautiful marina.

Qatar airport art

All the play areas for kids were unique giant brass sculptures like this one. They were everywhere, just like the free Apple workstations. Hands down, the nicest airport I have ever seen.

The Zagros mountains as we flew along the Iraq/Iran border

Kuala Lumpur

View of the Petronas Towers from our hotel. No need for the Sky Bar.

Kuala Lumpur Bird Park. The world's largest free flight aviary.     

Banksy

Time for bird portraits.

Lauren nursing the parrots back to health.

Who are you? Who who, who who?

Petronas Sky Bridge

KLCC park

Marcia relaxing next to the fountain garden.

In front of the Batu cave temple in KL.

Good thing I have absolutely no intention of doing these, especially after the 

climb to get up here.

This looks like a great place to contemplate my dietary lifestyle.

Bali 2015

For sunset we headed to the Uluwata temple to watch the sun lower against the crashing waves and to watch the Kecak dance featuring a group of seated men chanting in deep tones and a series of costumed characters enacting a play.

Oh, naughty, naughty monkey.

After the sun sets, the real performance starts.

We drank a little Luwak coffee and tasted all the blends. Luwak coffee is where the civet cat eats the beans, passes them, then they are dried and roasted. Maybe my palate isn't as refined as some.

Public art at every roundabout.