Lok Hawi Zoo!

Today we saw an orang-utan riding a golf buggy.

I must say we were a little surprised a) to be faced with a golf buggy coming towards us at a zoo, and b)that it did infact have an orangutan in the passenger seat. I've quite honestly got no idea why it was hitching a lift, where it was going, or whether the driver realised he was carrying an ape around, but it was still quite entertaining.

Other animals in the wildlife park that particularly caught our attention were the gibbons jumping about as if they'd had one too many espressos, the evil-looking western tarsier with its scarily large eyes peering out of the cage, and one of the few remaining sumatran rhinos, although obviously it would be nicer if they were in the wild!

Laura had a plane to catch back to the U.K. this afternoon, so we'd arranged for the Bas-Mini (mini-bus!) driver to collect us from the park at two o'clock. We weren't running too tight for time, but we still didn't really have enough spare for the driver to disappear off into the zoo for 45 minutes 'looking for us' whilst we waited by the taxi, which is exacty what he did. Thankfully Laura got away from the hostel with enough time to spare, so hopefully she's on a plane now!

After re-assessing our budget this evening, we went out on a mission to feed ourselves nice and cost-effectively. We managed to pick a small place without a visible menu and caused utmost confusion as we tried to communicate with the owner. In the end they brought out six plates of fried chicken rice and we ate for 26RM (about four quid for the six of us!) Nicely done!

Off to find Poring National Park tomorrow, so I'll hopefully be able to recount any adventures in a few days time. Laters x