And that's it! However...

And that's the end of the time in Malaysia (almost). It's Saturday and we've just finished handing back the apartment keys to the landlord. Having spent the morning sweeping and mopping to make sure the place was clean when we handed over, the landlord's agent tried to deduct some money from our deposit to cover cleaning. Of course that was a red-rag to Sonia, who promptly reminded the agent that the place was filthy when we took over. We had to pay for a cleaner to come in a sort it out before we moved in! There was no way that Sonia was going to pay for them to "clean" the apartment! Needless to say the landlord did not argue - maybe he did recall the email that Sonia sent him explaining the problem when we moved in. However, they did ask for RM 30 (about NZD 12) to cover replacements for the four lightbulbs that had blown. I guess they went away feeling like they'd got something out of us.

As of last night we are officially on holiday. Today is haircut (both of us) and nails (Sonia only!) day. We fly to Singapore tomorrow afternoon, staying over for one night. Then leaving at 10:00am to Vancouver. Last night was spent out with work colleagues to say goodbye - a good time was had by all. I will start up a separate diary for the actual trip - try and put photos into the entries to record where we went and what we did (just in case anyone is interested). Earlier today I was reading the BBC news site and looked at the articles about air travel and packing bags. Looks like small bags (briefcase size) are now ok, which means we'll be able to take the day pack with the notebook onto the plane. Better than trusting things to the vagaries of baggage handlers of dubious honesty. Remember the Auckland Airport scam?

By Monday we will be in Vancouver. Worked out the other day that it's been more than 12 years since we actually looked around Vancouver, so I imagine it will have changed somewhat. We will see.