The fight, Batu Caves and the Fireflies

Our tour guide, Rambo, refers to a hockey match as a fight, and that is exactly what today's matches were. Both the girls and boys fought hard to draw with their opponents. The boys match was a physical and technical affair. The 2 all result is a fair reflection of the match although the technical skills of our opposition were better than ours. However, it is where the matches were played, that will be remembered longer than the finer details of the hockey. Both our number 10 players were chosen as the players of the respective matches. It was a privilege to play at the Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil. As Christos, now known as Al (Al Pachino), quite rightly said: " I don't think that I will ever play in a stadium like this again".
As if were we not tired enough after the hockey, we tackled the 270 stairs up to the Batu Caves after lunch. Look at the photographs to understand what an amazing experience this was. On the way down a monkey stole Jaco's drink and another the Hindu statue that Lyle had bought. The monkey did eventually manage to open the drink, drank some of it and poured the rest out - Lyle recovered his souvenir . Then it was back onto the busses and off to the west coast of the Malaysian Peninsula.
After being treated to a Chinese meal, we got into boats to see the folded winged fireflies flashing from the mangrove Berembang trees. We were not allowed to take photographs, but there were so many fireflies in the shrubs along the river that one could think that it was Christmas.