Day 7: Karak Highway, then Gombak…

Hase mentioned the fact that the day is Sunday, and it is the last day of school vacation (ala Spring break). Karak highway is usually packed during heavy travel days like this. I was least excited for the stop and go traffic at the insanely hilly and curvy Karak highway in the 5-spd green Satria that we're borrowing.

We left Temerloh ASAP for Gombak (at about 4:30 pm). Took the backroads to Karak town, and entered Karak highway…

PHEW, no traffic jam. Other than several 5 minutes session of terrential pouring of rain, road wasn't bad. Maybe there was a slight traffic jam, but nothing worth crying about. I think we got a good head start as people might be waiting until after Asar or even Maghrib to travel back home.



At Gombak (after exiting Karak) there was HUGE traffic jam going the other way - and thanks to the GPS it lead us through the innards of Pak Aa's neighborhood - bypassing all the traffic jam.

Random thoughts: GPS was invaluable. Anyone traveling needs one, the number of time it will save you is priceless. Just sometimes don't trust it too much as road signs are more often more correct than the GPS, but with the GPS you'll never get lost. We got Aishah's mom one… and Chineh ordered one.


We reached Pak Aa's place at 7:30 pm. Pak Aa and Mak Wan was out grocery shopping (and probably stuck in the traffic jam) - but the kids recognized us and let us in. Thanks! I gave the last matchbox car to Towfiq (sp?). When Pak Aa got back, we ate some good satay (again, sorry no pics) - and hooked up wifi on his Streamyx internet. This way, my laptop can connect wirelessly - and so can our phones.

Picture taken the next day when the others are at school


Blog Pak Aa and I created. http://gombaknews.blogspot.com/


After Isyaa, we logged in online and had a brief video session with ayah back in Indiana, PA. The kids had fun with exchanging teka teki with their Pak Long. My favorite…

"Kenapa anak babi tunduk bila jalan…?"
"…"
"Sebab dia malu mak dia babi…"

Lol, I thought this joke was a little too drastic myself… but they enjoyed it. Good grief, Pak Long…