Desaru

Ostrich Egg

Interesting creatures

Ostriches

Ostrich Eggs

Ostrich eggs

Ostrich Burger

Feeding time

Desaru Beach

Desaru Beach

Desaru Beach

The beach at the Lotus Hotel

Lotus Hotel

Bananas

Fruit farm

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Only about an hours drive from my apartment is a beautiful beach resort. We had a 3 day weekend and I've been wanting to get away to see this area. I traveled with a teacher from school, Tuyen. Great traveling companion.

Driving here is really scary, but that is another post. With my new car I thought it would try the drive. It was a beautiful drive with green palm trees on either side. We crossed a really cool bridge at one point. The traffic wasn't too bad, although I don't think that there are any traffic rules followed.

We stopped at an ostrich farm. I was able to stand on ostrich eggs to show how strong they are. An ostrich egg is equivalent to 24 chicken eggs. Ostrich eggs are much lower in cholesterol than chicken eggs, and a little lower in saturated fat, making them a healthier choice. Just a couple of facts. I found it rather gross that the birds would peck each other until they were mostly naked.

I tried a ostrich burger, and it was tender and tasty. Then it was on to the Lotus Resort.

The Lotus was huge. So big that they have shuttles taking you from one side to the other. We checked in and went to the waterpark. We slid down the slides and swam in the pool. I was the only "white" person there. And I stuck out! I was the least dressed person there. So many women wearing burkas, and most the men wore shirts. My swimming suit was modest, according to most suits. But, wow did I get some stares.

We ate dinner that night at a buffet. We spent the night in a nice hotel room, think Motel 6. But air conditioning, and a good bed. In fact it was the first night I actually slept since I arrived in Malaysia. I don't know why. I don't understand why, cause when I got back to my apartment Saturday night, I was back to not sleeping.

The next day we had a buffet breakfast, not much different than the dinner. LOL The asian way.....same food all the time.
We walked on the beach, I had a wonderful massage at the spa, and then we had lunch. Tuyen tried parasailing. I had done that in Cancun and that was enough for me.

On the way back home, we stopped at a fruit farm for a tour and some tastes of fruits. I'm trying to be positive, but I have only found mangos here to be tasty. I cover most the other fruit with peanut butter to kill the taste. I bought a bunch of pears and had to cook them up with brown sugar to make them taste decent.

On the drive home the air conditioning in the car went out...and that wasn't pleasant. When we passed through the toll booth my card wouldn't work and the cars were backed up, and I lost it. Cried a lot, and luckily Tuyen understood, as she had a cry last week. The stress at school is incredible and it was nice to have a break from it this weekend.