For my birthday, E.J. arranged a trip to the Cameron Highlands, where the Tea Plantations are, which is a four hour drive north of Kuala Lumpur.

But before we set off there we a few things to do... that we did not expect...

A Postal Adventure - The Fingerprint and the Birthday Card

We went to the Boh Tea plantation to see how tea gets from the tea tree to the teacup.

That was exactly what we found. A fascinating experience.

The views, as you can see, are spectacular.

We learned that Tea was first discovered in China and it is the world's most popular drink. People drink it with different things in different countries and there are 2,172 cups of tea consumed in the world every SECOND!!!

Some countries drink it with fat and salt, others with curdled yak and goats milk. It was the English royalty who first championed drinking tea socially and way back then it was claimed to be able to heal all illness from headaches to gallstones!

We watched a video, as I'm sure you can tell!!

Then we went into the factory to see all the machine working away. Most of them were automated but there was people around all the same, mostly Indian.

After getting the opportunity to look around the factory and see the tea being made, we are even more amazed.

On the way up to the plantation we saw all the workers. What must they do after they finish work - they live on the plantation grounds in little huts and work out in the fields or in the factories.

All this just to allow us to have tea with our breakfast.

It was a Brit who in 1929 had a vision to create tea plantations in Malaysia - JA Russell and what a visionary he must have been to carve ou0t of the land these plantations, which would be over time worth Billions of dollars.

The tea packers get paid RM15 per 6 hours work, which is £3.00, or under $5.00 PER DAY!!!! They, on average, pack on average 270 packs a day.

We talked to two of them - an old Indian lady who was labeling - she has been doing the job for 20 YEARS and can label 500 each day - when she has reached her quota she can go home.so it's performance rewarded.

We had a "cuppa", [a cup of tea] in the teashop and bought some teas to take to Australia.

We drove down from the mountains and are back to KL - without a map and any real idea of how to get to our house.

We have been taking taxis everywhere and don't really know where we are on the roads.

Tonight we are all having a night out to celebrate 3 birthdays: mine, Kathy's and Manmeet's.

We are going for a Chinese meal and then out dancing.

Tomorrow Vibodha does his final Seminar in KL for this round.

Sunday we are packing, and our flight leaves on Monday morning at 9.40am - we arrive in Perth at 3.00pm.

So I guess the next time you hear from us we will be in OZ!! See ya soon.

Well, I was right. It is OZ.

Hi there, we are sitting in Nis's kitchen and E.J. has just got up from the table to make stuffed peppers. Gitam [Nis's lodger] is making cauliflower cheese...he's an amazing cook.

Nis is also helping with the meal. We are expecting Vistara to arrive any minute.

I, unlike the others, am sitting at the table typing this, being watched by Simon and Danica - Nis's kids - they are GREAT!

So as you can see we have arrived safely in Perth. Big News, we have today opened our first Australian Bank Account.