Sorry, It has been almost
a year since the last post. I will catch up soon.
We returned to Malaysia at the end of
January 2018. Booker got hassled by Kuala Lumpur Airport
Immigration and only was given a 14 day visa instead of the 90 day
visa which everyone else gets, including myself. She supposedly had
to be investigated for some such nonsense. No reason was given but
we suspect that the Immigration official had a problem with the US
Muslim Ban and was retaliating by hassling Americans.
Thanks Trump, actions do have consequences.
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| Lunch at the Lam Fong Biscuit Shop, Ipoh |
We were instructed to go
to the closest Immigration office within 14 days and they will do an
'investigation'. We went to the office in Ipoh, the Capital of Perak State. We also gave a
ride to Claude and Georges from the sloop CARIAD. They are
French and needed a visa extension.
The 'investigation' went
fine and Booker received the remainder of her 90 days as a visa
extension sticker in her passport.
Claude and Georges were
not so lucky. Apparently the EU is banning Malaysian Palm Oil for use in their biodiesel. In
retaliation, Malaysia is not granting visa extensions to European
Union Citizens. Georges and Claude must now leave the country within
2 days.
Our next errand was to
make the 8 hour drive to Johor Bahru (JB) to arrange for a new
supplier for Gelcoat. JB is across the river from Singapore. We
could also use some more Duratec Additive which is only available
from our source in Singapore. Since Claude and Georges now needed to
go to Singapore and then re-enter Malaysia to get another 90 day
visa, the next step seemed logical.
We're all driving to Singapore.
