And so it came to pass that our vacation came to an end.
But before that, we had to depart from Nia’s house. There was a flurry of furtive but sad goodbyes.

Goodbye to the KL team

Nia and family
We headed north towards Sitiawan using the old road we used to travel from KL. I thought I would try using the back roads via Kampung Kuantan. Ultimately we stopped at Sabak Bernam for lunch. Ain drove the rest of the way to Sitiawan.

Sabak Bernam lunch

Ain at the helm
That night Atok and Opah treated us to dinner.

Dinner with Atok and Opah

Atok and Opah and ais kacang
The next day we went to Lumut. There might have been a fatal accident at the Lumut junction near the local Shell station.

Lumut
The next morning, we had breakfast at the Padang Astaka of Sitiawan before we geared up and headed home.

Breakfast before heading back
We bade Atok and Opah farewell and hoped they would come visit us soon.

Farewell to Sitiawan team
We arrived in Beseri just in time for the wedding feast of Mak Njang’s son.

Just in time for a wedding in Beseri

The home team with the happy couple
All in all, it had been a great vacation even if it was quite a draining experience.