Sunday, November 29, 2009

Malaysia & Thailand 2000









In the summer of 2000, I traveled with my church youth group to Penang, Malaysia to assist an international school with cleaning, repairing, reorganizing and updating. We worked hard and learned a lot. Our pastor and guide grew up in Malaysia and was instrumental in helping us understand a culture so different from our own. We jet skied in the Straights of Malacca, parasailed by running off the beach, visited temples, went cliff jumping in the jungle and fed monkeys on the side of the road. We took a train to Thailand and toured the Grand Palace and Botanical Gardens. We had a few major incidences and disasters (one with armed soldiers on the train and one with our river taxi when the engine exploded), but the experience was life changing and invaluable.

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