The start of my Malaysia tour was spent in the south of Thailand in a town called Ao Nang. Basically this includes relaxing on beaches during the day and going out for drinks at night. One of the beaches I went to was the beach from the movie "the beach." A lady from my group mentioned the only thing missing was the young Leonardo Dicaprio and said she wouldn't mind if he had happened to walk by lol. I was also able to go snorkeling between Islands and it was quite beautiful. Apparently Thailand is high on the list of places to go for scuba diving and snorkeling =). The last day of 2009 my group and I drove to Penang.
Welcome to 2010!
Penang is a very cute city in Malaysia full of history. I spent hours at the museum there reading words which exited my mind as fast as they were entered. =P I did learn quite a bit as well, prepairing me for my trip ahead!
The longest and windiest drive was the one to the Cameron Highlands. The Cameron Highlands is 1,500 m above sea level and is where a majority of the farming is done in Malaysia. It is a place known for it's tea and strawberries.. the tea I get, however I prefer the strawberry souvenirs to the strawberries themselves.
This was the first group I was a part of to have somebody leave early. A couple from Calgary left for Singapore three days in to our tour. It was their first time in a foreign place and I guess it wasn't what they were expecting.
Our next destination was Kuala Lumpur. KL would be a great city to live in so I understood why my family stayed there for three years. My roommate, Simone, and I spent the day we had there walking from the hotel, to the twin towers and back again. (we repeated the trip a few times) By the end of the day we were exhausted... a sign of a day well spent. =) I had one of my best meals there. Good old Nasi Lemak.
If I had to pick one thing to prove Malaysia is all about the shopping and malls it would have to be the mall in Melaka. It is about as big as the town itself =P. It is a pleasant place and when Simone and I walked up a little hill to a church you had a view of everything "worth seeing."
In Singapore I had the opportunity to meet up with Cindy and Mark Golden, family friends, and talk over some supper. The next day Cindy graciously took time out of her day to show me a few sights in Singapore. It was wonderful to have the day to talk to her. A funny thing she told me was once when our families were hanging out she was handing out raisin granola bars and when she arrived at Shanta (who was quite young then), Shanta said quite matter of factly, "I only eat chocolate chips." Cindy also told me they still use the saying to this day when passed a food item they do not want to eat.
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Eat a big bowl of cereal for me and drink a big glass of milk!
Thank you!
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