Friday October 24th This morning John, Slap Shot and I were set to fly to Kuala Lumpur and we would be meeting two other guys there who spent the first two days in Langkawi. We took the 9am tender across to the shore just to be safe on time and we walked around Penang for a bit before heading to the airport for our 12:30pm flight. The airport was only 20 minutes away. We ended up meeting a professor and another student at the airport. This professor is ...

Thursday October 23rd Most people went to an island north of Penang, Lankawi, for a few days and let early this morning on a three hour ferry ride. Penang is an island that is attached to one of the two main islands of Malaysia. Penang is connected to the "mainland" by the third longest bridge in the world. Of the other students left who did not go to Lankawi, the others went to Kuala Lumpur. My immediate group of friends were all doing FDP's ...

Wednesday October 22nd- arrive Penang Happy Birthday mom! Today I got up for port as usual around 7ish and went to get some breakfast. It was cloudy and rainy which really excited me because I had a walking tour in the morning. They told us last night at the logistical pre-port that we will be tendering to the shore, meaning we are anchoring in the bay and taking the life boats to the dock. I predicted that this would be fun for the first ride and then ...

Saturday October 18th Today is our last day in India. Ari and I got up around 8 and had coffee and tea. I found an ant in my coffee so I dumped a lot of it out and didn't drink anymore. Krishnan plays badminton every evening for 3 hours. He took us over to the place plays so we could all play a game or two. Ari wore shorts which is a no-no in India for girls to wear them. The place was similar to our YMCA. There were cricket fields, tennis courts, and a...

Friday October 17th Today Chris and I were able to sleep in a little bit and we got up at 9. We had another great Indian breakfast with similar foods that we had the day before. It was very good, except by now I am getting tired of eating Indian food. Although it is all very different, to me it is like having the same thing every meal: some sort of bread dipped in a different kind of gravy. Today was our last day with the Raj family, and he was going to...