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W/ Corey and Erin in Batu Ferrenghi, Malaysia Batu Ferrenghi, Malaysia National Mosque, Malaysia Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia National Mosque, Malaysia Penang, Malaysia Talent Show, MV Explorer Sunday October 26th 2008 Day 61 Departing Penang, Malaysia It’s taken me a few years but I’m starting to warm up to the Postal Service (band). I’m listening to them right now, and I like it. I guess I’ve generally warmed up to electronica. Today we leave Penang for Vietnam. I had a great time here in Malaysia. The first day I went on a field trip to see the different ethnic communities in Malaysia, the Malay (mostly muslim), Chinese (Buddhist), and Indians (Hindu). The first night I decided to take a 5 hour bus ride to Kuala Lumpur. Ran into a bunch of other SAS kids, but I split off when we got there. It’s a little more commercial than Penang, it has the famous Petronas towers, really tall twin towers, taller than the Empire state Building I’m pretty sure. Ate a late Indian dinner,

SAS Temple Visit Teaching Science to Indian Students School Greeting by Homestay host, Pavithra Indian Homestay, Erode, India. Ariel, Tien, Nikki, Linda, Greg Homestay Breakfast Yum Homestay host Prashanth Rickshaw Driver In a Rickshaw with Tori, Rabbeqa, Alex Spencer Plaza, Chennai, India Cabin 3075, MV Explorer Cafe Pescada, Hookah Bar in Chennai Hookah Bar, Tien nursing injured foot from coconut tree climbing Day 55 October 20, 2008 We left Chennai , India a couple days ago. Here’s the recap: 1 st day: Arrived in Chennai in the morning. Left immediately for a school trip related to my science education class. The first school we go to is an all-girls school. There is a warm reception and introduction, all the girls are sitting in the hall cross legged, silent, in rows. Very disciplined. High school age. We jump right into our projects. A group out front starts the air rocket demonstration. We bring our gravity-powered car materials to a flat area, get a table

Indian School in Erode Wine tour in Stellenbosch, South Africa Cape Town, South Africa Train to Simonstown, South Africa Day 37 Thursday October 2, 2008 Recap of my week in Cape Town: Friday: Arrived in Cape Town in the morning. Beautiful port, table mountain, a huge plateau, looms behind the city. We are docked at Jetty 2 of the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. There is a mall right across the road, we walk in, very posh and upscale, we have lunch there at a chain restaurant named Mugg and Bean. It’s good, the dollar goes pretty far. $1 = 8 Rand. Went to the aquarium, saw a bunch of stingrays getting fed by scuba divers, saw some penguins. Accompanied by Danika, Ginny, Kate, Kristen. Dinner at Green dolphin, live jazz. Head to Long Street, bar district for the night, go to a bunch of clubs. Predictable scene, not my thing, entertaining but I’m over it. Saturday: Breakfast with Kristen at a pancake place. Going to Robben Island, Nelson Mandela’s former prison. Meet up with Kelly, cool S