Hello everyone from the Penang Airport!


This morning we woke up at around 7:30 and had an amazing breakfast with yogurt and granola that Raj, the manager of the Hickory, prepared for us. We then finished packing and shuffled into our jeeps to make it to the bottom of Penang hill. We got on the bus ride to George Town where we then met one of Ms. Buxton's friends, Michelle, for a heritage trail trishaw tour. Each of us embarked on our own trishaw where we met our spirited drivers. We first stopped at a Buddhist Temple, Goddess of Mercy, where we witnessed some unique fortune telling and some of us tried it as well. First you get a cup of 108 sticks and you shake it until one stick comes out. Then, you get bean shaped rocks and you must throw them up and if one lands face up and one face down, you receive your fortune, if it doesn’t you shake the cup for another stick. It suddenly began to rain super hard outside and so we had to hide out in the temple for a while but it was definitely super cool to explore. Our next stop was visiting a sign carver, Mr. Lee, who showed us how he makes custom signs, stamps, and more. Asher was able to try out the carving the wood on the sign Mr. Lee was currently working on. We also visited a stamp and rattan shop where we got to meet the owners and view the materials and process. We ended the tour at Jetty 35, a nice place with many shopping boutiques of local artists. We boarded our bus and got to our airport where we had a delicious lunch of noodles at the restaurant Nooodles! We’re about to board our first flight to Singapore, our flight is a little delayed so we’re playing cards and buying a lot of snacks for the long travel day ahead. Everybody is also super excited to explore the Singapore airport during the layover. We’ll see you guys in 24 hours!! 

  • Fernanda







 

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