Another Country Full of Kindness

A year ago when we were “tentatively” planning this odyssey we talked about skipping Malaysia altogether.  After just one week here we are very glad we didn’t.  Whether it is the Southern Asia culture or the Muslim influence, the people of Malaysia, or a least of Penang (the only part we know), are incredibly nice, helpful and generous.  The couple at the farm we worked with was fantastic and the Iranian/Malaysian couchsurfers we stayed with were equally great.  You can’t beat getting great local advice while eating feta (yes, feta cheese! Iranian food is awesome!), olive spread and flatbread and then get the extra bonus of learning about Iranian history which is also incredibly interesting.  We also owe Adel, our CS host a special thanks for his premonition that our bus to the airport (that we had been waiting over and hour for) was not going to come and swooping in as our guardian angle to drive us to the airport just in time to catch our flight to Indonesia.  Amazing!