If we had one secret to tell travelers that would change not only there trip but possibly their lives, it would be to throw away the guide books and the checklists of places to see and work with the people in the area you are visiting. Lots of tourists go to Penang, Malaysia but we never even took the time to find out why. We were too busy getting our hands dirty, harvesting fruits and vegetables on Grassroots Organic Farm. Our local hosts Meishy and Lee were a wealth of knowledge about Malay food, culture, and tropical farming and the fresh garden meals we cooked with them over discussions of Permaculture ideas were priceless. And when Brooke looked up to see a waterfall of urine cascading down on her as we collected manure for the compost underneath a goat pen, we could only laugh. What a vacation!
If we had one secret to tell travelers that would change not only there trip but possibly their lives, it would be to throw away the guide books and the checklists of places to see and work with the people in the area you are visiting. Lots of tourists go to Penang, Malaysia but we never even took the time to find out why. We were too busy getting our hands dirty, harvesting fruits and vegetables on Grassroots Organic Farm. Our local hosts Meishy and Lee were a wealth of knowledge about Malay food, culture, and tropical farming and the fresh garden meals we cooked with them over discussions of Permaculture ideas were priceless. And when Brooke looked up to see a waterfall of urine cascading down on her as we collected manure for the compost underneath a goat pen, we could only laugh. What a vacation! 
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