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Firstly we started the day at the Asian Civilization Museum. Here we got to explore historical aristocrats, relics, and witness the beauty within history. This museum consisted of three floors with various rooms. The first floor consisted of Trade and Maritime Silk Routes Galleries. On this floor we explored Singapore archaeology, maritime trade, and tangContinue reading “Iconic Sites from Singapore- Tang Dynasty Junk, Merlion, Botanical Garden, Gardens by the Bay”

On Thursday, January 23, we had our final free day in Bangkok, Thailand. Each person had the opportunity to explore the city or rest at the hotel in order to prepare for the long journey home. For those who decided to explore, many wound up at the MBK Center, which housed local vendors, delicious ThaiContinue reading “Final Days: Jan. 23 & Wrap-Up”

Our final full day in Asia was spent in River Kwai, Thailand. Our morning began bright and early with a 7:45 wake up call to begin our journey. The bus ride was about 3 1/2 hours, and our first official stop on the journey was to the Taweechai elephant camp. At the elephant camp, weContinue reading “January 22”

Today we visited the Thammasat University Business school in their Bangkok, Thailand campus. The university was first established in 1934 where they have a statue of their founder. Professor Laddawan gave us a brief lecture about businesses adapting to Thailand’s customs. She taught us about a pipeline versus a platform business model and how thatContinue reading “January 21”

Today we are headed to Bangkok, Thailand! We woke up around 8 to get in a quick breakfast before we hopped on the bus to head to the airport. After a 45-minute bus ride, we arrived at the Kuala Lumpur airport. The tour guide warned us that the check in process could take a whileContinue reading “Sunday, January 19”

We started off our free day in Kuala Lumpur by sleeping in. Since we’ve been traveling for more than 2 weeks now, it was great to stay in bed for a couple more hours than normal. We decided we were going to take today slowly and use it as a refresh day. After sleeping in,Continue reading “Saturday, January 18”

Beginning our first full day in Malaysia, we began our day at the Batu Caves in the city of Gombak.  Boasting an astonishing 272 flights of stairs in the 90 F heat, it was a sweaty morning, to say the least.  However, while summiting the cave, we were pleasantly surprised by the abundance of monkey’sContinue reading “January 17th”

Golden Buddha Temple  Boom was our tour guide for the day. Our first stop of the day was to see the Golden Buddha Temple in Bangkok. It is located in the Wat Traimit Temple. This temple houses the world’s biggest Golden Buddha. It is more than 700 years old and was built in Sukhothai’s era.Continue reading “January 20th”

Today was our free day and we started our day out pretty late. We went to a very cool private beach club with a completely man-made beach. We relaxed by the pool and played volleyball with a local youth group. We also met a Russian guy named Andre who played volleyball with us and then proceededContinue reading “January 15th and 16th”