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Winter Travels

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Well time has come and the trip was semi planned, I was heading for 2 and a half weeks to travel in Malaysia and Thailand. The first week I was on my own.  It was my first trip to be on my own, and I was a little nervous but mostly excited to see what the week was going to bring me. The first day was a long one.  I left Korea at 4:30pm, had 2 hours in Shanghai before I boarded for my 5 hour flight to KL.  Once in KL though I had a 5 hour wait until I could fly out to Penang, where I would spend my first few days alone.  Lucky for me a friend from orientation, Ariel was on my flight along with a few other guys we met on the plane.  We sat around in the main terminal in a Burger King (I refused to get any food despite being starving, because Burger King was not going to be my first meal in Malaysia).  We sat around until about 5:00am when the trains were up and running.  This is where my solo journey really began! Penang:  I got in around 9 in the morning and found my hostel.  I wa