Around Starbucks...

Julia is back!! 

Who says you have to get paid to be a Starbuck's employee. I also learned how to make the Americano coffee drink tonight. There's surely more to come! 

Michelle comes back!!!

The Boomerang slide at the waterpark - yes, you ride a tube and throw yourself vertically over the edge and scream your head off. If you are too large, there really is nothing keeping you on it - yes, something else you can't do in the States!! 

Umma and I at "work." Too much fun! 

Michelle and I with our clown friend at a waterpark on the mainland - he was fun, but I bet he doesn't know I put antlers on him 

Thini feeding the gigantic tortoise!! (I know I spelled that wrong.) Wouldn't be able to do that in the States! 

I know that they don't look real, but yes, we are petting the big tortoises - it helps to be nice to the groundskeeper!! 

Ok, so, this is a huge plantain - the biggest "banana" I've ever seen! It was fun and delicious with coconut milk and brown sugar (by the way it has to be cooked!). 

This is me with my "coach" - the coach of the Penang State girls soccer team - and his beautiful family! 

This van is full of durian - the stinkiest fruit known to man - this van will officially never smell properly again. 

So, we decided to explore the tea plantations. The fields are pretty steep...to say the least... 

Michelle and I in the midst of the beautiful Cameron Highlands! 

Michelle comes back!!!

Man, I thought I was pretty special to have my best friend visit me while I live sooo far away from the United States. Then, she visited me again!! I guess that is one of the amazing perks about having your best friend work in Hong Kong for a year!! We had a “great time of fellowship” as many ministers would say, but those of you who know us best, know what kind of “fellowship” we are capable of. It was awesome to get to see her, and even more awesome to have everyone together hanging out – I’ll just let the pictures do the talking this time!