Christmas in Malaysia

On Christmas Day we took a train trip into Malaysia with a number of families from church, along with my husband's parents and Jessica Smits from Crete PRC.  Here are some pictures of our day there:

 

Another view from the train

When we arrived in the town of Kluang after two hours on the train, there was a chartered bus waiting to give us a tour of the area.  First we went to an organic farm.

On the bus

Feeding bunnies

Harvesting kangkong and other vegetables

A Muslim country, but we have seen plenty of
Chinese religions represented in Malaysia too

At the organic farm, we had lunch before continuing on to a coffee factory in Kluang.

Fish (always cooked whole here, eyes and teeth and all!) with passion fruit

Dad was the big attraction while he tried durian-flavored fried ice cream!

 

At the coffee factory

Another shrine outside the coffee factory

From there we went to Gunung Lambak, a small mountain outside Kluang.

Malaysia is not known for maintaining things.  Emily managed to avoid the big holes
in the centers of the steps up to the slide, but couldn't go down the slide because
of all the cracks in it.  This did not inspire confidence in us when the next thing

we had to do was cross a couple of suspension bridges! :-)

A monkey in the tree next to the hiking trail

 

Jessica, Eric, and quite a few of the youth climbed up this waterfall.

We ended the day at a mall, where we ate supper and had a little time to shop before heading back to the train station for the ride home.

Daniel Tang and Jason in the mall

Waiting for the train

Going to Malaysia is always a very interesting experience.  We are glad we had this opportunity and could spend the day with so many of our brothers and sisters in Christ.