Thornden World Challenge - Malaysia 2024

All checked in at KL airport. Flight departing on time. A massive thank you to Lisa our World Challenge guide who has been fantastic. Most of all a thank you to a wonderful group of students who have taken on every challenge. They should be so proud of themselves. 🇲🇾🐒✈️

Information regarding the flight tomorrow. We will be arriving back into Heathrow terminal 4 at 16.35. It will take us a while to get through border/baggage claim. Please can you wait in arrivals to meet the students, so we can make sure each student has been collected.

I have been ordered by the students to put something up about my birthday- they were very kind and gave me some presents and brought cake for after our meal. 🎂🎉🥳🎁

Our final afternoon has consisted of doing some souvenir shopping in Chinatown and the Central Market . We have also had our final meal which was…..Italian! 😅🇮🇹🍕🍝🇲🇾

On the way up we stopped at the Chin Swee Caves Temple to take in the views of the scenery and the to explore the temple. 🛕🇲🇾🚠😃

On our final day we have spent the morning on the Awana Skyway. The views were obscured by cloud at the top but that did not matter! 🚠⛰️😃🇲🇾

As another busy day draws to a close we paid a visit to the Jalan Alor street market. So much choice….😋🍜🍉🍚🍇🍏🍡

This afternoon we went to do a traditional Malaysian art class, we did Batik painting in a variety of different designs. 🎨😃🇲🇾😎

The caves and temples were fascinating, however the monkeys seemed to still the show for most students. 🙉🐒⛰️

On our penultimate day in Kuala Lumpur we have once again been busy taking in what the city has to offer. First stop the Batu Caves. 🐒🪷🛕

And to top it off we finished the day with some presents and cake for the birthday boy! 😃🎊🍰🎁🎈

We then watched the famous fountain light show, it was spectacular and a really great way to finish off another amazing day.😁🎊🎉

We went up the Petronas Towers this afternoon for some incredible views of Kuala Lumpur. Before that students had some time to do some shopping in the KLCC Mall- it is huge! 🏙️😃 🛍️

Left Malacca this morning, travelled back to Kuala Lumpur. We have a good day planned with some shopping, and a trip up the Petronas Towers. Also, a special birthday dinner later today- happy birthday Jonny.

This evening we did a small boat ride down the Jalan Bendahara river. Malacca was lit up looking amazing. We then had dinner, Abi, Emily G and Robin all took the opportunity to sing with the live singer in the restaurant. 🎶🛥️🍚🍲🍽️

We also explored the museum quarter, we stopped in the Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum, which was fascinating. After this we walked up to see the ruins of the Church of Saint Paul. ⛪️🇲🇾☀️⛲️

Next we looked around some Chinese temples, a museum about an aristocratic Malaysian family home and various shops. 😃🛍️

We have spent the day exploring Malacca. First stop, this street with some wonderful street art. 🖌️🎨

Quieter day today, long coach journey from Cherating to Malacca. However, this morning we said our final goodbyes to Sharvin, Iqbal and Amelia- our guides who have been fantastic. Students reflected on the impact of their work over the last 3 days.

This evening to top off our time in Cherating we had a BBQ, movie night and of course another singsong with dinner! 🍗🎶🍿🎥