Malaysia!

View from the inside of the cave temple place they climbed to the top of.

Dave feeding the elephants

Dave learning to weave a very fine cloth at a local community center. They worked with lots of disabled adults and families there. (he really really loved that day) Also notice his shoes- no shoes allowed in any of the buildings!)

A little gal showing Dave the ropes.

The Petronas towers from Daves Hotel in Kuala Lumpur ( capital city of Malaysia)

Dave downtown with the towers at dark.

Towers at dusk. ( that middle bridge is actually a suspended walkway that connects the two towers- you can buy tickets just to go thru and see the amazing view, like the space needle- I guess).

Dave cooling off in a waterfall they climbed up.

It was in the low-mid 90's the entire time he was there (with 100% humidity- I imagine this felt amazing!)

this painting is made entirely out of rice. pretty neat. I think he watched them make it too but I'm not really sure :)

Pretty towers from the car as they drove past

They got to see and try tons and tons of new fruit that only is produced over there... this one is called hairy fruit.--Dave said it was good-kind of scary looking but tasty.

This is another new fruit- not sure what its name is.

Lots and lots of people everywhere he said and lots of elephants. They got to ride some too.

This little girl loved Dave! He would have brought both she and her sister home if he could! They were really sweet and they bonded with him. (I dont know for certain about these girls but many of the children he worked with had been rescued from himan trafficking :'( break your heart!

This is called a 'sand tray' it's just a container full of sand that they have lots of little figures/furniture etc for. They used it lots for therapy with the children. Sand tray therapy is very effective and is useful when there is language barriors- as well as to help children "show/describe" their feelings/ situations etc.

funny monkeys were everywhere he said! (like pigeons)

Dave had an awesome time on study abroad it was a very neat experience for him. He got to see amazing places, meet and work with many appreciative people and brought home lots of neat memories and pictures These are only a few. What an awesome overall experience, but we're so glad he's home!