DAY ONE:

Nakonsithammarat - Kuala Lumpur

DAY TWO:

Kuala Lumpur - Johur Bahru

DAY THREE:

 Johur Bahru - Singapore

DAY FOUR:

Singapore - Genting Highlands

DAY FIVE:

Genting Highlands

DAY SIX:

Genting Highlands - Nakonsithammarat  (and bed)

DAY ONE 28/9/05

  Each year, Kanlayaneesithammarat's Mattayom 3 EP students have a week long 'English Camp'. This year (2005) was no different when 48 students and a handful of teachers headed south towards Malaysia and Singapore..

  The trip began with everyone meeting up in the EP Building at around 2am on a Wednesday morning. Our departure had been scheduled for 02:30 allowing us plenty of time to reach the Malaysian border in time for it's opening at 06:00. We arrived on schedule and even had time to grab some breakfast before we continued on down the main north - south highway towards the E-po serviced station. As we traveled down the road, our teachers ensured that we were kept busy. There were plenty of games and songs and we all took part. Anyway, because of all our games, the trip went quickly and we soon arrived at E-po and ready for our lunches. We ate our lunches and had time to relax before continuing on with our first days journey down to Kuala Lumpur. We arrived in Kuala Lumpur in the early afternoon which gave us time for a little sightseeing before we checked into our hotel for the night. The first place we went to in Kuala Lumpur (or KL as it also known) was the KL Watchtower, one of the highest buildings in the city. Once at the top of the tower, the views of the city were fantastic and we seemed to be higher than the world famous Petronas 'Twin' Towers which we had a good view of.

KL WATCH TOWER

  After the watchtower we went to the Petronas Towers and were given some free time to look around the towers and buy some souvenirs in the shopping complex at the base.

PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS and KUALA LUMPUR

  Anyway, after the time in the coach, time at the Watch Tower, Petronas Towers, the world's highest flagpole and some of the other KL sights - we were all very tired by the end of the day and we were so happy to check into the Radius Hotel in KL for the night. Shower and sleep at last!

DAY TWO 29/9/05

  Another busy day ahead so we all woke early, showered and had breakfast in the hotel's restaurant. Today we had a trip to the Fairview International School, a school Kanlayanee first became 'friends' with on the 2004 Three Nations Trip.

FAIRVIEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

  Fairview International School is a Kuala Lumpur school that we first visited during our trip last year. We were again very warmly welcomed by not only the staff but also by all of their students. The idea of these school visits is to give our students an insight into other schools by meeting their staff and students. Our visit started with both schools giving a brief introduction of themselves. After the introductions, the Kanlayaneesithammarat students were given 'new friends' from Fairview and then in groups, they took part in various educational activities. While the students were doing these activities, the teachers from both schools had an informal meeting which comprised of comparing the teaching methodologies used. Both groups gained useful insight  about the education system in both countries. Once the activities and the teachers' had finished their meeting the Kanlayaneesithammarat students put on a display of 'Manora' and a 'Shadow Puppet dance'.

  This was the second time that we had visited Fairview, and the feedback from the participating teachers and our students has been nothing but highly commending with extremely positive reports. We hope that both schools can continue being friends and that one day Kanlayanee can play host to staff and students from the Fairview International School.

PETALING JAYA NEWTOWN

  After leaving Fairview we went on the coach to an interesting new place just outside KL. The place was called Putraya Jaya New town and it has been designed to be one of the most modern built-up areas in the world. High speed internet in every building, all cables hidden underground and a ultra modern infrastructure too. It's also home to one of the biggest mosques in the world, many multi-national companies as well as the Malaysian Prime Ministers offices.

  After leaving Petaling Jaya we continued on our journey south eventually stopping for the night at the Grand Continental Hotel in Johur Bahru. We checked in, and then had free time to do what we liked. Most of us had a little walk around then retired to our rooms for a shower and to fill in our campbooks. Because we had had a very long day we were all asleep fairly early.

DAY THREE 30/9/05

SINGAPORE

  We were all up early and had soon eaten breakfast ready for another day. Once all aboard the coach we headed off across the causeway towards the Malaysian/Singapore border. Once at the border we all had to show our passports before re-boarding the coach to continue our trip into Singapore. Our first stop was Chinatown where we were all able to change some money and do a little shopping. We had our lunches in Chinatown before heading off to the cable car and Sentosa, a 'fun' island just off Singapore. The cable car was exciting as it was the first time that most of us had been on one. We stayed here all afternoon visiting many fun places. Underwater world, the wax museum and many other sights had been seen before we all met up for the finale of the day, the laser show and musical fountains. Once back on the mainland we checked into the Queen Hotel for the night.

DAY FOUR 1/10/05

GENTING HIGHLANDS

  Another morning and another breakfast. We checked out of the Queen Hotel, packed all our belongings and boarded the bus for another day on our camp. Once everything and everybody was on the coach we set off for another day. First stop was the Merlion, the symbol of Singapore. After taking a series of photos, we again boarded the coach for the trip up to the Genting Highlands in Malaysia.

  After passing the border post again and being back in Malaysia we headed north. To pass the time, we had a lot of activities, songs and watched a movie before sleeping for a little while. Soon we were near Genting ... at the cable car anyway. A quick trip up in the cable car and we would be there. The top, eventually. The First World Hotel was where we would be staying so we were soon all checked in and up in our rooms. An evening looking around was followed by an early night. We had time to explore tomorrow.

DAY FIVE 2/10/05

GENTING HIGHLANDS

  Today we had no traveling. We were staying all day here in Genting Highlands mainly because there was so much to see and do here. There were shopping plazas, restaurants and best of all there was a big amusement park where all of the students spent nearly the whole day. We had a lovely dinner in the hotel and really enjoyed our time here. We used a lot of our energy during the day so for some of us it was an early night so that we'd be ready for the long trip in the morning.

DAY SIX 3/10/05

THE JOURNEY HOME

  We were all up early for our breakfasts as we knew we had a long journey ahead of us. Once we'd eaten we returned to our rooms and packed our bags. Then we all met up and took the cable car down the mountain until we came to the point where we would meet our coach. The coach was waiting for us so we all boarded and once we'd all been accounted for, we set off on the long drive back home. After many hours in the coach singing songs, playing games and various other activities, we slowly dozed off before being woken at the Thai - Malaysian border where we showed our passports and were able to do a little shopping in the duty-free stores. Four hours later our coach pulled up outside the school gates and we were able to go home after a wonderful week exploring Malaysia and Singapore.