Peace Corps Malaysia 1971
Peace Corps Training, Malaysia 1971 Language Training Group 37 in Penang, Malaysia 1971 This is a short little story about my four-month long Peace Corps language training in Penang. It was August, 1971. We were young and bright-eyed. Twenty five fresh college graduates on our way to teach in math and science in Malaysian high schools. After two days of last minute medical/dental care and briefings at the San Jose State University dorms we got on a chartered bus to San Francisco airport and boarded the plane to Malaysia . We flew over Vietnam where the war was still raging and landed at the rural Penang Airport. I was lucky to have a window seat so as we landed I saw the steep hills on the island’s southern tip completely covered in dense green jungle. I wondered if I had made the right decision. When the door opened the humid tropical air hit me like a ton of bricks. This was going to be interesting! Landing at Penang Airport, Bayan Lepas, Malaysia. (Recent phot
