After a four day voyage we arrived in Kota Kinabalu (otherwise known as K.K.), in East Malaysia. We were greeted by locals in traditional Malay costumes as they played drums. As a greeting from our diverse international crew, many were waving their home country flags off the port side of the ship.
While at sea, we had reset up the book shop so that we could open on the day of our arrival. All the bookshelf cabinets had to be uncovered and unpacked. It was a good days worth of hard work. Already on our first day we had several thousand visitors come on board.
We received a port orientation on local culture and language. I had been learning Thai phrases the past month and now needed to shift gears and start practicing some Malay greetings. After a great voyage I was anxious to get back into doing some outreach work.
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