This was the first time I have ever stepped foot off of the American continent, not including minor islands. I believe that this trip was, in short, a very cool experience. The history of this area is very cool, and I am mostly well-versed in the history of Bhutan. However, the cultural experience was lacking. Bhutan was outstanding, and very cultural, whereas the other places were not. Bhutan was my favorite place for that very reason, and that is where I learned the most, I believe. Singapore was the least impactful, for understandable reasons (it is literally one massive city whose history and culture is inherently tied to that of Malaysia) and Malaysia was largely lacking culturally (while it did have a lot of fun activities). Malaysia probably impacted me a little more than Singapore, but not nearly as much as Bhutan.
I appreciated the Bhutanese tour guide the most on this trip. The guy was incredibly nice, and very willing to answer questions and talk to me about the history of Bhutan. It was very cool to talk to him, and one could hear the love and pride in his country in his voice while he spoke (we had a lot of one-on-one conversations about Bhutan while walking around). He was generally a very nice man and, were I his age (and Bhutanese), seems like the kind of person I would hang out with on a regular basis.
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