Our recent guest speaker was Louise Muggavin, who shared with us her experience as a past Rotary exchange student.
Louise is a former Rotary Exchange student who went to the Philippines in 1976. She went to Iligan City in Mindanao. Louise noted that she stayed with very wealthy families, who had cooks, chauffeurs, and security guards. The guards may have been helpful because she noted ‘Americans were being kidnapped’ at the time. She attended the local university, which taught classes in English. The experience developed a thirst for travel and Louise has since travelled all over the world. She had hoped to return to Iligan City and visit old friend later this year, but the whole area is currently under a ‘do not travel’ advisory from DFAT.
It was fascinating to hear from Louise about her exchange experience in a part of the world that most of us will never see. We thank Louise for taking the time to present to us.