Well, Welcome to my first entry, I hope to keep everyone upto date on my journey throughout South east Asia over the next 5 weeks. Were packed and ready to go, I've been up the coast all weekend with friends and family, and the folks are looking after Sasha. Got to pick up a few last minute things tomorrow, and then we fly out to Singapore at 10pm. We have two nights in Singapore (no accomodation booked yet, might do it tomorrow, or maybe we will play it by ear... time will tell :>) and then we fly to Cambodia and [View Full Entry]

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So, after a 22 hour flight, I'm in Singapore! I didn't get much sleep the night I arrived because I decided to sleep on the floor of the airport. I have been staying at the Prince of Wales Hostel/Pub in the Little India district. It is a nice place---clean and friendly. I've been hanging out with a Brazilian, an Aussie, and a Coloradan. The first day was a struggle; my brain just didn't seem to work. I couldn't remember whether I had received linens (and I couldn't find them anywhere), so I went up to the owner and asked for a [View Full Entry]

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ok i'll start wuith the good stuff and finish off with the cack, the funniest thing that has probably ever happened to me happened at the singapore/maylasia border, i rock up to the counter hand over my passport and the woman looks at it (names surname;forename) then she looks up totally serious and comes out woth this beautie "Your farther he is chinese?" "no lee is my first name" i was pissing myself if it wasn't for the western skin the western eye's, hair, height (not to much of that) i had to run off short of being denied entry for [View Full Entry]

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After arriving in the middle of the night we woke very early Singapore time. We have had a great time, having a look around. On the first day we started with a river boat ride, which was great. We then went to soo many malls, making good use of the train system. We are like pros now!! It has been very hot, & we have been making good use of the hotel swimming pool. That night we headed off to the Night Safari at the Zoo. This turned out to be a bit of a mission. We thought that we'd save [View Full Entry]

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Continuing the post-Rita catching up with my blog. This entry is beginning Wednesday, 21 September. After a quick ride into the city, I’m dropped off at the Conrad Centennial Singapore. Conrad is Hilton’s “high end” brand. This is my first stay in one. Stylish and elegant. Like everything I’ve seen so far, spotlessly clean. I ask one of the porters if the hotel is new - he says no, “It’s nine years old.” I’m shocked - it does not look any older than a year at best. Try to check in. Wham - my first introduction to Asian ser [View Full Entry]

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There's something about ice cream. Haagen Daas is great (really great in fac t) but really there many viable options here. I have sampled about 9 (hahahaha) of them so far...macadamia nut ripple in a green container thingy is the best so far...but we are a long way from claiming to have tasted it all... I am going to have to run my little butt off to work this stuff off! Went to Orchard road (the main shopping street) last night. Had a Rice burger (!) for dinner, it's essentially the same as a normal burger - just made out of [View Full Entry]

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I have seen the future, a giant shopping mall interconnecting small residential enclaves, parks and roads. The mall reaches in every direction, polished floors gleam, shop fronts sparkle, a temple to consumerism, every need and desire can be met by the purchase of a 40inch plasma screen TV or a computer so smart it doesn't need an operator. The streets, those that are not part of the mega-mall-opilis are clean, empty of all but traffic which flows orderly, controlled by lights indicating lane and speed. People are well behaved, come from many different ethnic origins, speak in a variety of ton [View Full Entry]

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Second posting on sunday night... Have spent an awesome day being shown around singapore by Stevo. Had such a good time, went to an open air 'locals' place for lunch, had dumplings and this stunning noodle soup and sampled some of Steves stuff. The place we had lunch at was really simple, i had a sugar cane drink, fried dumplings. It was a cool place and the variety of food on offer was staggering. Saw the LAI team at the Slam 'n Jam champs, photos and handshakes and we were off again. Went on the MRF (?), train just as the [View Full Entry]

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Picture this; its a roasting hot day here - mid 30's & humid as a sauna, i had just checked in with this thingy, been for a big walk all morning, i was fed, watered and ready for some R&Rn by the pool.... But then i met these Oz oil rig guys who were on a bit of R&R too...it all went downhill from there, they had to offer me a drink, i had to accept. Suffice to say; four hours later we were watching the Aussie rules final (Sydney won) drinking some stuff (?) out of a bottle that none [View Full Entry]

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Singapore: Sept. 24-30 Singapore is a beautiful city with state-of-the-art architecture, the best of the Western world and Eastern world and a wonderful multicultural mix. Due to the diversity of the people, English is the language chosen to communicate among themselves making it incredibly easy to travel in. The city is incredibly clean due to strict littering laws and you’ve never wanted to chew gum more than where they cane you for doing so. Between getting over jet lag which hits you harder than you would think, especially Zachary who doesn’t quite grasp the concept of [View Full Entry]

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