Blogs from Asia - page 13074

Sentosa Island is linked to the mainland by a causeway. From the beach a suspended rope bridge connects Sentosa with a tiny islet that is the Southernmost part of continental Asia. I had a lovely day drinking Singapore Slings on the beach, swimming in the sea and viewing the Orchid Gardens. ... read more

Firstly that I am not inspired when I log on to a soulless windows machine and am told that I am connected at 28.8 kbps. Next, including, but not limited to:- Three consecutive flights equals 2 lost pairs of reading glasses and 1 pair of sunglasses. It is always good to have a friend from New England (who obviously would know about these things) who the last time I saw him gave me an EXACT replacement for the lost sunglasses. Learn some Thai, even please and thank you. When you go out on a boat for a day, in the middle of the day, with strangers, to a remote island TAKE SOME TOILET TISSUE. Don't expect sunscreen to stay on when you sit down straight afterwards to eat breakfast. If you expect it still to be ... read more

Not to be disturbed by the name of this entry, play along and I shall explain the need for such a title. The annual "Kala Ghoda festival" is on right now. The week long cultural festival enthralls visitors, tourists and artists from all across the country. Special stalls are set-up to offer a platform to budding artists to showcase their talents during the cultural festival. A number of events take place at various venues in downtown Mumbai from 9am to 10pm. The best part about the festival is that you could catch a film, listen to a concert, attend a special class on indian dances, get a portrait sketched or pick up a souvenier, all under one huge roofless venue. Now coming to the mystery behind the title of the entry, "Kala Ghoda" means black horse. ... read more

Ohaiyo! Je suis présentement chez mon oncle dans la petite ville de Konu. Je commence seulement à y croire qu'il y a des petites villes au Japon... ça ressemble à des campagnes du Québec!!! Croyez le ou non, ici il n’y a que 3000 habitants! On est très loin des millions de Tokyo! Alors je me sens un peu depaysée! Ma journée de samedi a été extrêmement lonnnnnnnngue! Je n’aime pas ces journées où il faut se promener pendant 14 heures, même si c’est un nouveau pays... je ne voulais pas me perdre non plus, donc mes déplacement étaient limités... J’étais donc contente d’embarquer dans le bus à 8h55 samedi soir. Je me suis endormie, me suis réveillée 2-3 fois pour me déplaçer sur mon banc... et me suis reveillée au son de l'annonceur qui me ... read more

Hi all, Today is Sunday. I arrived Friday night in Buriram, and Roger picked me up from the train station. There are 4 small children who we work with a lot. Fil and Fern are 7 yo twins (their parents both died of AIDS), Sam is a very smart 5 yo (I am not sure what happened to his parents) and Eileen is 3, I think she was abandoned. There are 3 older girls Moen, Tawnee and Lati who are 13 and 14, they are a lot of fun. There are some other older kids who come and go here a lot, but I don't know all there names. I have a roommate here, her name is Sandra and she is from York, England. She turned 40 one year ago and this was one of the ... read more

Wow, I am getting old. I spent most of today (Sunday, Feb. 12) lying in bed with one of the worst hang-overs in recent memory. Ouch. I was in such an unfortunate state because last night was a birthday party for one of our JET friends. The evening started with dinner at a local izakaya (a Japanese style pub which offers a variety of foods and alcohols). The food was pretty good, much better than I expected for izakaya fare I must say, and the beer was cheap. 400 yen for a mug is pretty darn good in this country. That’d be about 4 bucks CN, by the way. Given the price, I naturally downed as many as I could in the time I had. From the izakaya we moved our party to the Hello Kitty ... read more

Hello ! Im afraid Im writing as a sick sassal today - Having gone on an all day trek through the hills of Ooty Ive given myself sunstroke. (urgh) Which wouldnt have been too bad had I not had to take a windy, bumpy, hilly bus for an hour back to the town. Not good! But anyway... After leaving Palolem we headed to Mangalore on the train which I was dreading, but ended up being really fun. I was adopted by this group of men who were chatting to me all about India and what to do and what not to do, and they were absolutely fascinated by my lonely Planet which I had hacked up into relevant sections! We arrived in Mangalore late in the evening and headed straight for the hotel. Only Indian style ... read more