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Hokkien Temple and Singapore Skyscraper

20,000 Leagues (18 metres) Under the Sea

August 31st 2008
Hi all, just a quick update covering our last couple of weeks in Singapore and S.E. Malaysia. After a pleasant 8 hour flight from Brisbane we landed in steamy, sultry Singapore - 'The City State' just 36 miles north of the equator. Tina's never been before but my last visit 15 years ago was as a penniless backpacker and my memories were not that fond. Fortunately, this time around was much bett ... read more

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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more

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Daren & Tina

Mr D and Mrs Bear

We're off on a year's traveling round the world. Leaving November 14th 2007. London>Fiji>NZ>OZ>Singapore>Malaysia>Sumatra>Java>Bali>Vietnam>Cambodia>Thailand>Hong Kong Phooey>London. Looking forward to spending Christmas and new year Island hopping around Fiji and then 3 months driving round NZ in a camper van followed by 5 months of the same in Oz. Then we'll do some time traveling around South East Asia, hopefully to see Orangutans in Medan, Sumatra and Borobudur in Java before some R&R in Bali. Then some touristy stuff in Vietnam including a train journey between... full info

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