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July 30th 2006

Published: August 22nd 2006

The few yards' walk between the arrivals hall and a waiting taxi were enough to tell me that Singapore was demonstrating the real meaning of humidity, making Darwin look crisp and fresh by comparison. My driver spoke good English and informed me that it was the month of hungry ghosts - apparently the gates of hell open for a month, during which ghosts are free to roam at will and need feeding. M... Read Full Entry

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John McCabe

Jabe

I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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Monsoon-strength shower

Flower at Singapore Zoo

White tiger

Tapirs

And their confusing colouring

Booth in Tekka hawker centre in Little India

Serving a Singaporean classic - chicken rice

This one must bring in the punters

Nerd alert

Computer game competition

Singapore street

Last night, I dreamed I went to Madurai again

Close-up

Comes pre-labelled

Cable car to Sentosa Island

Singapore from the cable car

Another Merlion

Mercifully with its chunder reflex under control

Mobile observation deck

Aka the Carlsberg Sky Tower

Clarke Quay

18th January 2007

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Aww, we're planning to stay in the Inn Crowd cause we've heard some pretty good/rave reviews! May I ask if you stayed in the 1st or 2nd one? O assume the 2nd one, the one with the pub, etc.? Thanks! :)

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