Arrival and day 1 We arrived to Singapore after crossing 2 border checkings, one Malaysian and one upon entering Singapore. The crossing is called Woodlands, which reminded me about a South Park episode about Woddlands creatures. Those who saw it will know what I am talking about (blood ****, blood **** ). Polona was quite worried, as we were told that the Singaporeans could give us a hard time at the border due to the amount of the meds we are travelling with, but they didn’t even check our backpacks, apart from the usual X-ray check. Arriving to Singapore, we were dropped off, what seemed to be, quite on the outskirts of the city, next to a big shopping mall. We were told that the bus stop is just upfront and while trying to figure out ... read more

Part 1 by Jan – Leaving Perhentian Internet access was a bit scarce over the last week or so and we were not able to update you as regularly as we hoped. Luckily we have our netbook with us and we can write our adventures down as they happen and upload them with a bit of a delay. Polona wrote the last entry just before we left the islands and we managed to upload it once arriving at Taman Negara National park. But before the park we still had a night out on the Perhentian Islands. Chris and I did end up dressing up as girls. Between Kay (owners of Chris’s bikini top and hair band), Sandra (kind enough to lend me a top and Chris her skirt) and Polona (lending me her skirt and a ... read more

When writing our last blog we have left KL and started backpacking. The backpacking has changed a lot since the last time I was in Asia (about 6 years ago). Nowadays every hostel has a wi-fi and almost every backpacker has a smartphone or/and a laptop with them (us included). Its a funny sight, walking in to the dorm room and seeing everybody on their smartphones, people texting and using apps to call home for free. In a way it defeats the point of traveling as you spend so much time tapping on your keyboard, when we should all be meeting new people. Which is what it is all about. I am trying to behave, trying. But I use writing of this blog as an excuse to fire my netbook up. We still met a lot ... read more

1/5/2011, Jan After finishing with all the packing and cleaning we left our home of the last 2 years. It was a weird feeling, knowing that we will never set foot in, what was our first flat where we lived alone. We spent the last day at a Pete’s, watching movies and playing FIFA (well Polona, was more of a cheer-leader). Chris proved once and for all that he is the FiFA master of the family, a fact Pete just didn’t want to accept. The flight went smoothly. There were quite a few empty seats, so we each had two seats to sleep on. We arrived in KL at 7pm and were welcomed by 29 degrees and a work colleague of mine, Yean Yean and another Synovator, Susan. From the airport Yean 2x took us out ... read more