Orchid Garden in Singapore

$3 Laksa and beyond...

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March 24th 2007
Singapore Airport: We did all the important things in Singapore: the $3 Laksa, the botanic gardens, bought a beard trimmer, had a photo outside Raffles, went to Harry's jazz club and got bloody hot. The orchid garden in the botanic gardens had Sof in awe. Many photos taken!!!! There was a "cool" house for the bromeliads, which is equivalent to the "hot" house in Australia. Hehehe. Singapore ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more