Singapore zoo

Singapore & Australia

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December 6th 2008
So I am in Oz! First of all though I will tell you what I got up to in Singapore since my last blog. I have done most of the tourist things in Singapore. I went to the area around Raffles, saw the famous hotel and saw the statue of the man himself (Sir Stamford raffles founded Singapore) and the Merlion across the bridge. Went to Chinatown a couple of times. It seemed a little fake to me, there ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more