View from our Cabin

Land Ahoy…Singapore here we come (again?)

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December 30th 2008
Sunday 28 December and we are well into the Straits of Malacca, just abeam Port Dickson to be exact. The weather has been superb and the seas very busy since we first sighted tips of land on the Sumatra side yesterday. This morning we have been following the channel on the Malaysian side and seen long stretches of coastline, headlands and settlements to the left (port side). The Strait is teeming ... read more

Asia » Singapore » Chinatown

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Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international ... ... read more