So after three days in singapore i am happy to give you the message that i do quite like this town. Though you might think it is because of all the multiplexes and complexes standing among giant skyscrapers, it is not. I like it because it brings a sort of calm feeling to me which is harder to describe. I guess it feels very safe and a lot like home being that it is not hard to find yourself around. I mean it literally took me one day before i knew how to get around singapore without a map and the MRT(underground trains) also became a very usable resource for getting around faster without wasting rediculous money on a taxi to get from spot A to B. It was also very nice due to the short or semi short walking distance between the places we went and also the fact that there are sidewalks which eases the feel of not getting run over by cars!
But as we all know the good things always have some bad things attached and in singapore it come in line with the authorities and the quite rediculous ammount of things one can get fined for, like jay walking, chewing gum, litering, eating and drinking on trains or in other areas. I mean it is really intense and the fines along with it as they reach from $500-5000. I also heard stories of how an Aussie got forced to bring drugs into the country and got caught, which resultet in a hanging despite pleading coming from Aussie government. Now i cant tell you if its true but it goes in line with plenty of other stories ive heard. Well i guess its good in the way that the city stays so clean and perfect almost while at the same time making you feel safe and not afraid of any random chap on the street weh you walk about in the night going home from a night on town.
Now i know everyone might be curious as to where and what ive been doing since KL, and what i can tell you is this.
In Port Dickson, following KL we had a two night stay at a resort where we just ended up lying by the pool and having one hell of a good time with eachother as we knew Melaka would pass by quickly, leaving us standing by the queens street bus station in Singapore feeing like we never had a chace to say goodbye. So therefore we had a sandwich buffe which we bought in KL along with some pooltime party to end things off as we stayed up most of the two nights we spent there.
After Port Dickson we headed for Melaka where we spent only one night but still managed to get a tuck tuck tour in with Kemal (an amazing guy whose been doing tours of the city for a long long time) which was awesome as we inbetween stops got to ride these flower and glitter decoraded tuck tucks with laud speakers on the back flowing out tunes to different RnB and Rap artists as i could swear that is all the think western youth listens too. After the tours we ha a bite to eat by the stalls in chinatown followed by some drinks at a kareokee bar to finish our last night off... though me, katie, Dan, and Tom stayed up through most of the night before our morning bus to singapore.
Coming to singapore there were a lot of goodbyes but also a lot of wandering about and takng in the city. Me and Tom who stayed here the longest did all of central singapore and sentose mixed with eating by boat quay, little india, china town, orchard and random but cheap food courts that we found. So there u have it all in all a solid last couple of days as i now only haveabout 11 hours left until my flight leaves for Sydney in the early morning tommorrow. So i must get ready and get some sleep before i skip my first continent, leaving asia behind and entering a country possessed by fires and now a huge cyclone (tropical storm) wish me all the luck!
cheers
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