Three countries in one day. I ate my breakfast in Singapore, my lunch in Malaysia, and had my dinner in Indonesia. To top that, I was in the northern hemisphere in the morning and the southern hemisphere in the evening. Instead of flying directly from Singapore to Indonesia, I decided to save $40-$50 and fly …
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The British founded this city, so English is an official language and the primary language here. Many signs are only written in English. I can hear some local people talking to each other in English too, it is really strange for this to happen in Asia! Today I headed to the National Library to do …
From the hostel, I walked to Chinatown and saw the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, which was just constructed and opened last year. It is five stories tall plus a garden on the roof. Afterwards, I had another try with Chicken Rice. It was ok. Then I walked down the street some more to …
This guesthouse just opened a few weeks ago from the looks of it. Nice and new, but still some weird things. You can eat corn flakes for breakfast, but there is no milk here. Some people were just using hot water. And the living area is just outside my bedroom door so it is hard …
I set off to the west train station about 8:30 in the morning in Beijing, China. The train left at 11:00. Later I noticed there were electrical plugs in the hallway of the train, the first I’ve seen in China, so I could charge up my computer. I forgot a book in Wuhan, but my …
My time is running out in China. My visa is valid until April 29. Recently, the government has made it difficult to get visa extensions due to the Olympics coming up. I’ve heard the prices for visas have gone up to over $1000. So I have to leave. I had two choices: 1) Go directly …
For the first few hours of the train ride, a Chinese woman near me was spitting onto the floor of the train. Well, fairly typical in China and I’m not too surprised by now. After some time some people left and not every spot on the bench was full. I was able to lie down …
It was another early start, waking up at 5:30AM or so. I was running low on money, so I tried an ATM, but it didn’t work (I tried last night too). I didn’t want to take any chances so I got a taxi to take me to the correct bus station for the Yangzi River …
The train ride last night was not very pleasant. I didn’t have a bed, only a seat. And it was crowded too. The seats in Chinese trains face each other. They are in groups of 4 or 6 seats, with a small table in the middle. Some people were putting their head on the table …
Today I made my second attempt at seeing one of the largest caves in China. I woke up at 5:30 after not getting much sleep at all the night before. Then I rushed to check out of my room and then get a taxi to take me to the bus station. I was hoping the …