3/10/02 Singapore (Kelly)
Slept in today until 10:00...recovering from jet lag! It's weird being back in Singapore five years later (I was here back in '97 for 2 weeks.) I have a slightly different perspective this time around. Instead of getting the five star treatment I was used to in this country, I am able to see things a little differently now...how most Asians "live" in Singapore. Most don't use toilet paper...did you know that it is not polite to shake with your left hand...I'm sure you can figure out why! Pretty disgusting I know! We are finding it pretty amusing that we have to flock to the public restrooms instead of using the toilets in our hostel, oh well...I guess it could be worse!
We went down to the famous Orchard Road where most of the main metropolitan is. Mainly malls, little shops, and restaurants. We did wind up seeing a movie...I think we have made it a tradition that we must see a movie in every country we go to. We then went down to China town. Stopped in a couple of temples...of course we had to take our shoes off and walk around on burning concrete...ouch! Tourists aren't allowed to take pictures but being us we snuck a couple in. I keep reminiscing on my last trip here to Phillip and all of the crazy pictures I took back then. It's amazing the things I remember about that trip...some minor details I thought I had forgotten have come alive again.
Posted by Admin at March 10, 2002 08:37 PM