Well we arrived at the end of this travel and on the way back we avoided the consequences of a crazy war by travelling with Cathays via Hong Kong as planned. Of course this is a minor thing compared to hundreds dying or thousands displaced by this new war. Back to the trip. Singapore is a half sterilised edition of South East Asia. It is clean as Austria used to be on the 80s and it doesn't feel as strict as portrayed. The classic sites are beautiful but the Hawker centre foo

Today we decided to go to the NW of Penang to the Pantai Pasir Panjang a beach near an army base. The setting was nice, the sea cooler than yesterday but warm, but jelly fish made it's appearance. Admittedly it was not from the very painful ones but still irritating for 40 mins or so. This did not stop us from staying couple hours as it did not stop the patient fisherman We stopped in a small fish restaurant Jiang Sang, next to the fish market and had fried pomfret. This was

Time to head to the coast after two nice days at Cameron Highlands. Few days ago looking the weather we decided to head to Penang and Langkawi rather than out choice the Perhentian islands. We 'll add some pictures of the mountain trip and the amazing Penang main bridge later on. We stayed at one of the suburbs of Georgetown, Guerney. An area with high rises. The afternoon we headed north and after bypassing the more touristic Baru Farringi we stopped to the quieter Teluk Bah

Equipped with the information that a nice lady from Father's Guesthouse (we could not stay there as the one of the days was fully booked) we decided to do the 'moderate' path trek 10 this morning. Contrary to the info in rough guide feels safe. You can extend it with a walk towards the plantation we stopped yesterday (path 6) but we did not do that. The very start looked harder than we bargained for but OK. But then the ropes came into view. And the trek formed mainly by the

A place does not look quite the same day and nite so a more extensive visit to Little India was on the cards. In spite of being well after 10 it was quiet with a lot of the shops still shut. We wondered in verious streets as they started slowly waking up. Then we went back to the Tekka Market where fish mongers and butchers were in full swing. A lot of very fresh fish and meat but nothing out of the ordinary and more sanitised than our usual experience to either Asia or Lati

A wander to the colonial district where the work of prisoners from India created some architectural wonders under variable styles should be in the visit list . What is saved today is some times drowned by the skyscrapers around. The Raffles hotel was apparently a much more modest affair before it was bought and evolved to the grandiose building you see only to end being part of an international chain. The Singapore sling is not for us so we walk towards St Andrews a protestan

As the heat and the humidity rises we took the great metro blue line to Chinatown. Vibrant, busy, fool of food places, unashamingly touristic. Perhaps site of one of the few streets in the world where an Hindu temple, a mosque, and a Buddhist temple coexist harmoniously. Sri Marianam temple created by the first Indian who set foot in Singapore celebrating the ability of Draupathi to walk over coals. Similar traditions exist all over the world and fortunately we did not have t

And then we landed. 12 and a half hours from Heathrow. The superefficiency of Singapore starts in the beautiful Changi airport. The quickest immigration ever. A short sky train and the MRT train to downtown. We are staying in the Little India area near Jalan Besar. All this from touching down to our hotel in less than 50 minutes and few SGD. A quick rest and then out. We ll get to the most touristy bit tonight. Gardens at the Bay which because of the New Year celebrations are