Singapore

Riverfront bars!

Yeah baby! Feels so good to be back in asia again, To feel the heat strike you with the force of a fistblow as soon as you disembark from the airplane. To smell the fragrance of open sewers mixed with incences and oriental food. To go out in the steaming streets only to sweat like a pig after a few minutes. To hear different languages and witness different cultures only a block away from eachother. Singapore is quite extraordinary.

Hindu temple

The country is located on a few islands about 150 km north of the equator, so the climate is literally boiling, but I've been longing for that so I don't really mind. One can easily detect the difference between Singapore and other major cities in asia. It's clean! Really really clean, almost sterile, even by western standards. I suppose the $1000 fine for littering isn't such a bad idea after all.

Beautiful architecture at Taoist temple

We have settled ourselves down in an area called little India in the northern parts of southern Singapore, which is pretty cool. It's got a very chilled out atmosphere and people don't really seem to be in a hurry, in contrary to the very busy chinatown to the south. Another thing to note is that the city is not just full of mosques, but also heaps of churches, synagogues, taoist- and hindu temples. It's both a multicultural and multireligious country, mostly due to it's important location in the South China sea which has led to it being one of the most important harbours in the world.

Beer garden in chilled out Little India

Sentosa Beach

The six days we have spent here have been very busy but so exciting. There's been enough time for beach hang aswell as temple sightseeing and rainforest walks. Yeah, that's right. in contrary to my believes that Singapore was just one mega urbanised area, it has actually got a whole bunch of national parks and nature reserves, even though a bit touristy, they are still worth the visit. A trip to Singapore can easily become a very pricey holiday, but we managed to live quite cheap by doing the "free" stuff and eating the delicious food at the Indian foodstalls.

We have now taken another flight to Kuching in sarawak in the Malaysian part of Borneo, where we will spend some time before heading north towards Brunei Darussalam.